Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Expletive subject of existential verb

Values

An expletive subject is not used

Example 39-18:
ũ makak tiŋ i ũ crocodile.
ũ
one
makak
monkey
t-iŋ
exist-pst
i
and
ũ
one
<crocodile>.
crocodile
[Once upon a time], there was a monkey and a crocodile.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 225

Example 39-119:
Nə te nad.
Nə
neg
te
exist.npst
nad.
nothing
No problem (lit. There is nothing).

Source: Cardoso 2009: 157

Confidence:
Certain