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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 40-89:
N-əkə kadz mwit mɔt jɛ̃t tɛ.
N-əkə
loc
-that
kadz
house
mwit
very
mɔt
much
jɛ̃t
people
tɛ.
cop
There are very many people in that house.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Language:
Korlai
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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