Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Expletive subject of existential verb

Values

An expletive subject is not used

Example 41-15:
meshiin teem. botuspa kera kamfalaa - aka meshiin see - kera see, poy tiraa daa, botuspa
meshiin
machine
teem.
prs.be
botus-pa
2.hon-dat
kera
want
kanda
cond
falaa
quot
-
 
aka
that
meshiin
machine
see
cond
-
 
kera
want
see
cond
pooy
habil
tiraa
take
daa,
give
botus-pa
2.hon-dat
There IS a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you. (OR: We HAVE a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you.)

Source: Smith 1974-5: 5298

Confidence:
Very certain