Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions

Values

An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 50.0%

Example 42-111:
(yo) parsé lo kai chua
(yo)
(3sg)
parsé
seem
lo
fut
kai
fall
chua
rain
It seems (to me) it will rain.
Example 42-112:
(yo) ta parsé ta beng chua
(yo)
(3sg)
ta
prog
parsé
seem
ta
fut
beng
come
chua
rain
It seems (to me) rain is coming. OR: It seems (to me) it is going to rain.
Example 42-113:
(yo) ngka parsé lo kai chua
(yo)
(3sg)
ngka
neg
parsé
seem
lo
fut
kai
fall
chua
rain
It doesn't seem (to me) that it will rain.
Confidence:
Very certain

An expletive subject is used Frequency: 50.0%

Example 42-111:
(yo) parsé lo kai chua
(yo)
(3sg)
parsé
seem
lo
fut
kai
fall
chua
rain
It seems (to me) it will rain.
Example 42-112:
(yo) ta parsé ta beng chua
(yo)
(3sg)
ta
prog
parsé
seem
ta
fut
beng
come
chua
rain
It seems (to me) rain is coming. OR: It seems (to me) it is going to rain.
Confidence:
Very certain