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Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Maybe the use of discourse particles is more common, for example siguro nga [maybe EMPH] 'it seems'.
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 45-102:
Ta pareci que dela niso paga con ele el debe mañana.
Ta
ipfv
pareci
seem
que
that
dela
must
niso
1pl
paga
pay
con
obj
ele
3sg
el
def
debe
debt
mañana.
tomorrow
It seems that we must pay him the debt tomorrow.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
Feature:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Source:
Librada Llamado, p.c.
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