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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 56-126:
Ti annan koson osi laba?
Ti
pst
annan
exist
koson
pig
osi
also
laba?
there
Were there also pigs?
French:
Il y avait aussi des cochons là-bas? (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 203)
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 202
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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