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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 60-89:
bato bazalákí ebelé
bato
persons
ba-zal-ákí
3pl
-be-
pst
ebelé
many
There were many people.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
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Language:
Lingala
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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