Datapoint Belizean Creole/Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions

The verb 'seem' does not occur, but 'look' does (see Example 116), with expletive subject i, but the construction is rare.

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An expletive subject is used

Example 9-116:
Krab waak onda wata i luk layk musa fu howaz.
Krab
crab
waak
walk
onda
under
wata
water
i
it
luk
look
layk
like
musa
must
fu
for
howaz.
hours
Crabs walk under water, it seems they do it (stay submerged) for hours.

Source: Escure 1992

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