3.5.2. The presence/absence of a locative expression
The locative expression can be absent in existential clauses, but in that case only verb-initial word order is possible.
| *(Szellem-ek) | van-nak | (szellem-ek). |
| ghost-PL | be-3PL | ghost-pl |
’There are/exist ghosts.’
Source: Hegedűs 2013: 52.
When there is a locative in the clause, word order is free.
| (Szellem-ek) | van-nak | (szellem-ek) | a | kastély-ban. |
| ghost-PL | be-3PL | ghost-pl | the | castle-INE |
’There are ghosts in the castle.’
Source: Hegedűs 2013: 52.
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