What does "it" mean here?
https://youtu.be/K2p6tSnjxUA?t=1m41s
At 1:41, "Killmonger" says this in front of Black Panther:
Y'all sittin' up here comfortable. Must feel good. It's about two billion people all over the world that looks like us. But their lives are a lot harder. Wakanda has the tools to liberate 'em all.
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What does the third sentence (It's about two billion people all over the world that looks like us.) mean?
Also, what's the role of "it" here?
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It apparently means "There are about two billion people all over the world that look like us". "it", if that's what he says, is a dummy. e.
- It apparently means "There are about two billion people all over the world that look like us".
- "it", if that's what he says, is a dummy.
- e.
- expressing the existence of something.
- I am not 100% certain that he says (or intends to say) "it".
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It apparently means "There are about two billion people all over the world that look like us".
"it", if that's what he says, is a dummy. "it's" is a not-very-standard way of saying "there are", i.e. expressing the existence of something. I am not 100% certain that he says (or intends to say) "it". It could be that he greatly clips or slightly fluffs "there's".
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