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Example 1-70
Kaba killiman miti hem na pasi, dem pulu sanni va hem, [...].
Kaba
and
kiriman
murderer
miti
meet
en
3sg
na
loc
pasi,
road
den
3pl
puru
remove
sani
thing
fu
of
en,
3sg
[...].
[...]
And murderers came upon him on the road, they removed his things, [...].
Comment:
Indefinite plurals, such as
killiman
, are always unmarked: There is no plural determiner and no marking on the noun itself.
Type:
written
Source:
Schumann 1781
: 164
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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