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Example 16-31
dɛ pasɛnʤɛs tel àm se "mà frɛn [...]"
dɛ
art
pasɛnʤɛ-s
passenger-
pl
tel
tell
àm
3sg
.
obl
se
comp
"mà
my
frɛn
friend
[...]"
[...]
The passengers said to him, "My friend [...]".
Comment:
The animate noun (
passengers
) is overtly marked for plurality.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 204
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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