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Example 25-140
Yu bin ji ole nat [...] boling dan?
Yu
2sg
bin
pst
ji
see
ole
pl
nat
nut
[...]
[...]
bol-ing
fall-
prog2
dan?
down
Did you see the nuts falling down?
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates the use of a plural marker with a noun with non-human reference.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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