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Example 25-153
Les kripap la Sherinmob.
Les
let's
krip-ap
creep-up
la
loc
Sherin-mob.
Sharon-
coll
Let's creep up on Sharon and her friends.
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley. This example illustrates the associative plural function of the collective suffix
-mob.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hudson 1985
: 60
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Other special associative plural marker
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