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Example 28-46
eni bi eni
das
mini namapu kɛkɛ hatibeʃapu
eni
3pl
bi
say
eni
3pl
das
hab
mini
swallow
nama-apu
meat-
pl
kɛkɛ
like
hatibeʃi-apu
bush.deer-
pl
They say they swallow animals, such as bush deer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 445
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Uses of the habitual marker: Only habitual function
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