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Example 29-35
Pa-hulle, Jan en Piet-hulle
Pa-hulle,
Dad-
3pl
Jan
John
en
and
Piet-hulle
Pete-
3pl
Dad and one or more others, John and Pete and zero or more others
Comment:
This structure is very common in the spoken language, but will only feature in informal written texts.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Special associative plural marker identical to 3rd plural pronoun
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