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Example 32-33
Galinha, pork
s
e kes lá k no táva kriá.
Galinha,
hen
porks
pig.
pl
e
foc
kes
dem
lá
there
k
rel
no
1pl
táva
pst
.
ipfv
kriá.
rear
Hens, pigs, these were (the animals) that we used to rear.
Portuguese:
Galinhas, porcos, eram esses (animais) que criávamos.
Comment:
This example illustrates variability of morphological plural marking on animate non-human nouns.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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