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Example 32-34
Mergulhador
es
, es mergulhador ta mufiná zóna d'péska.
Mergulhadores,
scuba.diver.
pl
es
dem
.
pl
mergulhador
scuba.diver
ta
prs
mufiná
destroy
zóna
zone
de
of
péska.
fishing
Scuba divers, these scuba divers spoil the fishing areas.
Portuguese:
Os mergulhadores, estes mergulhadores estragam as zonas de pesca.
Comment:
This example illustrates variability of morphological plural marking on 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
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare plural noun phrase in languages with definite article
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