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Example 32-36
Jent t'oiá
kes
káza lá de Madeiral.
Jent
people
ta
prs
oiá
see
kes
dem
.
pl
káza
house
lá
there
de
from
Madeiral.
Madeiral.
We can see those houses there from Madeiral.
Portuguese:
Vê-se aqulas casas aí de Madeiral.
Comment:
Here, plurality is indicated by the plural form of the demonstrative.
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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