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Example 41-27
eli; elis; ɛla; ɛlas; osiir; etus
eli;
3sg
.
m
eli-s;
3.
m
-
pl
ɛla;
3sg
.
f
ɛla-s;
3.
f
-
pl
osiir;
3sg
.
hon
etus
3pl
.
hon
he; they; she; they; he/she; they
Comment:
The is a paradigm of the 3rd person nominative forms.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: passim
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular and plural only
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: No nominal plural word
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