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Example 47-47
Ta invitá tur amigu i konosí.
Ta
tns
invitá
invite
tur
all
amigu
friend
i
and
konosí.
acquaintance
All friends and acquaintances are invited.
Comment:
The translation is mine. Maduro offers this as an example where the plural marker should not be used, presumably because of the presence of the quantifier
tur
'all'.
Type:
published source
Source:
Maduro 1971
: 9
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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