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Example 54-48
Sa mon banann, tou sa mon frui, ou la manzé la [...].
Sa
dem
mon
poss
.
1sg
banann,
banana
tou
all
sa
dem
mon
poss
.
1sg
frui,
fruit
ou
1sg
la
prf
manze
eat
la
there
[...].
[...]
These are my bananas, all that fruit you have eaten [...].
French:
Ce sont mes bananes, tous ces fruits que tu as mangés là [...].
Comment:
The plural of
banann
and
frui
is not overtly marked.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 16
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
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