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Example 56-56
Bann madanm i leve i danse.
Bann
pl
madanm
woman
i
pm
leve
get.up
i
pm
danse.
dance
The women got up and danced.
Comment:
This example is inserted into a narrative passage. Therefore we have past reference without overt past-marking.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Michaelis 1994
: 185
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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