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Example 57-32
tule ʃja le amboje
tule
pl
ʃja
dog
le
si
amboje
bark
The dogs are barking. / Dogs bark.
French:
Les chiens aboient.
Comment:
This construction can be used for concrete cases as well as for generic statements.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Differentiation
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare plural noun phrase in languages without definite article
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