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Example 65-45
Брата сына рибятисэка исё полэно иво.
Bəratə synə ribiatisəka isio poləno iwo.
Bəratə
brother
synə
son
ribiatisəka
child
isio
pl
poləno
full
iwo.
3sg
My nephew has many children (lit. My brother's son has many children).
Comment:
The example was recorded by E. Perekhvalskaya and V. Belikov in 1991 (Khabarovskij region).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 274
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural is not expressed overtly
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