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Example 71-46
Wau ike kela
mau
keiki akolu maloko nei.
Wau
1sg
ike
see
kela
det
mau
pl
keiki
child
akolu
three
maloko
inside
nei.
here
I saw three children inside here.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1896
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
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
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Differentiation
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