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Example 72-48
Dei bin kayikayi ngayu
dem
karu-walijangku
nyawarrattu.
Dei
3pl
.
sbj
bin
pst
kayikayi
chase
ngayu
1sg
dem
those
karu-walija-ngku
child-
pauc
-
erg
nyawa-rrat-tu.
this-
pl
-
erg
They chased me, those kids did.
Comment:
Dem
is used as a plural determiner in this example.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2011
: 405
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: No nominal plural word
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