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Example 75-74
Kaaoshihtaachik lii maenzon lii rosh kiiaapachiheewak.
Kaa-oshihtaa-chik
rel
-make.
inan
-
3pl
lii
art
.
pl
maenzon
house
lii
art
.
pl
rosh
rock
kii-aapachih-eewak.
pst
-use.
anim
-
3pl
When they made houses, they used rocks. OR: The houses that they made, they made of rocks.
Comment:
Lii maenzon
and
lii rosh
are generic NPs;
lii
expresses plurality, not definiteness.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Invariant plural marking
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
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