Value Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns

Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers

Examples

  1. Bot mai tiicha dei taak Inglish or Spanish.
    Bot
    but
    mai
    1sg.poss
    tiicha
    teacher
    dei
    3pl
    taak
    talk
    Inglish
    English
    or
    or
    Spanish.
    Spanish
    But my teachers, they talk English or Spanish.

    See nd

  2. Som a di tiichaz dem don nou Inglish.
    Som
    some
    a
    of
    di
    art.def
    tiicha-z
    teacher-pl
    dem
    pl
    don
    neg
    nou
    know
    Inglish.
    English
    Some of the teachers don’t know English.

    See nd

  3. di piknini dem
    di
    art.def
    piknini
    child
    dem
    pl
    the children

    See nd

  4. Nou wi hav les torkl dan ada animal.
    Nou
    now
    wi
    1pl
    hav
    have
    les
    less
    torkl
    turtle
    dan
    than
    ada
    other
    animal.
    animal
    Now we find less turtles than other animals.

    See nd

  5. Di muos praablem iz di drogz wid di yong man.
    Di
    art.def
    muos
    most
    praablem
    problem
    iz
    cop.prs
    di
    art.def
    drog-z
    drug-pl
    wid
    with
    di
    art.def
    yong
    young
    man.
    man
    For young men, the biggest problem are the drugs.

    See nd

  6. Deh get som plaans fram FADCANIC laik ariinj, kokanat an ada ting.
    Deh
    3pl
    get
    get
    som
    some
    plaan-s
    plant-pl
    fram
    from
    FADCANIC
    FADCANIC
    laik
    like
    ariinj,
    orange
    kokanat
    coconut
    an
    and
    ada
    other
    ting.
    thing
    They get some plants from the FADCANIC like orange and coconut trees and other things.

    See nd