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Value Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Examples
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
Som a di tiicha
z 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
di piknini
dem
di
art
.
def
piknini
child
dem
pl
the children
See
nd
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
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
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
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