Value Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
The associative plural

Examples

  1. Miss - the boys - them broke down Bay Street.
    Miss
    Miss
    -
     
    the
    art
    boys
    boy.pl
    -
     
    them
    pl
    broke
    break[pfv]
    down
    down
    Bay
    Bay
    Street.
    Street
    Miss, the men completely destroyed Bay Street.
  2. B’Booky them having hard times.
    B’Booky
    B'Booky
    them
    ass
    hav-ing
    have-prog
    hard
    hard
    time-s.
    time-pl
    B’Booky and his family/friends/associates were having hard times.

    See Crowley 1966: 61

  3. And like - when - when my aunt and them was on the Island, and she say the people dress the snake and put the bowtie 'round the snake and send the snake to her - and when she woke up in there hear the snake coming down in her house, right down for her, and all she do - when she whoof her hand like that, she grab that snake, and she tie him up and leave him there until in the morning.
    [...]
    [...]
    when
    when
    my
    1sg.poss.det
    aunt
    aunt
    and
    and
    them
    ass
    [...]
    [...]
    [...] when my aunt and her family/friends/associates [were still living on the [Out] Island...].
  4. Christine and those left already?
    Christine
    Christine
    and
    and
    those
    ass
    left
    left
    already?
    already
    Christine and her friends left already?
  5. Your little friend came by today axing me, Stephanie and those here?
    [...]
    [...]
    Stephanie
    Stephanie
    and
    and
    those
    ass
    here
    here
    [...] Are Stephanie and her friends here?