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Value Plural suffix
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Expression of nominal plural meaning
References
Lang 1991
: 3-10
Examples
Amigu
s
di Lusiu purgunta-l si e kreba entrába na djogu, más [...].
Amigu-s
friend-
pl
di=Lusiu
of=Lusiu
purgunta=l
ask=
3sg
si=e=kre-ba
if=he=want-
ant
entrá-ba
enter-
ant
na=djogu,
into=game
más
but
[...].
[...]
Lusiu’s friends asked him if he wanted to join the game, but [...].
German:
Die Freunde von Lusiu fragten ihn, ob er mitspielen wolle, aber [...].
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. djogu
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