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Value Invariant plural marking
Language:
Casamancese Creole
Parameter:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Examples
Ña karu ta lebá miñjer-
us
kabra-
s
kamati-
s
ku lansol-
us
pa fera.
Ña
poss
.
1sg
karu
car
ta
hab
lebá
carry
miñjer-us
woman-
pl
kabra-s
goat-
pl
kamati-s
tomato-
pl
ku
with
lansol-us
sheet-
pl
pa
to
fera.
market
I usually take women, goats, tomatoes and sheets to the market in my car.
Bajuda-
s
wocá kaleroŋ-
us
tudu tama-du.
Bajuda-s
girl-
pl
ø
pfv
wocá
find
kaleroŋ-us
cauldron-
pl
tudu
all
tama-du.
take-
pass
When the girls arrived, all the cauldrons were [already] occupied.
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