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Value Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
References
Maurer 2009
: 30-33, 155-159
Examples
Ine
manse vika [...].
Ine
pl
manse
man
vika
come
[...].
[...]
The men arrived [...].
See
Maurer 2009
: 31
[...] arê vya manda
sodadi
.
[...]
[...]
arê
king
vya
rep
manda
send
sodadi.
soldier
[...] the king sent soldiers again.
See
Maurer 2009
: 184
Ine
laanza
sê
ki s'usan ê bôn fa.
Ine
pl
laanza
orange
sê
dem
ki
rel
sa
be
usan
ground
ê
3sg
bôn
good
fa.
neg
The oranges that are on the ground are not good.
See
Maurer 2009
: 31
Ê tan
laanza
we ki sê.
Ê
3sg
tan
take
laanza
orange
we
go
ki
poss
sê.
poss
.
3sg
He left with oranges. OR: He took oranges and left.
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