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Value Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
The associative plural
References
Cardoso 2009
Examples
Es tud ε kaz də tud pad.
Es
this
tud
pl
ε
cop
.
npst
kaz
house
də
of
tud
all
pad.
priest
These are the houses of the priests.
See
Cardoso 2009
: 175
Asĩ kwɔn vẽy mĩ nitiŋ
tud,
nɔs fal ikəl mem ẽ kaz purtəgez kom nɔs fal tud di.
Asĩ
so
kwɔn
when
vẽy
come.
npst
mĩ
my
nitiŋ
grandchild
tud,
siml
nɔs
1pl
fal
speak.
npst
ikəl
dem
mem
emph
ẽ
in
kaz
house
purtəgez
Portuguese
kom
like
nɔs
1pl
fal
speak.
npst
tud
all
di.
day
So, when my grandchildren and so come, we speak Portuguese at home like we do every day.
See
Cardoso 2009
: 176-7
El tiŋ vay nə ũ jungle pu traze koys, aroz
tud
.
El
3sg
t-iŋ
ipfv
-
pst
vay
go.
inf
nə
loc
ũ
one
<jungle>
jungle
pu
purp
traz-e
bring-
inf
koys,
thing
aroz
rice
tud.
siml
He went into a jungle to bring some things, rice and all that.
See
Cardoso 2009
: 176
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