Value Variable plural marking of human nouns

Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
References
Perekhvalskaya 2003

Examples

  1. Какой гадула а низнэй, исё укалаинза сюда пришола.
    Kakoj gadula a nizənəj, isio ukalainza siuda pəliʃola.
    Kakoj
    which
    gadula
    year
    a
    1sg
    nizənəj,
    not.know
    isio
    pl
    ukalainza
    Ukranian
    siuda
    here
    pəliʃola.
    come.pfv
    I do not know exactly in what year the Ukranians came here.
  2. Теперь ибэнка исё зенщинэ исё карасивы.
    Tiper' ibəŋka isio zenʃinə isio kərasivə.
    Tiper'
    now
    ibəŋka
    Japanese
    isio
    pl
    zenʃinə
    woman
    isio
    pl
    kərasivə.
    beautiful
    Japanese women are beautiful.
    tiper' probably means 'generally, usually' here.

    See Perekhvalskaya 2008: 270

  3. книжка хóчи делай эта люди.
    Kniʃka xoʧi d'elaj eta liudi.
    Kniʃka
    book
    xoʧi
    want
    d'elaj
    make
    eta
    this
    liudi.
    person
    These people wish to compose a book.

    See Perekhvalskaya 2008: 265