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Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
References
Perekhvalskaya 2003
: 159-162
;
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 184-185
Examples
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
Там иво китайса пампушэка куши.
Tam
iwo
kitaisa pampusike kushi.
Tam
there
iwo
3
kitaisa
Chinese
pampusike
Chinese.bread
kushi.
eat
They ate the Chinese type of bread there. (personal data, Chinese native speaker)
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