Value Differentiation

Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Parameter:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
References
Perekhvalskaya 2003: 159-162; Perekhvalskaya 2008: 184-185

Examples

  1. 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

  2. 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)