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The associative plural
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Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Example 11-51:
miz byuula-dem
miz
Miss
byuula-dem
Beulah-
pl
Miss Beulah and her friends (or family)
Source:
Holm 1978
: 278
Example 11-52:
mai piknini dem
mai
1sg
.
poss
piknini
child
dem
pl
my children
Source:
nd
Example 11-53:
Mary dem
Mary
Mary
dem
pl
Mary and her family/folks/friends
Example 11-54:
Aktuali di Heman dem iin di seem spat we dei begin so moch iaz ago.
Aktuali
actually
di
art
.
def
Heman
Heman
dem
pl
iin
in
di
art
.
def
seem
same
spat
spot
we
rel
.
loc
dei
3pl
begin
begin
so
so
moch
much
ia-z
year-
pl
ago.
ago
At present, the Heman family finds itself in the very place from which they set out so many years ago.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
The associative plural
Source:
Own knowledge
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