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The associative plural
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Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
Example 19-41:
À dɔn explica
Boye dɛ̀n
se [...].
À
1sg
.
sbj
dɔn
prf
explica
explain
Boye
Boye
dɛ̀n
pl
se
quot
[...].
[...]
I have explained to Boye and the others that [...].
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 166
Example 19-42:
Dì
klos dɛ̀n
dɔn dray.
Dì
def
klos
clothes
dɛ̀n
pl
dɔn
prf
dray.
be.dry
The clothes have dried.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Language:
Pichi
Feature:
The associative plural
Source:
Yakpo 2009
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