Datapoint Chinese Pidgin English/Expression of nominal plural meaning

The use of plural markers or stem-change derived from English is marginal. Most of the time plural is not indicated (see Example 71).

Values

Plural suffix Frequency: 50.0%

Example 20-168:
Ship got womans?
Ship
ship
got
got
womans?
woman.pl
Are there women on the ship?

Source: Beechey 1831: 150

Example 20-50:
[...] and all good mans must so fashion do ebely number 7 moon.
[...]
[...]
and
and
all
all
good
good
mans
man
must
must
so
so
fashion
fashion
do
do
ebely
every
number
number
7
seven
moon.
moon
[...] and everyone must do it in the seventh month of each year.

Source: Tilden 1833-34: 834

Example 20-71:
希麽必打忒其都卑時沽厘郎希
He more better takee two piecee coolie long he.
He
3sg
more
more
better
better
takee
take
two
two
piecee
clf
coolie
coolie
long
com
he.
3sg
He better take two coolies with him.

Source: Tong 1862: VI.55

Confidence:
Intermediate

Plural stem change Frequency: 50.0%

Example 20-33:
㕭趨炉地倫合椏鏬咩(竹+厘)
You children hap alla marry?
You
2sg.poss
children
children
hap
pfv
alla
all
marry?
marry
May I ask whether all your children have been married?

Source: Tong 1862: VI.81

Confidence:
Intermediate