Datapoint Tok Pisin/Expression of nominal plural meaning

Plural nouns are often marked with -s in the speech of some speakers, but this is interpreted as code-switching to English.

Values

Plural word preceding the noun

Example 22-45:
Askim ol lapun.
Askim
ask
ol
pl
lapun.
old.person
Ask older people.

Source: Verhaar 1995: 347

Example 22-47:
Ol i save salim ol kain kain tul long liklik mani tasol.
Ol
3pl
i
pm
save
hab
salim
sell
ol
pl
kain
kind
kain
kind
tul
tool
long
prep
liklik
little
mani
money
tasol.
only
They regularly sell various kinds of tools for just very little.

Source: Verhaar 1995: 346

Confidence:
Very certain