Datapoint Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago/Expression of nominal plural meaning

When it is marked, plural is marked by a suffix (roughly speaking: -s with nouns ending with a vowel and -is with nouns ending with a consonant).

Values

Plural suffix

Example 30-51:
Amigus di Lusiu purgunta-l si e kreba entrába na djogu, más [...].
Amigu-s
friend-pl
di=Lusiu
of=Lusiu
purgunta=l
ask=3sg
si=e=kre-ba
if=he=want-ant
entrá-ba
enter-ant
na=djogu,
into=game
más
but
[...].
[...]
Lusiu’s friends asked him if he wanted to join the game, but [...].
German: Die Freunde von Lusiu fragten ihn, ob er mitspielen wolle, aber [...].

Source: Brüser et al. 2002: s.v. djogu

Confidence:
Very certain