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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
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No nominal plural word
Example 30-52:
Ómi
s
ben.
Ómi-s
man-
pl
ben.
come
The men came.
Portuguese:
Os homens vieram. German: Die Männer kamen.
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Example 30-53:
Mamá, obi li,
es
go
es
sa ta traze-nu pon.
Mamá,
mummy
obi
listen
li,
here
es
3pl
.
indp
go
now
es=sa=ta=traze=nu
3pl
.
dep
=
prog
=
ipfv
=bring=
1pl
pon.
bread
Mummy, listen, these here, they are bringing us bread.
German:
Mama, hör zu, die da, die bringen uns Brot.
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. 1es
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
Lang 1991
: 7-10
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