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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
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No nominal plural word
Example 31-56:
Trabadjadoris
, gosi sta karu pa bu po pa trabadja.
Trabadjadoris,
worker.
pl
gosi
now
sta
asp
karu
expensive
pa
for
bu
you
po
put
pa
to
trabadja.
work
Workers are now expensive for you to put to work.
Source:
2000
Example 31-59:
Kuma si nu panha pexi,
es
ta ba vende na vila.
Kuma
like
si
if
nu
we
panha
catch
pexi,
fish
es
they
ta
mood
ba
go
vende
sell
na
in
vila.
city
Like if we catch fish they will go and sell it in the city.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
2000
;
nd
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