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Papiamentu
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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
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Example 47-52:
Nan a drenta manera di kustumber ketu-ketu.
Nan
3pl
a
pfv
drenta
enter
manera
like
di
of
kustumber
habit
ketu~ketu.
quiet~quiet
As usual, they entered quietly.
Source:
Pinto 1965
: 63
Example 47-53:
Unda bo buki
nan
ta? Kua di nan?
Unda
where
bo
2sg
buki
book
nan
pl
ta?
cop
Kua
which
di
of
nan?
3pl
Where are your books? Which of them?
Source:
Maduro 1971
: 14
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Language:
Papiamentu
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
Vos-de Jesus 1989
: 81
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