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Occurrence of nominal plural markers
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Variable plural marking of human nouns
Example 65-5:
книжка хóчи делай эта люди.
Kniʃka xoʧi d'elaj eta liudi.
Kniʃka
book
xoʧi
want
d'elaj
make
eta
this
liudi.
person
These people wish to compose a book.
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 265
Example 65-43:
Какой гадула а низнэй, исё укалаинза сюда пришола.
Kakoj gadula a nizənəj, isio ukalainza siuda pəliʃola.
Kakoj
which
gadula
year
a
1sg
nizənəj,
not.know
isio
pl
ukalainza
Ukranian
siuda
here
pəliʃola.
come.
pfv
I do not know exactly in what year the Ukranians came here.
Example 65-44:
Теперь ибэнка исё зенщинэ исё карасивы.
Tiper' ibəŋka isio zenʃinə isio kərasivə.
Tiper'
now
ibəŋka
Japanese
isio
pl
zenʃinə
woman
isio
pl
kərasivə.
beautiful
Japanese women are beautiful.
tiper' probably means 'generally, usually' here.
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 270
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Feature:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2003
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