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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
The pronoun iwo is used for singular and plural.
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Differentiation
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
Example 65-47:
Там иво китайса пампушэка куши.
Tam
iwo
kitaisa pampusike kushi.
Tam
there
iwo
3
kitaisa
Chinese
pampusike
Chinese.bread
kushi.
eat
They ate the Chinese type of bread there. (personal data, Chinese native speaker)
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2003
: 159-162
;
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 184-185
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