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Occurrence of nominal plural markers
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Invariant plural marking
Example 66-28:
Go itu buk-pəðə-
yang
ati-baça.
Go
1sg
itu
dem
buk-pəðə-yang
book-
pl
-
acc
ati-baça.
fut
-read
I will read those books.
Example 66-29:
Go itu tumman*(-pəðə) yang api məliyatna.
Go
1sg
itu
dem
tumman-pəðə-yang
friend-
pl
-
acc
/
def
a-pi
prs
-go
mə-liyat-na.
inf
-see-
dat
I am going to visit those friends.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
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