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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
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No nominal plural word
Example 66-32:
Sigret
pəðə
minung(-la)!
Sigret-pəðə
cigarette-
pl
minung(-la)!
drink(-
imp
)
Smoke cigarettes!
Example 66-33:
Derang
sigret
pəɖə
tərəminung.
Derang
3pl
sigret-pəɖə
cigarette-
pl
tərə-minung.
neg
.
fin
-drink
They did not smoke cigarettes.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
Own knowledge
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