Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Marking of patient noun phrases

It should be noted that although Singapore Bazaar Malay patient noun phrases are not overtly marked and this grammatical relation is signalled by word order, it is sometimes marked by sama, which literally means 'same/together' and has several different functions in Bazaar Malay.

Values

No marking of patient NPs

Example 67-125:
Itu selalu tinggal sini punya orang pakai ini pasar.
Itu
dem
selalu
always
tinggal
live
sini
here
punya
rel
orang
people
pakai
use/wear
ini
dem
pasar.
market
The people living here use this market.

Source: Aye 2005: 134

Confidence:
Very certain