Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Noun phrase conjunction and comitative

Bazaar Malay, like Malay, has the conjuction dan 'and'. However, speakers tend to use sama 'same/with', which also has comitative function. While dan has only one function, sama has more than one.

Values

Overlap

Example 67-150:
Saya suka pergi market pun, beli barang, beli ikan sama udang.
Saya
1sg
suka
like
pergi
go
market
market
pun,
also
beli
buy
barang,
thing
beli
buy
ikan
fish
sama
and
udang.
prawn
I also love to go to the market, buying things, buying fish and prawns.

Source: Aye 2005: 85

Example 67-151:
Saya minum kope dan loti ah sarapan pagi.
Saya
1sg
minum
drink
kope
coffee
dan
and
loti
bread
ah
top
sarapan
breakfast
pagi.
morning
I drink coffee and bread for breakfast.

Source: Aye 2005: 145

Example 67-152:
Saya tinggal sama tak Melayu.
Saya
1sg
tinggal
live
sama
same
tak
neg
Melayu.
Malay
I lived with non-Malays.

Source: Aye 2005: 415

Example 67-153:
Sekarang banyak orang cerita sama orang Puteh.
Sekarang
now
banyak
many
orang
person
cerita
speak
sama
with
orang
person
Puteh.
white
Now many people speak English.

Source: Aye 2005: 453

Example 67-154:
Tony ada dua anak jantan dan dua anak perempuan.
Tony
Tony
ada
have
dua
two
anak
child
jantan
male
dan
and
dua
two
anak
child
perempuan.
female
Tony had two sons and two daughters.

Source: Aye 2005: 467

Confidence:
Very certain