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Michif
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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
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Example 75-31:
lii groo pale
kaa
ayaachik wishtawaw
lii
art
.
pl
groo
big
pale
palace
kaa-ayaa-chik
rel
-have-
conj
.
3pl
wishtawaw
3pl
.also
those who have big palaces
Source:
Fleury 2007
Example 75-76:
Nushishimak anikik.
N-ushish-im-ak
1-grandchild-
poss
-
anim
.
pl
anikik.
dem
.
anim
.
pl
Those are my grandchildren.
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 115
Example 75-78:
Wiyawaaw
lii pleu aan naryeer daa la prosisyoon.
Wiyawaaw
3pl
lii
art
.
pl
pleu
superl
aan
loc
.
prep
naryeer
behind
daa
loc
.
prep
la
def
.
art
.
f
prosisyoon.
procession
They were hindmost in the procession.
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 133
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Language:
Michif
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
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