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Occurrence of nominal plural markers
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Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Example 9-46:
Ma grandfada had faiv eykaz a lan hia.
Ma
my
grandfada
grandfather
had
had
faiv
five
eykaz
acres
a
of
lan
land
hia.
here
My grandfather had five acres of land here.
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Example 9-47:
Maskin kaal op di sowdjaz dem.
Maskin
Maskin
kaal
call
op
up
di
the
sowdjaz
soldiers
dem.
them
Maskin called up the soldiers.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 46
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers
Source:
Escure 1983
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