ere associative plural article

Part of Speech art
Morphology ere
Gloss ART1.PL
    • associative plural article
      • grammar
    • Comment The associative plural article introduces NPs headed by kinship terms and proper names.
      • Example 236:
        Ere tamene Siimaa he baitono kaveru koa vomaen a Siapani kahi asun anomanam meori paa nomaa meori paa ma mee amanam.
        But Siimaa's father and his companions secretly overheard that the Japanese would kill us, and they would come (and) take us (somewhere).
        Source: Eno Aro 01E 057
      • Example 980:
        ere roosuu bo mutanae
        a giant and his wife
        Source: Aro 11R 003
      • Example 1411:
        bua tom maagee, ere Moogee bo Magaru
        two friends, Monkey and Earthquake
        Source: Val 02R 003-004
      • Example 1412:
        Ere sinanae kahi nomaa vaaruu rori
        Her mother and her aunts would come now as it was their turn.
        Source: Aro 14R 068
      • Example 1413:
        Eh, ere iaa sa kokoara haa vorienei.
        Hey, my mother and my aunts do not speak like this.
        Source: Aro 14R 049
      • Example 1414:
        Enaa ve toro kaokahi kasi ri ere bubuu.
        Maybe I should leave the grandparents.
        Source: Val 03R 017
      • Example 1415:
        Ere Samson Purupuru bo Johnson Madai he vagogoe tea sun kiri bona Naa Vaniu.
        But Samson Purupuru and Johnson Madai did not want to represent the Naa Vaniu clan.
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 026

Related entries

  • See also:
    • ere teiee who (more than one person)
    • mere and ... (two or more people)
    • bene ere article construction for plural nouns of the 1st class
    • bere1 when someone with his/her companions
    • bere2 (someone) and his/her friends, his/her companions
    • riere object marker combined with an article
    • tere of, from, or with two or more people referred to by proper names or kinship terms
    • tetee dad; father
    • tom group of two or more people who are in a reciprocal kin relationship