Part of Speech | art |
Morphology | ere |
Gloss | ART1.PL |
Comment | The associative plural article introduces NPs headed by kinship terms and proper names. |
Example 236:
Source: Eno Aro 01E 057Ere 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).
Example 980:
Source: Aro 11R 003ere roosuu bo mutanaea giant and his wife
Example 1411:
Source: Val 02R 003-004bua tom maagee, ere Moogee bo Magarutwo friends, Monkey and Earthquake
Example 1412:
Source: Aro 14R 068Ere sinanae kahi nomaa vaaruu roriHer mother and her aunts would come now as it was their turn.
Example 1413:
Source: Aro 14R 049Eh, ere iaa sa kokoara haa vorienei.Hey, my mother and my aunts do not speak like this.
Example 1414:
Source: Val 03R 017Enaa ve toro kaokahi kasi ri ere bubuu.Maybe I should leave the grandparents.
Example 1415:
Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 026Ere 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.