-yé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ye"
Louisiana Creole
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editDeterminer
edit-yé
- plural marker
- Piti-yé dròl. ― Children are odd.
- Lamézon-çalayé té krasé! ― Those houses were filthy!
Usage notes
edit- Used to specify a noun as plural. Nouns on their own may act as singular or plural based on context.
- Not used concurrently with dê or lê, which are words that perform similar functions.
- The suffix's hyphen is dropped when used with other postpositional determiners (see examples above).