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Louisiana Creole

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Determiner

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-yé

  1. plural marker
    Piti-yé dròl.Children are odd.
    Lamézon-çala té krasé!Those houses were filthy!

Usage notes

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  • Used to specify a noun as plural. Nouns on their own may act as singular or plural based on context.
  • Not used concurrently with or , which are words that perform similar functions.
  • The suffix's hyphen is dropped when used with other postpositional determiners (see examples above).

Derived terms

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