Belizean Creole/Grammar

Regular plurals

Plurals are formed by preceding or following the noun with a determiner.

• Nouns that refer to a specific limited set are pluralized by adding the word "dehn" after:
  • prafit<n><pl> ↔ prafit dehn
  • disaipl<n><pl> ↔ disaipl dehn
  • lai<n><pl> ↔ lai dehn
• Nouns that refer to a set of two are preceded by the word "too":
  • man<n><pl> ↔ too man
  • son<n><pl> ↔ too son
  • boy<n><pl> ↔ too fish
• Nouns that refer to one set rather than another set are preceded by the word "dehn":
  • peepl<n><pl> ↔ dehn peepl
  • bred<n><pl> ↔ dehn bred