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21.1.5.A special case: Allemaal ‘all’
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We conclude the discussion of al/alle with a description of the behavior of the form allemaal. Historically, allemaal is composed of the morphemes al, te and maal; te and maal together are semantically equivalent to tezamen and mean “together”. In the glosses, therefore, we render allemaal as “altogether” reflecting its historical origin. The form allemaal is discussed in a separate section because its properties differ in several ways from those of the forms al and alle (+ Num). We will begin the discussion in Section 21.1.5.1 with the use of allemaal as a modifier within the noun phrase. Section 21.1.5.2 will discuss the independent uses of allemaal.

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