3.1.2.1. Dual

The dual signals that two entities are involved. It can be marked in two different ways:

 

i) The verb is repeated once.

 

 

ix3x+3y-pl clean sweepx sweepy punish.

โ€˜Both of them are punished to sweep (the floor).โ€™

           (based on Ribera, 2015: 385)

 

ii) In the case of one-handed signs, the non-dominant hand can be added in the articulation of the verb in order to express the dual plural. When the non-dominant hand is added and articulated at the same time it means that the two actions occurred at the same time.

 

 

dh:   take

ndh: take                                                

                                    (based on Ribera, 2014: 383)