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Example 27-138
Rikfrāi fo lo fo rik, wapi sinu bi.
Rik-frāi
Smell-good
fo
for
lo
go
fo
for
rik,
smell
wapi
where
sinu
3pl
bi.
be
Smell-well has to go and smell where they are.
Comment:
This is a line from a story based on a Grimm fairytale ("Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt"). Rikfraai ('Smell-well') is a character who has the ability to smell very well.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 44
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
'Hear' and 'smell': Differentiation
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