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Example 30-233
Kunpra láimi, bu ráspa
kabélu
di pérna purki ê feiu.
Kunpra
buy
láimi,
razor.blade
bu=ráspa
2sg
=shave
kabélu
hair
di=pérna
of=foot
purki
because
ê
be
feiu.
ugly
Buy a razor blade and shave off the hair from your legs because it is ugly.
German:
Kauf eine Rasierklinge und rasier dir die Beinhaare ab, denn das ist hässlich.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. ráspa
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
'Body hair' and 'feather': Differentiation
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