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Example 30-234
Bu pai korta ponba
péna
di ása p'e ka bua.
Bu=pai
2sg
.
poss
=father
korta
cut
ponba
pigeon
péna
feather
di=ása
of=wing
p=e=ka=bua.
for=
3sg
=
neg
=fly
Your father cut the pigeon's wing feathers so that it doesn't fly away.
German:
Dein Vater hat der Taube die Federn der Flügel abgeschnitten, damit sie nicht davonfliegt.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. péna
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
'Body hair' and 'feather': Differentiation
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