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Example 30-239
N ka gosta d'es kor, N kre djobe un
azul
más kláru, sima séu.
N=ka=gosta
1sg
=
neg
=like
d=es=kor
of=
dem
=colour
N=kre
1sg
=want
djobe
search
un=azul
art
.
indf
=blue
más
more
kláru,
bright
sima
as
séu.
sky
I don't like this colour, I want to look for a brighter blue, like the sky.
German:
Diese Farbe gefällt mir nicht, ich möchte eine helleres Blau suchen, wie der Himmel.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. azul
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
'Green' and 'blue': Differentiation
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