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Example 41-180
osiir kikombersaa mee mestaoviiski
osiir
3sg
.
hon
ki-kombersaa
nmlz
-talk
mee
foc
mesta-ovii=ski
oblig
-hear=
report
Apparently he only wants to hear [us] talking.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 2369
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
'Hear' and 'smell': Differentiation
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