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Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
'Hear' and 'smell'
References
Crowley 1995
Examples
mi
smelem
mit i sting
mi
1sg
smelem
smell
mit
meat
i
agr
sting
stink
I can smell the meat has gone off.
mifala i
harem
bigfala noes yestedei long neat
mifala
1pl
.
excl
i
agr
harem
hear
bigfala
big
noes
noise
yestedei
yesterday
long
loc
neat
night
We heard a really loud noise yesterday night.
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