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Value Rain falls
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Raining constructions
References
Angelo 1998
;
Hudson 1985
: 59
Examples
Naidaim, ooo, rein bina boldan, maidi tu, thri dei [...] binish.
Naid-daim,
night-time
ooo,
interj
rein
rain
bin-a
pst
-
pot
bol-dan,
fall-down
maidi
maybe
tu,
two
thri
three
dei
day
[...]
[...]
binish.
finish
[During the] night, oh, the rain might have fallen, [for] maybe two [or] three days, [then it] finished.
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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