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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Parameter:
'Hand' and 'arm'
Examples
N kebrá
bros
skerd y
mon
dreita.
N
1sg
kebrá
break
bros
arm
skerd
left
y
and
mon
hand
dreita.
right
I have broken my left arm and right hand.
Portuguese:
Parti o braço esquerdo e a mão direita.
El po mnin na
mon
.
El
3sg
po
put
mnin
child
na
in
mon.
hand
She took the child into her arms.
Portuguese:
Ela pôs a criança no colo.
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