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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Parameter:
'Finger' and 'toe'
Examples
N tinha so kel
ded
tród.
N
1sg
tinha
have.
pst
so
only
kel
dem
ded
toe
tród.
take.away.
ptcp
I had only this toe amputated.
Portuguese:
Tive só aquele dedo do pé amputado.
Lá k N partí es dos
ded
.
Lá
there
k
that
N
1sg
partí
break
es
dem
.
pl
dos
two
ded.
finger
It was there that I broke these two fingers.
Portuguese:
Foi lá que eu parti estes dois dedos.
[...] na kel
ded d'pe
.
[...]
[...]
na
on
kel
dem
ded
toe
de
of
pe.
foot
[...] on this toe.
Portuguese:
[...] nesse dedo do pé.
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