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Value A savvy word exists
Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Savvy
References
Schwegler and Green 2007
: 280
Examples
Pero ele a-sabé toká tambié tambó, ¿belá?
Pero
but
ele
he/she
a-sabé
?-
hab
toká
play
tambié
also
tambó,
drum
¿belá?
right
But he/she used to also play the drum, right?
Spanish:
Pero él/ella solía también tocar el tambor, ¿verdad?
See
Schwegler and Green 2007
: 280
Mailo mi, ele kele sabé naa ri eso nu!
Mailo
husband
mi,
my
ele
he
kele
want
sabé
know
naa
nothing
ri
of
eso
this
nu!
neg
My husband, he doesn't want to know anything about this!
Spanish:
¡Mi marido no quiere saber nada de eso!
Yo i sabé eso nu.
Yo
I
i
dep
.
pro
.
1sg
sabé
know
eso
this
nu.
neg
I don't know this.
Spanish:
(Yo) no sé eso.
Bo o sabé eso nu.
Bo
you
o
dep
.
pro
.
2sg
sabé
know
eso
this
nu.
neg
You don't know this.
Spanish:
(Vos) no sabe eso.
Ané sabé-ba asé eso nu.
Ané
they
sabé-ba
hab
-
pst
.
hab
asé
do
eso
this
nu.
neg
They did not use to do this.
Spanish:
Ellos no solían hacer eso.
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