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San Andres Creole English
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'Green' and 'blue'
The sea is often said to be ‘green’ when English speakers might use the term ‘turqoise’.
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Example 10-263:
Ihn bail som bush tii til ih griin.
Ihn
3sg
bail
boil
som
some
bush
bush
tii
tea
til
until
ih
3sg
.
n
griin.
green
She boiled some bush tea until it was green.
Example 10-264:
Nancy liv iina di blu an wait buod hous.
Nancy
Nancy
liv
live
iina
in
di
art
.
def
blu
blue
an
and
wait
white
buod
board
hous.
house
Nancy lived in the blue and white board house.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
'Green' and 'blue'
Source:
Own knowledge
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