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'Hear' and 'smell'
obi 'to hear', txera 'to smell'
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Example 30-236:
[...] brisi N
obi
un vós nha trás: [...].
[...]
[...]
brisi
suddenly
N=obi
1sg
=hear
un=vós
art
.
indf
=voice
nha=trás:
1sg
.
poss
=behind
[...].
[...]
[...] suddenly I heard a voice behind me: [...].
German:
[...] plötzlich hörte ich eine Stimme hinter mir: [...].
Source:
Baptista 2002
: 44
Example 30-237:
Tomé
txera
leti ki sta na jilera y fla m'e sta dretu inda.
Tomé
Tomé
txera
smell
leti
milk
ki=sta
comp
=be
na=jilera
in=fridge
y
and
fla
say
m=e=sta
comp
=
3sg
=be
dretu
o.k
inda.
still
Tomé smelled the milk, which was in the freezer, and said it was still good.
German:
Tomé roch an der Milch, die im Eisschrank stand, und sagte, sie sei noch o.k.
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. txera
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
'Hear' and 'smell'
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. obi, txera
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