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'Green' and 'blue'
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Differentiation
Example 8-174:
Im go bai wahn bluu frak.
Im
3sg
go
go
bai
buy
wahn
indf
bluu
blue
frak.
frock
She went and bought a blue dress.
Example 8-175:
Fos i bluu, den i ton griin.
Fos
first
i
3sg
bluu,
blue
den
then
i
3sg
ton
turn
griin.
green
First it was blue, then it became green.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
'Green' and 'blue'
Source:
Own knowledge
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