Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Datapoint
Belizean Creole
/
'Hear' and 'smell'
Values
Show/hide details
Differentiation
Example 9-121:
If dey kloz op layk dat dey hav tu
smɛl
rɛŋk.
If
if
dey
they
kloz
close
op
up
layk
like
dat
that
dey
they
hav
have
tu
to
smɛl
smell
rɛŋk.
rank
If they stay closed, they must smell bad.
Source:
Escure 1980-1989
Example 9-204:
Yu
hia
wan li 'kilin-kilin'.
Yu
2sg
hia
hear
wan
a
li
little
'kilin-kilin'.
'kilin-kilin'
You hear a noise that sounds like 'kilin-kilin'.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 34
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
'Hear' and 'smell'
Source:
Escure 1983
×