0. Tabakko dra ɛ drɔga la da tabakko fljaj.
0. Tobacco is a drug made from tobacco leaves.
1. Tabakko dra pʋɔ ɛ̀ssere fumato· mastikato o ʃniffato.
1. Tobacco can be smoked, chewed or snorted.
2. Tabakko dra pʋɔ ɛ̀ssere a sole ska, a arja ska, a fʋɔko ska, a arja kalda ska, fermentato o kɔtto.
2. Tobacco can be sun-cured, air-cured, fire-cured, flue-cured, fermented or cooked.
3. Tabakko dra ɛ assocato a lutto sa.
3. Tobacco is associated to bereavement.
B. We smoke tobacco cigarettes when we visit graves, as a form of respect: we take a puff and we leave them lit, with the filter pointed towards the grave.
D. We smoke tobacco pipes and cigars when we are outdoors alone, no more than once in a month, without doing anything but thinking (mainly about our dead, our unborn and our place among them).
G. Both men and women are supposed to smoke cigarettes, pipes and cigars.
V. We don’t inhale the smoke into our lungs.
Ʃ. We like unflavoured tobacco.
Ȝ. It would be great to produce our own tobacco.
F. Tobacco is a nice gift: cigars, pipe tobacco, cigarettes.
S. Health warnings on tobacco products are undesirable, because we don’t need to be warned.
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