laes1Englishhappy; proudTok PisinamamasLaes indicates prolonged happiness as opposed to parmat which refers more to one incident or time of being happy. Some distinguish laes as being happy while parmat refers to happiness that shows, that is expressed in a visual way, thus the overt evidence of being proud. Parmat may be stronger than laes. Mámás is seen as synonymous to laes by many. Gas and gasgas are more the idea of joy, an internal emotion, as is gáu. Both gáu and gasgas can be combined with pokon (place, garden) in an idiomatic way to refer to a person.gas1gasgasgáugáu i kán pokonmámásparmat
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