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Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
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Different forms
Example 8-50:
Dat-de buk laas.
Dat-de
dem
-
dist
buk
book
laas.
lose
He lost that book.
Example 8-51:
Im laas dat-de.
Im
3sg
laas
lose
dat-de.
dem
-
dist
He lost that one.
Example 8-52:
Im laas dat-de wan.
Im
3sg
laas
lose
dat-de
dem
-
dist
wan.
one
He lost that one.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
Source:
Own knowledge
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