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Example 8-142
Di gyal
huu
mi bok-op yeside laik mi.
Di
det
gyal
girl
huu
who
mi
1sg
bok-op
butt-up
yeside
yesterday
laik
like
mi.
1sg
The girl who I met yesterday likes me.
Comment:
Bok-op
in the example refers to the English verb
to butt
'to meet end to end'.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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