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Example 8-22
Misa Broun, yu no nuo a wa dem a du.
Misa
Mr.
Broun,
Brown
yu
2sg
no
neg
nuo
know
a
foc
wa
what
dem
3pl
a
prog
du.
do
Mr. Brown, you don't know what they're doing.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
The prohibitive: Normal imperative construction and normal negator
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