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Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb
Examples
Jan gat wahn haas.
Jan
John
gat
have
wahn
a
haas.
horse
John has a horse.
Yu gat som pikni we brok bad.
Yu
2sg
gat
have
som
some
pikni
child
we
rel
brok
break
bad.
bad
There are some children who are spoilt.
Yu gat wahn man a Klarindan we kyahn tel yu a huu obya yu.
Yu
2sg
gat
have
wahn
indf
man
man
a
loc
Klarindan
Clarendon
we
rel
kyahn
can
tel
tell
yu
2sg
a
foc
huu
who
obya
witchcraft
yu.
you
There is a man in Clarendon who can tell you who used witchcraft against you.
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