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Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Coming from named places
Examples
Di bwai de kom wie
fram
Tong.
Di
det
bwai
boy
de
prog
kom
come
wie
way
fram
from
Tong.
Town
The boy is coming all the way from Town.
Mi mada kom
frahn
farin yeside.
Mi
1sg
mada
mother
kom
come
frahn
from
farin
foreign
yeside.
yesterday
My mother returned/came from overseas yesterday.
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