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Special indefinites
Example 8-29:
Dem gi
smadi
di mechiz fi gi mi.
Dem
3pl
gi
give
smadi
somebody
di
det
mechiz
message
fi
purp
gi
give
mi.
1sg
They gave someone the message to give to me.
Example 8-30:
Dem tek di ogli
sitn
gi di pikni.
Dem
3pl
tek
take
di
det
ogli
ugly
sitn
something
gi
give
di
det
pikni.
child
They took the ugly thing and gave it to the child.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Indefinite pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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