Datapoint Jamaican/Order of demonstrative and noun

Jamaican has both mono-morphemic and bi-partite demonstratives. The bi-partite demonstratives are formed with the proximal demonstrative dis (< Eng. this) or the distal demonstrative dat/daa (< Eng. that) plus the spatial adverbs ya (< Eng. here) and de (< Eng. there), respectively, to produce dis-ya and dat-de. These demonstratives, like their mono-morphemic counterparts, precede the noun.

However, the bi-partite demonstratives have disjoined versions in which the mono-morphemic demonstrative precedes the noun and the spatial adverb follows the noun, e.g. dis man ya 'this man here' and da man de 'that man there'.

Values

Demonstrative word precedes noun

Example 8-5:
Dis uman waahn wahn kyaar fi bai.
Dis
dem
uman
woman
waahn
want
wahn
indf
kyaar
car
fi
inf
bai.
buy
This woman wants a car to buy.
Confidence:
Very certain