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Coming from named places
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Example 8-125:
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.
Example 8-126:
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.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
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Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Coming from named places
Source:
Own knowledge
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