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Relative particle and gap
Example 8-141:
Di man
huu
mek di hat-dem gaan a Merica.
Di
det
man
man
huu
who
mek
make
di
det
hat-dem
hat-
pl
gaan
gone
a
to
Merica.
America
The man who makes the hats has gone to America.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Subject relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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