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Relative particle and gap
Example 8-8:
Wi fain di moni we Jan laas.
Wi
1pl
fain
find
di
det
moni
money
we
rel
Jan
John
laas.
lose
We found the money that John lost.
Example 8-142:
Di gyal
huu
mi bok-op yeside laik mi.
Di
det
gyal
girl
huu
who
mi
1sg
bok-op
butt-up
yeside
yesterday
laik
like
mi.
1sg
The girl who I met yesterday likes me.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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