= Na di mandate we i pikin bin That’s the man whose child stole a pig. tif shwayn. as or “we” “which” “that” Examples: 1. Wi don drink ol dat mimbo. We’ve drunk all that wine. Yu bin bay am yestede. You bought it yesterday. = Wi don drink ol dat mimbo We’ve drunk all the wine which you bought we yu bin bay am yestede. yesterday You will have noticed from the example above that Pidgin speakers generally use: We + a pronoun (i, am, dem yu, etc), Whereas English requires only a (and sometimes nothing) to connect “who”, “which”, “that” the two parts of the sentence, the additional pronoun is never used in English. Dat man we a bin si i The man that I saw… … The man I saw… (The additional is notol “who” necessary in English) Ol di mimbo we yu bin bay am… All the beer which you bought… All the beer you bought… (The additional is “it” not necessary in English) Dat boy we i fut de hot…. The hot whose foot hurts… (The additional is not necessary in English) “his” The above practice of using we + something else generally holds in Pidgin. The exception would be when is followed by an two sounds kind of slide together: “we” “i”.The wan we i bin wye blak klos” “Dat May often be pronounced: wan wey bin wye blak klos” “Dat Otherwise, the practice of we + something else is always followed. Grammar: The Auxiliary Verbs fo…” and “Get “Fo…” A. fo in Pidgin is wquivalent to have to or be supposed to…” in “Get …” “to …”, “must” “to English. It does not need a tense marker (“de”) when used in the present, but when used in other tenses takes bin, go, etc… like any other verb. Examples: 1. A get f ores tude. I have to rest today I must rest today.
= Na di mandate we i pikin bin That’s the man whose child stole a pig. tif shwayn. “we” as “which” or “that” Examples: 1. Wi don drink ol dat mimbo. We’ve drunk all that wine. Yu bin bay am yestede. You bought it yesterday. = Wi don drink ol dat mimbo We’ve drunk all the wine which you bought we yu bin bay am yestede. yesterday You will have noticed from the example above that Pidgin speakers generally use: We + a pronoun (i, am, dem yu, etc), Whereas English requires only a “who”, “which”, “that” (and sometimes nothing) to connect the two parts of the sentence, the additional pronoun is never used in English. Dat man we a bin si i … The man that I saw… The man I saw… (The additional “who” is notol necessary in English) Ol di mimbo we yu bin bay am… All the beer which you bought… All the beer you bought… (The additional “it” is not necessary in English) Dat boy we i fut de hot…. The hot whose foot hurts… (The additional “his” is not necessary in English) The above practice of using we + something else generally holds in Pidgin. The exception would be when “we” is followed by an “i”.The two sounds kind of slide together: “Dat wan we i bin wye blak klos” May often be pronounced: “Dat wan wey bin wye blak klos” Otherwise, the practice of we + something else is always followed. Grammar: The Auxiliary Verbs “Get fo…” and “Fo…” A. “Get fo …” in Pidgin is wquivalent to “to have to …”, “must” or “to be supposed to…” in English. It does not need a tense marker (“de”) when used in the present, but when used in other tenses takes bin, go, etc… like any other verb. Examples: 1. A get f ores tude. I have to rest today I must rest today.
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