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Table 2

Lexical and grammatical constructions in Jamaican Creole (Farquharson, n.d.)

Standard English structure	Jamaican Creole structure	Literal Jamaican Creole translation
The children are playing in the house [4]	Di pikni-dem a ramp ina di hous	The child and them are romping in the house
Where do you walk to get down there? [19]	Wich-paat yu waak gu dong de?	Which part you walk go down there?
Rose told her that it was Claris who broke the pots [24]	Ruoz tel im se a Klaris mash di pat-dem	Rose tell them say that Claris smash the pot
This child was always ugly [43]	Dis-ya pikni wehn aalwiez ogli	This here child that was always ugly
Mary cooked the food [51]	Mieri kuk di fuud	Mary cook the food

Standard English structure	Jamaican Creole structure	Literal Jamaican Creole translation
The children are playing in the house [4]	Di pikni-dem a ramp ina di hous	The child and them are romping in the house
Where do you walk to get down there? [19]	Wich-paat yu waak gu dong de?	Which part you walk go down there?
Rose told her that it was Claris who broke the pots [24]	Ruoz tel im se a Klaris mash di pat-dem	Rose tell them say that Claris smash the pot
This child was always ugly [43]	Dis-ya pikni wehn aalwiez ogli	This here child that was always ugly
Mary cooked the food [51]	Mieri kuk di fuud	Mary cook the food