JC Second Person Personal Pronoun
Sing. Sub. /yu si weh ah mean? / “Do you know what I mean?”
/yu mussi born back a cow/ “You 're an idiot” (Pensacola Studio, 2014)
/yu di ' guh work todeh? / “You went to work today?”
Pl. Sub. /unu di ' hear di school bell? / “You heard the school bell?”
(Jamaicansinting, 2012)
Sing. Obj. /mi lob yu/ “I love you”
(Wells, 1973) /me good yu know, but look “I’m Great, but not as good as you” At yu, di better one/
(Pensacola Studio, 2014) /ow yu do? / “How are you?”
(Sevy, 2014)
Pl. Obj. / Tap unu naiz/ “Stop your noise!”
(Wells, 1973)
/im di tell unu/ “He told you”
(Jamaicansinting, 2012)
JSE use “you” much in the same way as any variety of Standard English; JSE Second Person Personal …show more content…
Furthermore, unlike the other cases mentioned above, third person pronouns in Standard English also distinguish between three subcategories of gender. Third person pronouns can either be marked as masculine (he, him), feminine (she, her), or neutral (it). While there is some distinction between genders in JC, some ambiguity is observed in regards to gender marking third person pronouns; JC Third Person Personal Pronoun Singular
Masc. /im neba lib/ “He never …show more content…
English has been the language of Jamaica for more than two centuries, and while one shows more similarities than the other to the language of those whom Jamaica were colonised by, there is still significant evidence to suggest Jamaican Creole’s connection between Jamaican Standard English and also British English. It is encouraged that future research into the comparison between JSE and JC focuses on the aspect of language standardisation, and determining why and how JSE became the standardised language, despite JC being the more widely used language across the island. Furthermore, another interesting field of research would be determining the pathway of language establishment for BE, JSE and JC. These days, many middle class Jamaicans use a language that is close to JSE, however many aspects of JC, such as pronunciation and vocabulary, are also incorporated into their speech (Wells, 1973). Since JSE and JC were somehow derived originally from BE as well as the native languages of those who were first brought to Jamaica, discovering whether there is a link between the three languages would prove an interesting field of further
Sing. Sub. /yu si weh ah mean? / “Do you know what I mean?”
/yu mussi born back a cow/ “You 're an idiot” (Pensacola Studio, 2014)
/yu di ' guh work todeh? / “You went to work today?”
Pl. Sub. /unu di ' hear di school bell? / “You heard the school bell?”
(Jamaicansinting, 2012)
Sing. Obj. /mi lob yu/ “I love you”
(Wells, 1973) /me good yu know, but look “I’m Great, but not as good as you” At yu, di better one/
(Pensacola Studio, 2014) /ow yu do? / “How are you?”
(Sevy, 2014)
Pl. Obj. / Tap unu naiz/ “Stop your noise!”
(Wells, 1973)
/im di tell unu/ “He told you”
(Jamaicansinting, 2012)
JSE use “you” much in the same way as any variety of Standard English; JSE Second Person Personal …show more content…
Furthermore, unlike the other cases mentioned above, third person pronouns in Standard English also distinguish between three subcategories of gender. Third person pronouns can either be marked as masculine (he, him), feminine (she, her), or neutral (it). While there is some distinction between genders in JC, some ambiguity is observed in regards to gender marking third person pronouns; JC Third Person Personal Pronoun Singular
Masc. /im neba lib/ “He never …show more content…
English has been the language of Jamaica for more than two centuries, and while one shows more similarities than the other to the language of those whom Jamaica were colonised by, there is still significant evidence to suggest Jamaican Creole’s connection between Jamaican Standard English and also British English. It is encouraged that future research into the comparison between JSE and JC focuses on the aspect of language standardisation, and determining why and how JSE became the standardised language, despite JC being the more widely used language across the island. Furthermore, another interesting field of research would be determining the pathway of language establishment for BE, JSE and JC. These days, many middle class Jamaicans use a language that is close to JSE, however many aspects of JC, such as pronunciation and vocabulary, are also incorporated into their speech (Wells, 1973). Since JSE and JC were somehow derived originally from BE as well as the native languages of those who were first brought to Jamaica, discovering whether there is a link between the three languages would prove an interesting field of further