Dem

means: " them", "themselves", "those", "they", "their", or the suffix "-s"

Note: In World English to make most nouns plural you gotta add the suffix -s right at the end of a word. However, in Jamaican Creole the suffix -s on some words—not all of them—becomes dem right after whatchu tryna say as shown below.

En singular	En plural	JC singular	JC plural
Girl	Girls	Gyal	Gyaldem
Boy	Boys	Bwai	Bwaidem
Brother	Brothers	Breddah	Breddahdem
Man	Men	Man	Mandem
Woman	Women	Uman	Umandem
Country	Countries	Konchri	Konchridem

And so much more...

Example sentences

Di laas govament neva bild heni nyuu infaschroksha laik dem seh dem go duh bifuo ilekshan, an dem neva impruuv di libn standaad fi skuul tildren an yunivoersiti schuudentdem. Aal dem duh dey jus taak an taak bot duh notn a aal.

The last government never built any new infrastructure like they said they would do before elections, and they never improved the living standards for school children and university students. All they do is just talk and talk but do nothing at all.

Dem a deso yuh si dem?

They are right there can you see them?

Nobadi av taim fi dem.

Nobody has time for them.

Mi aalwiez neba kier wah dem seh bout mi.

I've always never cared what they say about me.

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