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.
And so much more...
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...
