Grammar

Question 1

To express ownership in Jamaican Creole is quite simple, you add the preposition “___” in front of the subject.

Answer 1

“Fi”

Example.
Fi Harr (hers)
Feem (his)
Fi Mi (my)
Fi Yuh (your)
Fi Dem (their)
Fi Wi (our)
Fi Unno (you guy's)

Question 2

To make verbs negative in Patwa you add the word “___” in front of the conjugated verb to make it negative.

Answer 2

“Nuh”

Example
Mi nuh know (I don’t know)

Question 3

Nouns in Patwa has a definite article, which is “___”. is used in the equivalence of “the”. The indefinite article is “___”

Answer 3

“Di” /definate article

“A” /indefinite article

Example
Di buoy/buai- the boy
A buoy/buai- a boy

Question 4

To make nouns plural, you add “___” to the ending of the verb, with an hyphen between the noun and ___.

Answer 4

“Dem”

Example
Di people–> Di people-dem
Di buai–> Di buai-dem
Nuff banana --> Many bananas
Ten bwoy --> Ten boys

Question 5

The copula is a connecting word; for example, in Jamaican Patois the copula is the letter ‘__’ which is used for the particle as well as for the continuous tense

Answer 5

The dominant ‘‘a”

Replaces - is, at, are, of, to, its, or I
It is use for present tense. It goes before verb