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She tell him already (She already told him).

I drink plenny rum las night = ‘I drank a lot of rum last night’), the past tense can also be formed by combining «did», «done», «gone», or «been» with the verb: While context is often used to indicate tense (e.g. The negative form of «to be» usually takes the form «een» I een gern (‘I am not goin’) We are – We is or «We’s», pronounced « weez«.You are – You is or «You’s», pronounced « use«.I am – I is or «I’s» (pronounced « eyes«).In the present tense, the verb «to be» is usually conjugated «is» regardless of the grammatical person: «he gone dat way» (used while pointing in a direction,means that is where the person went).Wa you does do? (‘what kind of work do you do?’).I does eat conch erry day (‘I eat conch every day’).Similarly, verb «to do» has numerous variations depending on tense and context: There is also variation amongst speakers. Verb usage in the Bahamianese differs significantly from that of Standard English. When describing actions done alone or by a single group, only.one is used, as in only me one sing (‘I’m the only one who sang’) and only Mary one gern Nassau(‘Mary was the only one who went to Nassau’) Verbs In addition, the possessive pronouns differ from Standard English: English Possessive pronouns in Bahamianese often differ from Standard English with:įor example, das ya book? means ‘is that your book?’ However, the second person plural can take one of three forms: Pronouns in Bahamianese are generally the same as in Standard English. Final clusters are often simplified, especially when they share voicing ( gold > gol, but not milk > * mil).As the creole is non-rhotic /r/ is not pronounced unless it is before a vowel.The vowel of first merges with that of fuss (into ) among some and with the vowel of foist (into ) in others.

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Free variation of the «happ y» vowel between and.

Merger of the vowels of fair and fear into.

Other characteristics of Bahamian Creole in comparison to English include: Outside of white acrolectal speech, speakers have no dental fricativess and English cognate words are usually pronounced with or as in dis (‘this’) and tink (‘think’). Some speakers have merged /v/ and /w/ into a single phoneme and pronounce words with or depending on context (the latter appearing in word-initial position and the former appearing elsewhere). The merger occurs most often in the speech of Abaco and north Eleuthera. Though there is variation between black and white speakers, there is a tendency for speakers to drop /h/ or, in a hypercorrection, to add it to words without it so harm and arm are pronounced the same. In fact, there is much socio-historical and linguistic evidence to support the proposal that it is a creole language. However, academic research shows that this is not the case. This lack of research on Bahamian Creole is perhaps because for many years, Bahamians have assumed that this language is simply a variety of English. In comparison to many of the English-based creoles of the Caribbean region, limited research has been conducted on what is known as Bahamian Creole. There is also a very significant link between Bahamian and the Gullah language of South Carolina, as many Bahamians are descendants of slaves brought to the islands from the Gullahregion after the American revolution. Individual speakers have command of lesser and greater creolized forms.īahamianese also shares similar features with other Caribbean English-based creoles, such as those of Jamaica,Barbados, Trinidad and the Virgin Islands. Islands that were settled earlier or that have a historically large Afro-Bahamian population have a greater concentration of individuals exhibiting creolized speech the creole is most prevalent in urban areas. Bahamianese also tends to be more prevalent in certain areas of the Bahamas. Bahamianese is spoken by both white and black Bahamians, although in slightly different forms.

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