Tag

#grammar

88 words tagged “grammar”

soso
adverb

Only; nothing but; just

#caribbean#patois#grammar#adverb
nyen
pronoun

None

#british#regional#pronoun#grammar
Abi
interjection

A tag added to a sentence to mean "isn't it?" or "right?"

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
muh
pronoun

Me / my.

#caribbean#patois#pronoun#grammar
nae
adverb

No; not

#scottish#irish#grammar#everyday
summick
pronoun

Something

#british#regional#pronoun#grammar
come here once
phrase

Eastern Wisconsin way to say 'come here for a second.'

#american#regional#wisconsin#grammar
fornenst
preposition

Opposite to; facing; against

#scottish#irish#grammar#position
ilka
adjective

Each; every

#scottish#irish#grammar#quantity
while
conjunction

'Until' (in Yorkshire usage).

#british#regional#grammar#conjunction
mebbes
adverb

Maybe, perhaps

#british#regional#adverb#grammar
pickney dem
phrase

The children (plural marker 'dem')

#caribbean#patois#grammar
gi
verb

Give

#caribbean#patois#grammar#verb
like
particle

A sentence-final filler / verbal full stop

#british#regional#particle#grammar
me
determiner

My

#british#regional#determiner#grammar
nuh
adverb

Not / don't; also a tag ('right?')

#caribbean#patois#grammar
dweet
verb

Do it

#caribbean#patois#grammar#verb
Shebi
interjection

A tag question meaning "isn't that so?" placed at the start or end of a sentence.

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
deh pon
phrase

To be on / into / engaged with

#caribbean#patois#grammar#expression
outwith
preposition

Outside of; beyond — a distinctively Scots preposition

#scottish#irish#grammar#formal
ye
pronoun

You / your

#british#regional#pronoun#grammar
waan
verb

Want

#caribbean#patois#grammar#verb
pon
preposition

On / upon

#caribbean#patois#grammar
anent
preposition

Concerning, about; regarding

#scottish#irish#grammar#formal
Dey
verb

The Pidgin verb "to be," also used as a marker for ongoing action.

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
dinnae
verb

Do not; don't

#scottish#irish#grammar#everyday
nobbut
adverb

Nothing but; only

#british#regional#adverb#grammar
haffi
verb

Have to / must

#caribbean#patois#grammar#verb
weh
pronoun

Where; what; that (multi-purpose)

#caribbean#patois#grammar
fi
preposition

For; to; belonging to (multi-use particle)

#caribbean#patois#grammar
Una
pronoun

"You people" — the plural form of "you."

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
cyah
verb

Can't; cannot

#caribbean#patois#grammar#negation
gih
verb

Give.

#caribbean#patois#grammar#verb
do be
phrase

Expresses a habitual, repeated action

#scottish#irish#grammar#habitual
Na
verb

A copula meaning "it is" / "that is," used for emphasis and identification.

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
waiting on line
phrase

Standing in a queue (New Yorkers say 'on,' not 'in')

#american#regional#queue#grammar
as
adverb

Kiwi intensifier tacked onto an adjective (cheap as, cold as)

#australian#aussie#intensifier#grammar
oor
determiner

Our

#british#regional#determiner#grammar
Wetin
pronoun

"What" — the core Pidgin interrogative word.

#nigerian-pidgin#pidgin#nigerian#west-african
jus-now
adverb

In a little while, or a short while ago.

#caribbean#patois#time#grammar