Belize Creole and English/Contrastive Grammar
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BZJ-ENG Tests
1. Adding definite articles:
weh Ah di seh? --> what I say?
Ai di tel --> I speak
2. Difference in word order:
How yoo ku seh yoo si Aybraham? --> You have seen Abraham!
3. Adding auxiliary verbs:
unu noh bileev mi --> you do not believe me
di prafit dehn ded. --> The prophets are dead
4. Adding plural auxiliary:
di prafit dehn ded. --> The prohpets are dead
aksep di ting dehn --> listen to my words.
5. Adding prepositions:
Unu da fahn fi unu pa --> You are from your father
da di devl --> the devil
