aredi

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

    Inherited from English already.

    Adverb

    aredi

    1. already
      • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 11:7:
        An wa ef im fren tan iina im ous an se, ‘No bada mi man. Mi duor lak aredi, an mi an mi pikni dem gaan a bed. Mi kyaahn get op an gi yu notn nou.
        and he will answer from within, 'Do not bother me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything'?
        (literally, “My door is locked already”)

    Further reading

    • “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎[1], 2015, Glossary‎[2]
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