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de

particle

LanguageJamaican Creole English

Meaning
  1. present progressive tense marker used before verbs
  2. This word is used before a verb to show that an action is happening right now.
Examples

Im de kom.

She is coming.

Part of speechparticle

Usage noteIt functions similarly to 'is' or 'are' in English when describing ongoing actions.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.