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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English agoing.
Pronunciation
Verb
a-go
- present indicative, participle, and gerund of go.
We im a-go?- Where is he going?
We im a-go iit?- Where is he going to eat?
Bokit a-go a wel aal die, wan die di batam wi drap out.- A bucket that goes down the well all day long, one day the bottom will drop out.
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 2:12:Mi a-go tel unu wa unu a-go si, so wen unu si dat unu a-go nuo se a im. Unu a-go si wan biebi rap op iina wan biebi blangkit an a lidong iina di baks we di animal dem nyam outa.- You will recognize him by this sign: you will find the child wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.
- (literally, “I'm going to tell you what you're going to see, so when you see that, you're going to know it's him. You're going to see a baby wrapped up in a baby blanket and lying in a box where the animals eat out of.”)