from me born

English Definition

alternative form of from mi bawn

Examples

• "1975, Vera D. Rubin, Lambros Comitas, Ganja in Jamaica: A medical anthropological study of chronic marihuana use, Mouton & Co. (publ.), page 121. When asked if ganja made him feel sociable, one subject replied, “Me social from me born.”"

  When asked if ganja made him feel sociable, one subject replied, “I have been social since I was born.”

• "1997, Opal Palmer Adisa, It Begins with Tears, Heinemann (publ.), page 150. ‘Praise be! From me born me neva see such wickedness.' Beryl heaved her chest and folded her hands in a gesture of defiance."

  ‘Praise be! Since my birth I have never seen such wickedness.' Beryl heaved her chest and folded her hands in a gesture of defiance.

• "“FROM […] chiefly dial; […] Esp in set phrases: from me born, from me a little boy, from me was a child, from me was at me knee […]”"

  I've always been a bad guy / That's why I behave like that.

• "Mi bad from mi born / And that's why mi gwaan so."