pramis

English Definition

promise

Etymology

• (Derived from English promise.)

Examples

• "A dat mek mi did tingk it impuotant fi wi breda dem kom si unu bifuo mi kom dong de. Mi push dem fi go orli so dat dem kuda mek shuor se aal a di sitn dem we unu did pramis fi gi, gyada op an pudong. Kaaz ef evriting gyada op an redi wen mi riich de, it wi shuo se a gi unu riili waahn fi gi; it wi shuo se nobadi naa fuos unu fi du notn."

  So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction

• "Kaaz wen Gad did mek di pramis tu Iebriyam im did se, “Bout da taim ya neks ier, mi wi kom bak an Siera wi av wan bwai pikni.”"

  For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son."

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