African-American Vernacular English

African-American Vernacular English

ORIGINS

originated from the slave colonies of the southern United States

CHARACTERISTICS

is a variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities African Americans. it shares several features with forms of Creole English spoken throughout the world. Has pronunciation, grammatical structures and vocabulary in common with various West African languages

READING

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qt6DNGBPOLlZrBtXc40FxQPWqfOioNaf3mGj3WYBnRA/edit

Spilling the Tea: refers to the act of telling the truth Throwing shade is a subtle way of disrespecting or ridiculing someone verbally or nonverbally. Snatched: In drag slang, snatched is “fierce” or “on point Chile: ¨weird"

CONJUGATION- GRAMMAR

present simple: Is/ are is omited «Sasha going to the store» «Maria working Saturday night» If the "is" were present, the sentences would mean the same thing the suffix -s is omitted in the third person singular of the present tense. «he work at the bar».. add a "be" of habitual meaning to indicate a customary or frequently performed action. «Luna be working Saturday nights»

CONJUGATION-GRAMMAR

Present perfect continuous Has/have is omited «Tyrone been working Saturday nights».

CONJUGATION-GRAMMAR

The "it" to replace "there" "there is" "there are" by "it " "It's a warehouse just two blocks away"

PHONETICS

. The th-fronting ,"those" and "doze" omit the r when it is not followed by a vowel. Car working

WORD ORDER

word order when asking questions. "Why aren't they coming?" maintain the typical order of a statement ("Why they ain't (aren't) coming?").

vocabulary

finna about to... a punto de Example: I'm finna go to the store wildin/whilin say or do something crazy...decir o hacer algo loco she was wildin when spent that money GOAT Acronym for Greatest Of All Time, commonly used to describe outstanding or iconic people...."El/la más grande de todos los tiempos" Solange is the GOAT.

vocabulary

"ain't" "wanna" «want to» Do you wanna go now? “tryna” ‘trying to’ I am trying to do it "lit": 'Lit': has been a slang term meaning "intoxicated" for over a century. More recently, it has acquired the meaning "exciting," as well as a broader meaning along the lines of "excellent." (merriam webster) The party is gonna be lit

AIN´T USES

Am not Is not / Isn’t Are not / Aren’t Have not / Haven’t Has not / Hasn’t My dog ain’t at home. (is not)-Presente Simple. I ain’t working right now. (am not)-Presente Continuo. They ain’t been studying, instead they’ve been playing all day. (haven’t) Presente Perfecto Continuo. He ain’t visited his mom in 5 years. (hasn’t)-Presente Perfecto.

LISTENING

identify AAVE in Seven rings song

My receipts be lookin like phone numbers / If it ain’t money then wrong number / Black card is my business [pronounced as “bidniss”] card. She adds various habitual “be”s and “ain’t”s, as well as omits the verbal form and final consonants.

SPEAKING use AAVE

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