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satvikpendem
15 days ago
It's ebonics, a slang or dialect version of using "are."
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sheept
15 days ago
Linguistically it's particularly interesting since it marks the habitual aspect, and standard English has no grammatical equivalent.[0]
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https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/invariant-be#who-says-this
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frollogaston
15 days ago
And it's more like "are being" here (present imperfect)
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dotancohen
14 days ago
Ebonics, from the root ebony, meaning black-speak? I can't believe that's still acceptable.
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[0]: https://ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/invariant-be#who-says-this