DW4b Part 2

AAVE Grammatical Features Worksheet
Instructions: You will be presented with either an AAVE sentence or a sentence en Standard English and you must translate the sentence into the opposing dialect and give the reasoning for the translation. An answer sheet will be attached.

AAVE: “She don’t believe nothing I tell her”
SE: _______________________________________
Reason:

AAVE: “She keep her distance. I keep mine”
SE: _______________________________________
Reason:

AAVE: “I ain’t there yet”
SE: _______________________________________
Reason:

AAVE: ____________________________________
SE: “We were watching television”
Reason:


Answer Sheet
AAVE: “She don’t believe nothing I tell her”
SE: “She doesn’t believe anything I tell her”
Reason: Multiple negation

AAVE: “She keep her distance. I keep mine”
SE: “She keeps her distance, and I keep mine”
Reason: Third person singular “s”

AAVE: “I ain’t there yet”
SE: “I am not there yet”
Reason: Usage of “ain’t”

AAVE: “We was watching television”
SE: “We were watching television”
Reason: Generalization of “is” and “was”