Who cyaan hear mus feel.

Traditional Jamaican proverb · taught in St. Thomas

Written in Cassidy-JLU

Uu kyaahn ier mos fiil.

Word for word

Whoever can't hear must feel.

What it actually means

Those who won't listen to warning learn the hard way.

How it is built

single-clause deontic

Mus carries the obligation, so no command verb is needed; the subject is a bare who standing for anybody, and hear and feel are set against each other.

Where it comes up

This one is taught in St. Thomas.

More proverbs

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Time longer dan rope.Be patient — time outlasts everything and settles every score.
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No cuss alligator long-mout til yu cross riva done.Don't insult anyone whose help you still need.

Sources

The proverb is folk material. The description of how it is put together follows the framework in the work above; the translation and the commentary are mine.

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