Traditional Jamaican proverb · taught in St. Thomas
Uu kyaahn ier mos fiil.
Whoever can't hear must feel.
Those who won't listen to warning learn the hard way.
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.
This one is taught in St. Thomas.
The grammatical categories this description uses — clause type, mood, and the sound patterning noted where it carries the proverb — follow Unseth's framework for describing a proverb rather than only translating it.
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.
Hear it, and collect the rest →