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dat

demonstrative determiner/pronounpeople

person or thing farther away

refers to a person or thing farther away or already mentioned; equivalent of English 'that'

Example in use

Dat boat's in the voe.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/DAHT/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: that

Local variations

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