For example, in Ebonics, the phrase "We are watching a movie" would be "We be watching a movie." Next, the remote past is indicated using the word "been." In Ebonics, the phrase "She has been gone for a while" would be "She been gone." When speaking Ebonics, verbs are often omitted. One would say "They on the floor," rather than "They are on the floor." Quite often a word is used in the opposite way of its traditional meaning, such a saying something is "bad" meaning that it is really very good. To emphasize a point, the object of a sentence is often repeated. You might say, "My grandfather, he has died." When implying possession, the context of the sentence is relied upon. Rather than saying, "My father's name is John," you would say "My father name John." A few other examples include no consonant pairs, the letter "r" not being pronounced, the /th/ sound being pronounced incorrectly, and any vowel before the letter combination "ng" sound being pronounced as /ang/. Almost any time two consonants appear together, only one is pronounced. For example, the word "just" becomes "jus." The /r/ sound is very rarely pronounced. The word "door" becomes "doe," the word "more" becomes "moe," etc. When the letter combination "th" appears at the end of a word, it is often pronounced as an "f". When "th" appears at the beginning of the word, it is pronounced as a "d." for example, "south" becomes "souf", and "this" becomes "dis." And finally, any vowel before the letters "ng" is almost always pronounced /ang/. For example the word "thing" is pronounced as "thang." All of these idiomatic rules affect the structure of the language of Ebonics. (Landrum-Brown, Ph.D.).
The History of Ebonics.
The history of Ebonics is the subject of much debate. In general, there are two schools of thought regarding its origins, the Anglican and the African. The Anglican school believes that Ebonics can be traced to British dialects of Old and Middle English.