Jamaican Sentences Broken Down into their Individual Words, and Phrases
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jargon:
Frah wha - from what
pawt - part
yuh deh - you from
example:
Frah wha pawt yuh deh? - Where are you from? / From what part
are you?
suh - so
yuh - you
nah guh - not going
badda - bother
example:
Suh yuh nah guh badda guh - So, you are not going to bother going
cho - an exclamation meaning wow, DARN ! etc.
ah weh - to where
eem - him/her (usually "him" in most cases)
tink eem ah guh - thinks is going to
duh - do
example:
cho! ah weh eem tink eem ah guh duh? - DARN ! What's does he think he
is going to do?
ah sake ah - it's because of
ar - her
mek eem - why he
nah lef - not leaving
yah - her
example:
ah sake ah ar mek eem nah lef yah - it's because of her why he's not
leaving here
dah - that
breddah - brother/man/guy
deh - right there (optional because this sentence would still make
sense without it)
mout ah massy - chatterbox / talkative
eeh! - isn't he/do you agree
example:
dah bredda (deh) mout ah massy eeh! -that man (right there) is
talkative, isn't he?
cooh deh! - look at that!
deh ah - they are
galang lakka seh - behaving as if
dem - they
nuh ha nutten - do not have anything
example:
cooh deh, dem ah galang lakka seh dem nuh ha nutten - look at that!
they are behaving as if they do not have anything
gimme -give me
ah bulla - a ginger cake
as brawta - an extra for free (in Jamaica they sometimes offer an extra
1 of something for free if you have already bought something)
ah fawty dolla wut ah - and forty dollars worth of
callaloo - spinach
caw - because
ah frah mawning - since this morning
mi nuh nyam - I have not eaten
example: gimme
ah bulla as brawta ah fawty dolla wut ah callaloo, caw ah frah mawning
mi
nuh nyam - Give me a ginger cake (for free since I've bought
one) and forty dollars worth of spinach, because I have not eaten since
this
morning.
