Westmoreland

Sugar plains and sunset sea

Welcome a Westmoreland, di parish weh deh farthest west (the westernmost parish, capital Savanna-la-Mar)! Ya-so di cane piece dem run flat-flat go meet di sea, an Negril beach stretch out white an long. Wi a go learn fi chain up verb dem like true yaadie, chat farming talk, an tell smadi bout yuh evriday runnings.

Lessons in this parish

29. Serial verbs — run come, kyai go bring come — Chain bare verbs together for direction, purpose and result — no 'to', no 'and', no '-ing'.
30. Farming an nature — grung talk — Talk about land, crops and country life: grung, chop bush, plant, crop, fit, spring.
31. Habitual an routines — evri maanin mi... — Express habits with the bare verb (Mi wake six o'clock evri maanin) and contrast with progressive 'a'.

Culture from Westmoreland

Frome — weh modern Jamaica politics born — History
Negril — fram fishing village to seven mile a sand — Work and economy
Peter Tosh — Westmoreland stepping razor — Music

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Proverbs taught in Westmoreland

Jamaican proverbs travel; most of these are said all over the island. The parish is where the course teaches it, not a claim about where it started.

Empty bag cyaan tan up.A hungry person cannot hold themselves up or do the work — feed people first.

Young cock crow after ole cock.The young one crows in imitation of the old: children copy what they see their elders do, so mind what you do in front of them.

Wha sweet nanny goat a go run im belly.What pleases you now can hurt you later.

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