Patois words from Kingston
53 words and phrases · grouped by the lesson that teaches them
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| wah gwaan | wa gwaan | what's up, what's going on |
| maanin | maanin | good morning |
| hou yu du? | ou yu du? | how are you? |
| mi deh ya | mi de ya | I'm here; I'm fine |
| everyting criss | evriting kris | everything's fine |
| tank God | tangk Gad | thank God |
| sah | sa | sir |
| ma | ma | ma'am |
| mi fren | mi fren | my friend |
| big up | big op | respect!, shout-out |
| likkle more | likl muor | see you later |
| walk good | waak gud | travel safely, goodbye |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| wa / wha | wa | what |
| niem | niem | name; to be named |
| dat | dat | that |
| dis | dis | this |
| ting | ting | thing |
| sinting | sitn | something |
| smadi | sumadi | somebody |
| du | du | do |
| a who | a uu | who (is it) |
| seh | se | say |
| waan | waahn | want |
| maas | maas | respectful title for an older man |
| miss | mis | respectful title for a woman |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| mi | mi | I, me, my |
| yu / yuh | yu | you, your |
| im | im | he, she, him, his, her |
| shi | shi | she |
| har | ar | her (object/possessive only) |
| wi | wi | we, us, our |
| unu | unu | you (plural), you all |
| dem | dem | they, them, their |
| fi mi | fi mi | mine, my own |
| fi yu | fi yu | yours |
| fi wi | fi wi | ours |
| fi dem | fi dem | theirs |
| a fu who? | a fu uu? | whose is it? |
| fi mi own | fi mi uon | my own, mine |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| deh | de | to be (in a place) |
| weh | we | where |
| yaad | yaad | home, yard |
| tung | tong | town, downtown |
| maakit | maakit | market |
| shap | shap | shop |
| grung | grong | ground; farm plot |
| a door | a duor | outdoors, outside |
| ya-so | ya-so | right here |
| deh-so | de-so | right there |
| dung deh | dong de | down there |
| ova deh | uova de | over there |
| a farin | a farin | abroad, overseas |
| road | ruod | street; out on the road |
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