Patois words from St. Ann
35 words and phrases · grouped by the lesson that teaches them
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| a go | a go | going to (future marker) |
| gwine | gwain | going to (older, emphatic) |
| wi | wi | will |
| naa go | naa go | not going to |
| soon come | suun kom | will arrive eventually |
| tumaro | tumaro | tomorrow |
| lata | lieta | later |
| nex' week | neks wiik | next week |
| nung | nong | now |
| done | don | finish |
| two twos | tuu tuuz | in a flash |
| if God spare life | if Gad spier laif | God willing |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| seh | se | that (after say/hear/think verbs) |
| tell | tel | tell |
| yeri | yeri | hear (older form) |
| tink | tingk | think |
| nuo | nuo | know (deep form) |
| believe | biliiv | believe |
| labrish | labrish | gossip, juicy news |
| su-su | su-su | whisper, gossip |
| pop 'tory | pap tuori | tell the story, catch up |
| a true? | a chuu? | is it true? |
| lie | lai | lie |
| dem seh | dem se | people say |
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|
| one time | wan taim | once (story opening) |
| fus | fos | first |
| den | den | then |
| afta dat | afta dat | after that |
| same time | siem taim | at that very moment |
| at laas | at laas | at last |
| inna di end | iina di en | in the end |
| pop 'tory | pap tuori | tell the story |
| Bredda Anancy | Breda Anansi | Brother Anancy, the spider trickster |
| story done | tuori don | the end |
| yuh waan hear? | yu waahn ier? | do you want to hear? |
| moral | maral | the lesson of the story |
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