Patois

English

Sentence

mi

me, I

mi waan go (I want to go)

yuh

you

yuh nuh hear? (dont you hear?)

dem

them, they, forms all plurals

call dem (call them)

car dem (the cars)

wi

we

wi want justice (we want justice)

cyan

cant

mi cyan bodda (I cant be bothered)

deh

there

go out deh (go out there)

a go

am going to

mi ago a dung deh ( I am going down there)

a fe

its for

a fe him own (it is his)

outa doh

outside

go outa doh nuh (go outside)

inna

in

she inna di house (she is in the house)

madda

mother

mi madda a call yuh (my mother is calling you)

fada

father

mi fada a go come now (my father is on his way)

pickney

child

pickney stop nuh (child, stop)

mek

make

mek me set (let me see it)

di

the

di man cyan come now (the man cannot ocme now)