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This document provides Jamaican Patois translations for many common English words including family members, days of the week, body parts, verbs, and phrases. It translates words like mother, father, sister, brother as well as greetings, questions, and commands. For example, the Jamaican Patois translation for "what's up" is "Wah gwaan?" and the translation for "I love you" is "Mi luv yuh". The document aims to help those learning Jamaican Patois understand common words and phrases.

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PATOIS

This document provides Jamaican Patois translations for many common English words including family members, days of the week, body parts, verbs, and phrases. It translates words like mother, father, sister, brother as well as greetings, questions, and commands. For example, the Jamaican Patois translation for "what's up" is "Wah gwaan?" and the translation for "I love you" is "Mi luv yuh". The document aims to help those learning Jamaican Patois understand common words and phrases.

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DAUGHTER-DAWTA

MOTHER- MAHDA
FATHER- FAADAH
BROTHER- BREDDA
SISTER- SISTA
GRANDMOTHER- GRANMADDA
GRANDFATHER- GRANFADDA
AUNTY- HANTI
GIRL- GYAL
BOY- BWOY

Days of the Week


Sunday- Sundeh
Monday- Mondeh
Tuesday- Tuesdeh
Wednesday-Wensdeh
Thursday- Thursdeh
Friday- Frydeh
Saturday-Satdeh
Aloe Vera- Sinkle Bible
America- Merika
Avocado- Pear
Break/Broke-Bruk
Box-Bax
Boil-Bwile
Born- Bawn
Butt-Batty,Battam
Breast-Bress, Titti
Burn- Bun
Cloth-Claat
Cry-Bawl
Dew-Jew
Dinner- Dinna
Dirty-Dutty
Docter- Dackta
Down-Dung
Egg- Hegg
Ever- Evah
Family- Fambily
Farmer- Faahma
Film- Flim
Finish-Dun
Fire- Fyah
First-Fuss
Follow-Falla
Forehead-Farrid
Foreign-Farrin
Hard- Haad
Idiot-Eediot
Last-Lass
Lawyer-Lawya
Liar- Liad
Little- Likkle
Long- Lang
Lord-Lawd
Lost-Lass
Make-Mek
Middle-Miggle
Mister- Missa
Morning- Mawning
Murder- Murdah
Next- Nex
Over-Ova
Panty- Drawsz
Paper-Paypa
Penis- Cocky, Hood
Picture-Picha
Plastic- Plastik
Remember-Memba
Rough- Ruff
Scared- Fraid
Send-Sen
Slippers-Slippaz
Spoil-Pwile
Strong- Trang
Suffer-Suffah
Sugar- Shuggah
Take-Tek
Teacher-Teacha
Them-Dem
Theif- Teef
This- Dis
Throat- Choat
Throw- Fling
Today- Todeh
Tough-Tuff
Trouble- Choble
Trust-Truss
Under-Unda
Warm- Waam
Water-Wata
Window- Winda
Work-Wuk
Vagina- PumPum, Punaani,Pu**y
Yesterday- Yessideh

I-MI
YOU-YUH
HOME-YAAD
THEM- DEM
MINE- FIMI
OUTSIDE-OUT A DOH*
RESPECT- RESPEK
SOMETHING- SINTING
TIRED-TIAD
CRY-BAWL
EAT- NYAM
Talk-Chat

WHAT’S UP?

WAH GWAAN?
( WAH is pronounced WAAAH?)

IS EVERYTHING OK?
YUH ARITE
(ARITE is pronounced AAHRIGHT)

Go Home
Gaah yuh yaad

Stay Home
Tan a yuh yaad

I love you
Mi luv yuh

I was calling you


Mi did a call yuh

Where are you?


Weh yuh deh
Where are you going?
Weh yah guh?

Have you seen Kayla?


Yuh si Kayla?

Where did you buy this?


A weh yuh buy this?

Are you coming?


Yaah cum?

Go Home
Gaah yuh yaad

Come Here
Cum ya

What time is it?


A wah time?
Is this yours?
A fi yuh dis

You talk too much


Yuh chat to much

What is your name?


Weh yuh name?

Where are you from?


A weh yuh cum from

FRASS…Tipsy or high
CROSSES- Badluck( used when something bad happens
or series of unfortunate events reoccurring)
JANKRO-it means Johncrow as in the bird..however it is
also used as a curse word
MAWGA- A person that is slim
FASS- A person that is nosey, in other words..mind your
business
(yuh too fass)
SMALL UP YUHSELF- this phrase is used on public
transportations to indicate that an individual needs to
shuffle over to make room for another person to sit.
BUN-used when a person is cheating on their significant
other
Bad Man- a slang used to describe a person who is
considered a criminal
Cruff- a derogatory expression which means a person
lacks ambition

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