Do non trinis understand us?

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hottawarrior - win lose or draw

Considering that you wrote almost this entire question in proper english it no wonder there are people here who can understand it.

but Gosh Nika, yuh evil and bad, yuh hadda say it like dat? dat was so bad ah had to slow down and translate mehself loooooooooooooool. and i does talk reel bad english wen i reddy. looooooooool. dis reminded me of when meh cousin tell we she goin an study metsin (her spelling not mine). lmao.

anyhoos, most non trinis do not understand us when we talking real fast, especially if we with another trini, and yuh hear words like mauvais langue and jagabat jump in d conversation. loooool. and dont talk about when we giving directions!

curious!

Buh wha de moder skin is dis, den dey mus' be in de wrong place.

Anyways, yuh ain't hear bout de bacchanal in de Red House de oder day! Meh friend cousin aunt nephew chile fadder who did leave she for de mister by the standpipe did see what went down and gyal ting sweet too bad! Comess eh!

If they could understand the above - (and there's a little English in it as well) - and yahoo spell checker going mad "Oops it looks like you have 8 misspellings"

Â¡Keisha!

Heck no!! My husband is American and we have been together 5 yrs and he still don't understand.

Sa_San

I understand most things that being said when a Trini speak. Most times I can identify a Trini from the time they speak. To me, Trinidadians have one of the sexiest accents I have ever come across.

dENISE D

Sure I can! I must admit that I'm not as good at listening as I am at reading. You really do talk way to fast, even in proper english. Your language does have a very pleasant, musical, joyful sound to it. I'll be the one laughing at your jokes five minutes later than anyone else. Just processing a little slow.

Heart Surgery

I don't know what Trinis is, but I understand you :O

I'm from the U.S

Nika

Nah. And if dey cyah handastan we, das dem loss, yes. yuh know how many basted people over here get a propa Trini buse up from me orredy and didna even know? maybe dem didna know de words and ting, but language is language and people know when dey gettin cuss in any language! lol!

De onliest ting i cyah tolerate is when people hear me talk and say "Oooh...say something else! Say <insert phrase here> in your language!" Steupsssssss.

julien

jed even Trini doh understan Trini sometimes. Yuh hear how we does give directions -- take ah left by de mango tree ...right den go dong so by Ma Dey Dey and dem ...Tun left ...right ? den tun ah next right ...right?
Another eg. is -- We eh pay $80 M TT we pay only $20 M USD plus another various payments amounting to $8 M USD WDF jed !!
anyhoes is Fri allyuh so ah go behaves mehself

Lily

YES they do! even when they pretend they dont

juc- e - froot

Yup definitely, just call TSTT internet helpdesk rofl
Okay seriously...yes....if the NTIQ (non-trini-in-question) is not fluent in English or has a heavy accent, yes definitely. I think they find we talk very quickly so whether you want to or not you find yourself repeating everything you say very s-l-o-w-l-y so you pronounce everything properly and they understand you. Americans seem to have no problemo whatsoever understanding us though...go figure?!

Nades

My parents are from T&T but I was born and raised in the US (my parents immigrated to the US before I was born). If someone speaks "real Trini", then it's very hard for non trinis to understand with the heavy accent, slang and all of that. Growing up I had to deal with American English vs Trini English that was often spoken at home and at family get-togethers. It wasn't hard but I was very aware of both. My sister, cousins and I often make a little fun of it. If we're talking a little trini and say, "A...a - how she so?" then for the non-trini speaking person we'll say, "Oh, that means 'why is she like that?" and then we laugh because it sounds so funny to translate from "trini" to proper English..... :-)=

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