Jamaican words.?

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parmamagoo

They speak English but here are more phrases for you..

USA: It's been a long time since I have seen you, girl.
JA: Gal yuh noh dead yet?

USA: Lord, we have lost electricity again!
JA: Lawd Gad, current lack aff again to rahtid!

USA: Where did you buy that awful bracelet, Cindy?
JA: A weh yuh buy dat deh big ole ugly bangle deh, missus?

USA: Hors d'oeuvres.
JA: Ah wah dis likkle sinting yuh a gi me?

USA: I think something is wrong with Susan, she might have the flu.
JA: Lawd Gad, obeah tek up Suzie!

USA: Girl, those shoes are the bomb.
JA: Gyal, yuh roach killa dem a seh one out deh.

USA: Oh my gosh, I just broke Mom's expensive plate.
JA: Lawd mi Gad, mi bruk up Mama stoosh crackry.

USA: Aren't those pants a bit short?
JA: Yuh did a expect flood ar yuh tek yuh measurement inna wata?

USA: Why are you squeezing the mangoes like that?
JA: Lissen mi nuh, mi a beg yuh stap fingle-fingle up di mango dem.

USA: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
JA: Aye buff teet bwoy, tap fling up-fling up mi bag dem suh man.

USA: I wish you would quit lying.
JA: Tap di blinkin lyin, yuh ole liyad.

USA: Lift the hood off the car for me, John.
JA: Hey my yute, fly di bonnet!

USA: I am waiting for a taxi and it's taking so long.
JA: But wait, no Robot naw run tidey!

USA: Oh the poor little boy is handicapped.
JA: But cooh pan di lickle invalid.

USA: Get me a pop please.
JA: Beg yuh carry wan aerated wata fi mi deh .

USA: It's time for a perm.
JA: Gal yuh head waan cream, yuh noh si how it tough an tan bad!

USA: Yuck!! This is nasty.
JA: Kiss mi neck back!! What a sinting tyase bad an incipid.

USA: Girl, your acne is terrible.
JA: Massi Gad, pickney yuh face bumpy-bumpy an fayva grayta eeh?

USA: Please make some room in the bus so this man can sit.
JA: Schoolas, small up unnu self man mek Daddy siddung.

USA: I have a stomach ache.
JA: Mi belly ah gripe mi.

USA: These mangoes look a bit over ripe.
JA: Missus, move fram in front ah mi wid dem fluxy mango deh.

USA: She has a bit of an overbite.
JA: Gyal fayva buckteet Ida.

USA: He has very large full eyes.
JA: Wat ah bway fayva patoo.

USA: He has no manners.
JA: Im noh have noh broughtupsy!

USA: Perspiration odor.
JA: Him smell green.

USA: Poached (boiled) chicken.
JA: Dat deh sinting nuh staat cook yet.

USA: Oh dear.
JA: Ee-eeeee.

USA: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder.
JA: Di pickney too hard eaize!

USA: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
JA: What a bway dunce sah.

USA: I need a bottle of Pepto Bismal..my stomach hurts.
JA: Lawd, mi coulda do wid a wash out yah nung .. mi belly bine up.

USA: That man over there is missing his dentures.
JA: Cooh pan dat deh mashmout bredda ova deh soh.

USA: Oh my, your feet are so ashy...
JA: Yuh foot tuff laka aligata bak...yuh couldn't rub likkle cokanut ile pon yuh foot?

nitenurse

Hi- What a gwane
Bye - Mi gone

bombastic

Parmamag, you brought tears to my eyes with your patois rendering. It was so funny that I couldn't stop laughing. I think that would be overload for anyone who isn't Jamaican. Don't you just miss Louise Bennett-Coverley??? May she rest in peace.

Chindian

They speak English just in a different dialect.

mrk_bay

Jamaicans speak English.

Below is an article on the diferences in American English and the Jamaican dialect.

San

The same way, Hi and Bye. The thing is that Jamaican english is like English itself it is just that most word are spelt and pronounced differently or substited.

So maybe if you dont want to say Hi and bye you can say

Hi whats up - Hay wah gwaan
See you late my friend - Later me friend

maivas229

Jamaicans speak standard english.It is just that they have a dialect,Hi and bye are said in just the same way as we say them.

sweet_jemise

For hi u can say "whappen" or "wha gwan"... for bye you can say "mi will link u later" or "Likkle More", Mi will see you later, inna di lates, or Laterz. lol, my favorite is mi will link u later. There are also some other variations but these are more popular.. lataz

Serendipity

Jamaicans speak perfect English when addressing tourists, but their own beautiful dialect is patois, which is fascinating and musical. Wha gwan will work for hello. Likkle more means "see you later." "Every ting cris asks "is everything good/ok? Irie means good, great, cool. Just rely on your English and have a wonderful time. A smile is the same in any language.

shasha

hi and bye same as we.....parmamag....I am smilin hard......!!lol

genieva

hi aand bye are in the jamaican lingua franca but can be said in different ways
example hi: wha' gwan, long time nuh see you
bye: see u lata' respect' etc. so it depends on the context or familiarity. but straight up can be plain as saying hi

Gil

You could say *Yow! that's a street slang for Hi.

Bye, you could say *mi no da ya now* or mi gone seen, then the other person will say yea mon!

GlitznGlamour

Hon same as you: hi and bye.

We speak English in case you didnt know.

bashmentgyal

you have your answers.

johnykay

HI mon

Bye mon

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