Popular Jamaican Patois Translations

The first step to understanding and learning Jamaican Patois is seeing a list of Jamaican Patois phrases and their English translations. The following is a list of popular Jamaican Patois to get you started.

Why am mi still here

Why am i still here

Mi know wah yuh did

I know what you did

Nuh panic

Don't panic

Du wah yuh think is rite

Do what you think is right

Cerfiticket

Certificate

Gimme

Give me

Mi believe yuh

I believe you

Gud evenin

Good evening

Weh yuh

Where are you

Yuh sad

You sad

Yuh miss mi

Did you miss me

Mi nuh like schul

I don't like school

Mi need yuh

I need you

Mi neva know wah to say

I didn't know what to say

Madda

Mother

Granfadda

Grandfather

Let mi inna de house

Let me in the house

Yuh gwine dweet

Are going to do it

Weh yuh goin

Where are you going

Nuh move

Do not move

Yuh sad

Are you sad

Yuh mad

Are you mad

Nuh wury, everythin will be alrite

Don't worry, everything will be alright

Mi nuh get wah yuh mean

I don't get what you mean