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.

Granmadda

Grandmother

Mi neva know wah to say

I didn't know what to say

Yuh nuh feelin well

Are you not feeling well

Mi ah guh du it

I'll do it

Mi comin

I am coming

Mi nuh get wah yuh mean

I don't get what you mean

Granfadda

Grandfather

Weh yuh

Where are you

Weh yuh du

What do you do

Weh yuh cuk fa dinna tonite.

What did you cook for dinner tonight.

Mi love yuh

I love you

Nuh move

Don't move

Mi ah guh call yuh lata

I'll call you later

Yuh mad

Are you mad

Gud munin

Good morning

Did guh

Went

Let mi inna de house

Let me in the house

Wah mek yuh du dat

Why did you do that

Mi think suh

I think so

Move ova dere

Move over there

Mi ah guh let yuh decide

I'll let you decide

Weh yuh goin

Where are you going

Mi nuh like schul

I don't like school

Yuh serious

Are you serious