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.

Nuh leave

Don't leave

Mi wah yuh luv beg!

I want your love please!

Mi ah guh call yuh lata

I'll call you later

Nuh be shy

Don't be shy

Gud evenin

Good evening

Yuh miss mi

Did you miss me

Mi nuh like schul

I don't like school

Mi suh happy

I'm so happy

Mi suh tired

I'm so tired

Yuh sad

You sad

Mi neva know wah to say

I didn't know what to say

Weh yuh du

What do you do

Madda

Mother

Gud munin

Good morning

Yuh serious

Are you serious

Du wah yuh think is rite

Do what you think is right

Mi nuh care wah dem say

I don't care what they say

Why am mi still here

Why am i still here

Mi believe yuh

I believe you

Gimme

Give me

Mi ah guh make yuh happy

I'll make you happy

Nuh wury, everythin will be alrite

Don't worry, everything will be alright

Yuh gwine dweet

Are going to do it

Mi know wah yuh did

I know what you did