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.

Mi single

I'm single

Mi use dis

I use this

Cerfiticket

Certificate

Gud munin

Good morning

Mi suh happy

I'm so happy

Mi happy to see yuh here

I am happy to see you here

Mi starvin

I'm starving

Mi cold

I am cold

Mi have time

I have time

Likkle more

See you later

Mi know wah yuh did

I know what you did

Gimme

Give me

Mi nuh care wah happens

I don't care what happens

Mi ah guh du it

I'll do it

Nuh leave

Don't leave

Why am mi still here

Why am i still here

Yuh gwine dweet

Are going to do it

Mi sick

I'm sick

Mi love ha

I love her

Mi nuh get wah yuh mean

I don't get what you mean

Weh yuh cuk fa dinna tonite.

What did you cook for dinner tonight.

Weh yuh goin

Where are you going

Fambily

Family

Yuh serious

Are you serious