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 starvin

I'm starving

Nuh problem

No problem

Du wah yuh think is rite

Do what you think is right

Yuh know who he is

Do you know who he is

Granfadda

Grandfather

Mi neva know wah to say

I didn't know what to say

Mi think suh

I think so

Did guh

Went

Mi suh tired

I'm so tired

Tek yuh time

Take your time

Mi need yuh

I need you

Mi happy to see yuh here

I am happy to see you here

Mi sick

I'm sick

Mi nuh care wah dem say

I don't care what they say

Yuh nuh feelin well

Are you not feeling well

Mi at home

I'm at home

Mi sad without yuh

I'm sad without you

Gimme

Give me

Pickney

Kid

Mi like yuh

I like you

Mi love yuh

I love you

Nuh be shy

Don't be shy

Mi nuh get wah yuh mean

I don't get what you mean

Nuh leave

Don't leave