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.

Gud nite

Good night

Pickney

Kid

Mi suh tired

I'm so tired

Gud munin

Good morning

Nuh move

Do not move

Yuh nuh feelin well

Are you not feeling well

Mi ah guh du it

I'll do it

Nuh be shy

Don't be shy

Mi nuh like schul

I don't like school

Flim

Film

Du wah yuh think is rite

Do what you think is right

Move ova dere

Move over there

Mi ah guh call yuh lata

I'll call you later

Mi sad without yuh

I'm sad without you

De wata turned to ice

The water turned to ice

Mi nuh care wah happens

I don't care what happens

Swims

Shrimps

Yuh mad

Are you mad

Mi ah guh let yuh decide

I'll let you decide

Yuh know who he is

Do you know who he is

Mi have time

I have time

Mi use dis

I use this

Wedda

Weather

Gud evenin

Good evening