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 suh tired

I'm so tired

Granfadda

Grandfather

Nuh panic

Don't panic

Mi believe yuh

I believe you

Mi need yuh

I need you

Mi sick

I'm sick

Weh yuh du

What do you do

Mi have time

I have time

Why am mi still here

Why am i still here

Nuh move

Do not move

Cerfiticket

Certificate

Mi wah yuh luv beg!

I want your love please!

Mi comin

I am coming

Did guh

Went

Flim

Film

Mi think suh

I think so

Mi trust yuh

I trust you

Gud nite

Good night

Yuh sad

Are you sad

Mi use dis

I use this

Mi nuh like schul

I don't like school

Mi neva know wah to say

I didn't know what to say

Granmadda

Grandmother

Mi ah guh make yuh happy

I'll make you happy