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.

Weh yuh cuk fa dinna tonite.

What did you cook for dinner tonight.

Mi ah guh du it

I'll do it

Wedda

Weather

Mi suh happy

I'm so happy

Mi like yuh

I like you

Mi readin

I'm reading

Mi single

I'm single

Nuh move

Don't move

Yuh miss mi

Did you miss me

Pickney

Kid

Mi sick

I'm sick

Mi need yuh

I need you

Mi believe yuh

I believe you

Wah mek yuh du dat

Why did you do that

Mi trust yuh

I trust you

Yuh gwine dweet

Are going to do it

Mi nuh care wah happens

I don't care what happens

Mi have time

I have time

Mi nuh know wah yuh mean

I don't know what you mean

Nuh leave

Don't leave

Du wah yuh think is rite

Do what you think is right

Nuh problem

No problem

Weh yuh du

What do you do

Mi suh tired

I'm so tired