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 know wah yuh did

I know what you did

Pickney

Kid

Yuh sad

Are you sad

Granfadda

Grandfather

Yuh sad

You sad

Mi nuh care wah dem say

I don't care what they say

Mi love ha

I love her

Mi nuh care wah happens

I don't care what happens

Nuh panic

Don't panic

Fambily

Family

Mi think suh

I think so

Gimme

Give me

Yuh mad

Are you mad

Mi need yuh

I need you

Yuh serious

Are you serious

Tek yuh time

Take your time

Mi love yuh

I love you

Swims

Shrimps

Did guh

Went

Gud nite

Good night

Nuh wury, everythin will be alrite

Don't worry, everything will be alright

Mi comin

I am coming

Mi trust yuh

I trust you

Madda

Mother