Sunday, January 1, 2017

Jamaican Patwah (Patois) Part II



One love mi people, waah gwaan? Mi hope all irie in dis New Year:)
Mi affi present unnu ah few more patwah tips, Yah ready? :)

What to use in jamaican patois .
Di evolution from english to patwah:

this - dis - dis - yah
That - dat - dat - deh
Here - yah - suh - yah
There - deh - suh - deh
So - suh
What - wha
Where - whe
You - yuh
Me - mi
He - im
She - shi
We - wi
On - aan - pann
Off - aaf
Turn - tunn
Down - dung


 An now sumtin more:

Waap'n ..... wah-appen ..... What happened
Seet ...........si-it .................. see it
Gwaan .......guh- aan.......... going on, or go on
Dweet ........duh-it ............... do it
Whaa ........ wha-a .............. what is
Affi ............ hav-fi ............... have to
Agguh ....... A-guh .............. are going
Unnu ......... uh-nu ............... more than one person
Innah ......... in-a .................. into
Outa .......... out-a ................ out of
Rounah ..... roun-a .............. around
Dungyah ... dung-yah ......... down here
Dungdeh ... dung-deh .......... down there
Piece-ah ... piece-a .............. piece of
Tappah ..... tap-a .................. top of
Gweh ......... guh-weh ............ go away


At di end, one of di most using proverb Wen coco ripe it muss buss :)
 (When a cocoa is ripe it will burst-Action speaks louder than words).
Hav a blessed day,
Paula

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