The more a cow grows, the more it's nostrils opens
The more you grow, the better you become with knowledge and experience. You get better as you practise.
Patois: so cow a grow so him nose hole a h'oppen, Yu nuh see seh we a get betta everyday?
English: You get better with knowledge and experience as you grow, Don't you see that we get better everyday?
An expression of greeting. Could also used in the context of telling someone you agree with them and others as well.
Patois: Bumaye bumaya, mi nuh matta dem, caah di hittey-tittey and di zutopeng a go die same way.
English: Greetings greetings, I don't care about them because the rich and classy and the poor will die.
Say them as they are.
Say them as they are.
Patois: Mi a tawk up e tings dem, my Yute... a neva a guh tell nuh lie.
English: I am saying them as they are, my boy... I will never tell a lie.
whip!
To move past something at a high speed
Patois: Di kyar just go so zum, him gaan!
English: The car just whipped passed, there, he is gone.
I am hungry
To be in a state of hunger
Patois: Mi cyaah wait fi nuh man, mi a nyam di food right yah now, hungry have mi
English: I can't wait for anyone, I am eating the food right now, I am hungry.