Latest Additions on Jamaican Patwah

Where are you going?

Patois: Weh yah guh nex?
English: Where are you going next?

Silly Female

A woman who is publicly being made a fool of by their significant other.

Patois: Him a gi har bun, shi a yamabella
English: He's cheating on her, she's a silly female

Go for

Patois: Guh fi it, nuh tap
English: Go for it, don't stop

That's how I like it

Patois: Put more ketchup pan eh, suh mi like it
English: Put more ketchup on it, that's how I like it

Leave them

Patois: Nuh seh nuh'n, low dem
English: Don't say anything, leave them

Get lost

Literally, "move and go away."

Patois: Shut up an move an gweh!
English: Shut up and get lost!

Crotch

the part of the human body between the legs where they join the torso.

Patois: Di pants cratchiz tear out
English: The pants crotch is torn

Lots of love

Patois: Mi hav nuff luv fi yuh
English: I have lots of love for you

Mad Or Crazy

someone that's behaving like they are not in their right senses.

Patois: Di gyal dem deh sick Inna dem head
English: The girls over there are crazy

tacky

a low-class person

Patois: Cyaah bi frens wid har, shi a crebbie crebbie
English: Can't be friends with her, she's a tacky person

What happened

Patois: Wah'm tuh yuh?
English: What happened to you?

Silly Female

A female that is being made to look like a fool by her partner. She's often blindly in love and doesn't realize that she's being played.

Patois: Shi a yamhead
English: She's a fool