Callaloo
A popular Caribbean dish
Patois: Mi a go mek some ilaloo.
English: I’m going to make some callaloo.
The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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Rasta slang for “Callaloo”, a popular Caribbean dish which originated from West Africa.
(patois) Mi ago cook ilallo fi brekfast
(english) I am going to cook callaloo for breakfast
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