Trending Words on Jamaican Patwah

dirty

To be stank or have dirt on you.

Patois: Mi mudda tell mi sistah seh shi dutty.
English: My mother told my sister that she is dirty

I’m very serious

I’m very serious / I don’t play

Patois: Yuh sure yuh waah try mi, mi nuh kin teet
English: Are you sure you want to try me, I don’t play

home

Patois: Mi did deh a mi yaad
English: I was at my home

Black

A Rastafarian word for a Black

Patois: Nuff people inna Jumieka ah descent a bongo people fram Africa
English: A lot of people in Jamaica are descent of black people from Africa

Break

Patois: Wah mek yuh mash up mi iphone
English: Why did you break my iphone

Only

(patois) Ongle one leff
(english) Only one is left

Do you understand me?

Patois: Naah guh dung deh suh yuh si mi?
English: Not going down there you understand me?

Police man

Rastafarian word for the police or the corrupt government system.
May also be used to describe any person or organization that oppresses the innocent

(patois) Waah Babylon bwoy a cum.
(english) A police man is coming.

Done

(patois) It nuh dun
(english) It isn’t done

I'm not good

Patois: No, mi nuh gud
English: No, I'm not good

do you see what I’m saying?

Patois: Mi nuh think him know wah him a chat bout, u zeemi?
English: I don’t think he knows what he’s talking about, do you see what I’m saying?

Awesome

Expression used for something that is really cool or awesome.

(patois) Him bad like yaz.
(english) He is awesome.