Popular Phrases Translated to Patwa Part 2
Here is part 2 of the Jamaican Patwa Translations series. Skim this list to see if the phrase you want is here. If not, check the link at the bottom of the page for the next page in the series.
Jamaican Patwa Translations
Do you go to Florida often? – y’u gah a flarida affen?
Do you have a boyfriend? – yu hav a man?
Do you have a girlfriend? – yu hav a uhman?
Do you have a pencil? – y’av wah pencil?
Do you have a problem? y’av a problem?
Do you have a swimming pool? – y’ah wah swimmin pool?
Do you have an appointment? – y’ah av wah appintment?
Do you have another one? – y’ah av wah nex wan?
Do you have any children? -y’ah av nuh pickney?
Do you have any coffee? – y’ah av nuh kaffi
Do you have any money? – y’ah av nuh money?
Do you have any vacancies? – y’ah av nummo room?
Do you have anything cheaper? – y’ah av nuttin weh cheapa?
Do you have enough money? – y’ah av money?
Do you have the number for a taxi? – yu hav di numba fi wah taxi?
Do you have this in size 11? – Yu hav dis inna size 11
Do you hear that? – yu heer dat?
Do you know her? – yu kno har?
Do you know how much it costs? – yu kno a hummuch fi it?
Do you know how to cook? – yu kno how fi cook?
Do you know how to get to the Marriott Hotel? – Yu kno how fi go a di marriot hotel?
Do you know what this means? – yu kno wa dis mean?
Do you know what this says? – yu kno wha dis seh?
Do you know where I can get a taxi? – yu kno weh mi cyan get wah taxi?
Do you know where my glasses are? – yu kno weh mi glass dem deh?
Do you know where she is? – yu kno weh she deh?
Do you know where there’s a store that sells towels? – yu kno wich paat mi cyan fine wah store weh sell towel?
Do you like it here? – yu like ih yasso?
Do you like the book? – yu like di book?
Do you like to watch TV? – yu like fi watch tv?
Do you like your boss? – yu like yuh boss?
Do you like your co-workers? – yu like di peeple weh u work wid?
Do you need anything else? – yu need sup’hm more?
Do you need anything? – yu need nuttin’?
Do you play any sports? – yu like sports?
Do you play basketball? – yu play basketball?
Do you sell batteries? – yu sell battry?
Do you sell medicine? – yu sell medicine?
Do you smoke? – yu smoke?
Do you speak English? – yu speak english?
Do you study English? – yu a learn english?
Do you take credit cards? – yu tek credit cyad?
Do you think it’ll rain today? – yu tink rain ago fall tiday?
Do you think it’s going to rain tomorrow? – yu tink rain ago fall tumarrow?
Do you think it’s possible? – yu tink seh ih passible?
Do you think you’ll be back by 11:30? – yu tink u aggo deh back ah 11 30?
Do you understand? – yu andastan?
Do you want me to come and pick you up? – yu wah mi fi com pick u up?
Do you want to come with me? – yu wah com wid mih?
Do you want to go to the movies? – yu wah fi go a di movies?
Do you want to go with me? – yu wah fi go wid mih?
Does anyone here speak English? – nobody yaso nuh speak english?
Does he like the school? – ih like school?
Don’t do that – nuh do dat
Don’t worry – nuh worry
Every week – evry week?
Everyday I get up at 6AM – mi git up a 6am everyday
Everyone knows it – everybady kno dis
Everything is ready – whole a wih ready
Excellent – yah mon
Excuse me, what did you say? – sarry, weh u a seh?
Excuse me – sarry
Follow me – com wid mih
For how many nights? – fi humuch night?
Forget it – no seh nuttin
From here to there – fram yasso to desso
From time to time – fra time to time
Give me a call – link up wid me
Give me the pen – gimmi di pen
Go straight ahead – gwaan straight
Good afternoon – wah gwan
Good evening sir – evening
Good Luck – jeh bless
Good morning – mawning
Great – wicked
Happy Birthday – happy birtday
Has your brother been to California? – yuh bredda eva go a california?
Have a good trip – yu hav wah good trip?
Have they met her yet? – yuh meet har yet?
Have you arrived? – yuh deh ya arready?
Have you been to Boston? – yu eva gwa boston?
Have you been waiting long? – yu a wait long?
Have you done this before? – yuh eva do disya before?
Have you eaten at that restaurant? – yuh eva eat a wah restaraunt?
Have you eaten yet? – yu eet yet?
Have you ever had Potato soup? – yu hav potato soup?
Have you finished studying? – yu dun study?
Have you seen this movie? – yuh sih di whole move?
He always does that for me – ihhe always do dat fimi
He broke the window – ihhe bruk di window
He doesn’t look like a nurse – ihh nuh like di nurse
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