Popular Phrases Translated to Patwa Part 7
Jamaican Patwa Translations
Let’s go have a look – mek wih go look
Let’s go – come awn nuh
Let’s meet in front of the hotel – mek wih meet in fronta di hotel
Let’s practice English – mek wih practice fi chat english
Let’s share – mek wi share
Male or female? – uhman ar man?
May I speak to Mrs Smith please? – mi cya talk to misses smith?
Maybe – Maybe
More than 200 miles – more dan 200 mile
More than that – More dan dat
My birthday is August 27th – fi mi birtday a augus 27
My car isn’t working – mi cyar naah wuk
My car was hit by another car – wah nedda cyar lik fimmi
My cell phone doesn’t have good reception – mi phone naah get nuh signal
My cell phone doesn’t work – mi phone naah wuk
My daughter is here – mi daughta de ya
My father has been there – mi fada did deh deh
My father is a lawyer – mi fada a w’ah lawya
My friend is American – mi fren a american
My grandmother passed away last year – mi granmadda ded las year
My house is close to the bank – mi house deh near di bank
My luggage is missing – mi cya fine mi luggage
My name is John Smith – mi name john smith
My son studies computers – mi son study computa
My son – mi son
My stomach hurts – mi belly a hat mi
My throat is sore – mi chote a bun mih
My watch has been stolen – summady teaf mi watch
Near the bank – near di bank
Never mind – nuh badda
Next time – nex time
Nice to meet you – nice fi meet yu
No problem – everyting criss / nuh seh nuttin / irie
No, I’m American – mi anno american
No, thank you – no man
No, this is the first time – no, dis a di fus time
No – no
Nobody is helping us – nobody a help wih
Nobody is there right now – nobody nuh deh deh now
Nonsense – idiotniss
Not recently – no sah
Not yet – not yet
Nothing else – nuttun else
Now or later? – now or lata
October 22nd – Octoba 22
Of course – yeah man
Okay – arright
On the left – pon di leff
On the right – pon di right
On the second floor – pon di secan floor
One like that – one like dat
One ticket to New York please – wah ticket fi new york
One way or round trip? – one way arr roune trip
Open the door – op’hmm di door
Open the window – op’hmm di window
Our children are in America – wih pickney dem inna america
Outside the hotel – outside di hotel
Over here – ova yasso
Over there – ova desso
Pick up your clothes – pick up yuh close dem
Please call me – call mi nuh
Please come in – come in
Please count this for me – yu cya count dis fimi?
Please fill out this form – yu can fill out da form ya
Please sit down – yuh can please siddung
Please speak English – chat english nuh
Please speak more slowly – yuh haffi slow dung
Please speak slower – talk more slow
Please take me to the airport – yuh cya’ carry mi go a di airport
Please take me to this address – yuh cya carry mi go yasso
Please take off your shoes – yuh cya tek aff yuh shoes
Please tell her John called – yuh cya tell har seh john call
Please tell me – tell mi nuh
Please wait for me – yuh cya wait fi mi
Please write it down – write ih dung please
Please – please
Really? – fi real?
Right here – right yasso
Right there – right desso
See you later – lata / likkle moe
See you tomorrow – link up wid yuh tumarrow
See you tonight – likkle mo tonight
She wants to know when you’re coming – she w’ah kno wen yu a com
She’s an expert – she a wah expert
She’s going with me tomorrow – she a guh wid me tummarow
She’s older than me – she olla dan mih
She’s pretty – she pretty
Should I wait? – yuh tink mi fi wait
Some books – suh book
Someone does that for me – summady do dat fi mi
Someone is coming – summady a com
Sometimes I go to sleep at 11PM, sometimes at 11:30PM – sumtime mi guh sleep a 11 a clak, but sumtime mi guh a 11 30
Sorry to bother you – sarry fi badda yuh
Sorry, I didn’t hear clearly – sarry mi nuh hear weh u a seh good
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