Jamaican Phrases Part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 21 дек 2020
  • The Jamaican language is constantly attracting great interest from people craving a taste of our culture, but what is perhaps most intriguing about patois is the many sayings and expressions we use.
    At times, some of these phrases can be difficult to translate into English ,and an outsider may struggle to find meaning.
    This video contains some phrases that only a real Jamaican would understand.
    hope you enjoy😉
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Комментарии • 259

  • @wesleysheppard421
    @wesleysheppard421 3 года назад +196

    I’m not a Jamaican so this very helpful as I use it to speak a little patwah to my associates at work. They laugh but give me an A for effort. 😁🇯🇲👍🏾

  • @n2rj
    @n2rj 3 месяца назад +5

    I am a Trini and understood everything but that’s because I listened to so much reggae and dancehall growing up

  • @ShearForce1
    @ShearForce1 Год назад +30

    In Cameroon pidgin, we have the word "ashia" which has the exact meaning as "hush yaw" in Jamaican patois

  • @borgelladumond7881
    @borgelladumond7881 3 года назад +29

    Me love Jamaica Language I m Haitian Yuh zimi.🤗

  • @Mr.Fun.G.u.y.
    @Mr.Fun.G.u.y. 2 года назад +11

    Respect for this lovely country, grom PANAMÁ 🇵🇦

  • @rascaesar9025
    @rascaesar9025 3 года назад +56

    can't stop learning.. much love from uganda

    • @gameon2000
      @gameon2000 3 года назад +1

      Y u need dis? U african brothas speak perfectly patwa arready boii! 😁

    • @rascaesar9025
      @rascaesar9025 3 года назад +1

      @@gameon2000 hahaha yah we do but learning neva ends😂

    • @Den-gz4yo
      @Den-gz4yo 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@gameon2000 Not perfect Jamaican Patois which is a language in its own and nothing is wrong in learning it

    • @gameon2000
      @gameon2000 7 месяцев назад

      @@Den-gz4yo Wagwan blud! 🤣

    • @r011ing_thunder6
      @r011ing_thunder6 15 дней назад

      Can a Mexican American learn this too?

  • @serenity3031
    @serenity3031 7 месяцев назад +5

    LOL that scenario with the Rastafarian at the restaurant really got me!

  • @emeka5449
    @emeka5449 Год назад +10

    I’m Igbo and I’m amazed to see a few Igbo words that survived in Jamaica. Igbo slaves from Nigeria were among the top 3 slaves in Jamaica and some Igbo words such as ‘Dey’/‘di’ (for eg in Igbo Chi di = God dey/God exists, Jamaica di mma = Jamaica dey good etc), unu (you in plural form, still the original word in Igbo, Unu di mma = unu/una dey good/ok), soso, etc. The phrase in Patois red ibo, later corrupted to red bone, comes from the significant number of light skinned Igbo slaves back during slavery originally used to refer to light skinned Igbo slaves but today is used to refer to a light skinned black person in general. In Igboland today, they have the highest number of light skinned black people compared to other tribes of Nigeria. Obia man in Patois may have come from the Igbo word ‘dibia’ for sorcery priest or the Akan word, ‘obeah’. One love my people.

    • @annettegeorge577
      @annettegeorge577 24 дня назад

      light skinned people are oftentimes referred to as Redibo

    • @annettegeorge577
      @annettegeorge577 24 дня назад +1

      It is nice to know the origin of this word

    • @jamaicanxhoney4218
      @jamaicanxhoney4218 16 дней назад

      Correct same with the Yoruba. Yoruba is heavily influenced in Jamaican culture 💯

  • @CamViesky
    @CamViesky 2 года назад +7

    My grandmother love this one, "chicken merry hawk deh near." Always did a get up inna some type a trouble as a child. Is a good while since I hear half dem phrase deh weh yu did a explain. Deh ya foreign fi pilot school. Soon reach back a JA. Miss it bad.
    Bless up 👊🏽

  • @scumbaag
    @scumbaag 4 месяца назад +1

    one of the dopest out there.. the language, and the man. love patwah, scottish accent, cajun accent, creole, portugese.. trying to master them all. thanks for everything bro. much love from philadelphia. 🤙

  • @Moniiimoni
    @Moniiimoni 3 года назад +34

    I learnt something and I'm Jamaican🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲. This funny 😄😄😄. Good stuff 👍🏾

    • @jinggbangg
      @jinggbangg Год назад +2

      Same. Some new phrases start since I left, but that's like every language --new words and phrases every year or so

  • @gaeriellemalcolm7467
    @gaeriellemalcolm7467 3 года назад +34

    😂😂😂😂 this was so funny and well presented. 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 . Good job. Loved it

  • @kassayrold5706
    @kassayrold5706 2 года назад +18

    I’m a English learner and l love Jamaica 🇯🇲 accent 😌😍

    • @deviouslymadeKP
      @deviouslymadeKP 2 года назад +2

      Get outta hear u not Jamaican

    • @jodawgsup
      @jodawgsup Год назад +1

      @@deviouslymadeKP and who is you to claim this space for your own, boy?

    • @natspats
      @natspats Год назад +3

      @@jodawgsup Ngl that was a violation

    • @danschneider3920
      @danschneider3920 11 месяцев назад +1

      Jamaican Patois is an English-based creole language, do your research or get flamed

  • @legendjosh6133
    @legendjosh6133 2 года назад +4

    Thanks for sharing. Watching you from Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

  • @chadbaier2557
    @chadbaier2557 3 месяца назад +2

    When i was like 7 or 8 bavk in 1988 my older cousin jake listened too dancehall like crazy and used to call me Nyammy Ranking he said cause I eat up all the food lol

  • @DrRuddyAKhani-pq5sj
    @DrRuddyAKhani-pq5sj 3 года назад +53

    Tevin, great talent!
    You have really brought your character to an idealized world in this video.
    You are 'to the fore' Sir!
    Being a Jamaican and understand our Creole and phrases, I must say it is best I have heard in a mighty long while.
    It was captivating and very well executed!!
    Great performance, I really love it!
    Keep on keeping on... Beyond the sky's the limit!
    Nuff Love from Trelawny.

    • @jamaicanpatwah5170
      @jamaicanpatwah5170  3 года назад +2

      Thank you kindly

    • @Versiongurl
      @Versiongurl 3 года назад +1

      Yes he did it well... anybody can understand him and plus he still spoke the Jamaican patois with an heavy accent.

  • @DersuUzala.
    @DersuUzala. 3 года назад +11

    Am Russian &I haven't gotten nothing , but I do like ur zest , inspiration & fun .

    • @ekathe85
      @ekathe85 2 года назад +1

      The GTA IV vibe I get from this comment is too much to handle

  • @xrecon18
    @xrecon18 2 года назад +15

    This guy is actually an amazing RUclipsr. Completely underrated. If there’s anyone who dislikes his videos, I’ll be knocking on your door. Yuh Zimi?

  • @marciwyrd8905
    @marciwyrd8905 Год назад +11

    I used to work with a Jamaican guy. He taught me some words and we had our boss thinking bombaclaut boti boy meant "good man" for months. Good times. (Sorry if it's spelled wrong, he taught me how to say it, not how to spell it.)

  • @crystalrowe3676
    @crystalrowe3676 3 года назад +5

    Love this! Keep up the great work bro.

  • @sarahhernandez4502
    @sarahhernandez4502 Год назад +6

    Love your videos. You shou put subtitles all the time so its easier to try to understand even if its not the translation but the words in jamaican

  • @AlexandreOlim
    @AlexandreOlim 4 месяца назад +1

    Big love from Portugal, yuh zimi

  • @mechelekobell9371
    @mechelekobell9371 3 года назад +4

    😎😎... Nuh fear di patwah boss is here!😂😂😂. Excellent Job.

  • @aprelspence1399
    @aprelspence1399 2 года назад +6

    I'm Jamaican so I easily understanded.

  • @titanyawilliams7715
    @titanyawilliams7715 3 года назад +22

    🤣🤣.....OMG this is so cool and funny!!! ❤ I love the humor that comes with every translation. Doing an excellent job Bro, keep it up💯

  • @driley5004
    @driley5004 3 года назад +8

    I love this language

  • @TenaciousB20
    @TenaciousB20 6 месяцев назад +1

    This was so good! Thank you

  • @glenmarksmellie7194
    @glenmarksmellie7194 3 года назад +13

    This is fun to listen 😂😂😂 the philopino here in the Cayman island love our patwah. Big up bro bro

  • @ayanaj1006
    @ayanaj1006 Год назад

    Great stuff, Tevin! Blessings and big up from Trinbago!

  • @sacredgeometry
    @sacredgeometry 6 месяцев назад +4

    All of these are just derivations of english idioms so yeah we do understand them just fine. You just have to understand the simplification of the language and then the intent is immediately obvous.

  • @luxxbeaute2106
    @luxxbeaute2106 2 года назад +1

    Wow I’m young and watching this im learning new words

  • @trevor100ify
    @trevor100ify 3 года назад +15

    Lol trouble ded deh😎👍

    • @jamaicanpatwah5170
      @jamaicanpatwah5170  3 года назад +3

      Lol that's a fact.

    • @jamrockqueen9767
      @jamrockqueen9767 3 месяца назад

      There doesn't seem to be any caption provided for the post. Some Jamaican deaf people who need to learn

  • @lindabutler4814
    @lindabutler4814 3 года назад +7

    Lol I can't stop watching this. I enjoyed this.

  • @berni9977
    @berni9977 2 года назад +1

    Great vid Mi Brudda !

  • @kmg9359
    @kmg9359 Год назад +4

    I’m not Jamaican, I’m Saint Lucian and I understood every phrase lol. Maybe it’s because we watch a lot of Jamaican stuff over here.

    • @Den-gz4yo
      @Den-gz4yo 7 месяцев назад +2

      True, also listen a lot of Jamaican music

  • @AlexandreOlim
    @AlexandreOlim 4 месяца назад +1

    Great content! 🎉

  • @ginatequila6240
    @ginatequila6240 3 года назад +6

    I enjoyed it Tev!

  • @chriscreation79
    @chriscreation79 7 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you very much 💯

  • @666BEEZY
    @666BEEZY 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you brudren I’m Tyriing to learn my culture

  • @phoenixx4922
    @phoenixx4922 Год назад +2

    I’m of Jamaican descent I just want to learn how to speak Jamaican and become fluent in it

  • @iryebewater5364
    @iryebewater5364 Год назад

    Awesome 👍 Give Thanks !!

  • @blank_3958
    @blank_3958 2 года назад +1

    Fiyyaah fi dat !!

  • @rufaichanso8000
    @rufaichanso8000 11 месяцев назад +1

    Real overstand

  • @dain_jah
    @dain_jah Год назад +1

    Jah jah...funny but interesting inna wi own way...

  • @robertopetrazzuolo4749
    @robertopetrazzuolo4749 3 года назад +4

    Hey Mr cool! Always bubbly

  • @johnnymancebo5201
    @johnnymancebo5201 Месяц назад +1

    Def not remembering all of this but mi appreciate di video 🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @curleycroberts561
    @curleycroberts561 3 года назад +4

    Enjoyed the content brov... Keep it up

  • @peliwendy509
    @peliwendy509 Год назад +2

    4:55 He got the same reaction as me when I'm struggling with something 😂😂

  • @70Seven7
    @70Seven7 Год назад +2

    give thanks ..Yuzimi

  • @rthomas5986
    @rthomas5986 Год назад +3

    Good stuff. Yu Zimi is one of those younger generation phrase. I love Patwah, but it's changing. Some of the words used back in my early years ( 60's and 70's ), have changed, or not known by younger generations. Mi luv patwah bad, a kulcha weh we afi ole ahn pan.

    • @Nyammings
      @Nyammings Год назад +1

      Yes. Language evolves.

    • @Den-gz4yo
      @Den-gz4yo 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yuh zimi has been around for a long while, unless you in your 90's that is

    • @rthomas5986
      @rthomas5986 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@Den-gz4yo Mi respectfully disagree, but a nuh nutton. new generation patwah a still patwah. Mi a fifty ad.

  • @mitsysimkelle2325
    @mitsysimkelle2325 2 года назад +2

    Now I understand the boat and the ship…😀😀

  • @shavel6102
    @shavel6102 3 года назад +2

    I love this lol

  • @Ecotectpestexpert
    @Ecotectpestexpert 2 года назад

    Love it !

  • @TazHall
    @TazHall 2 года назад +4

    My Kingstonian friends used to say a "bombaat", a mild version of bumbaclot or "blow-wow" for blouse and skirt 😂

  • @findtruth5329
    @findtruth5329 2 года назад +5

    My favourite one is "wham tuna?" I love how, in English, it sounds like "what happened to the tuna" but in Jamaican it means "what's wrong with you?" Very intriguing language!
    WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TUNA? I SAS HUNGRY TOO, YOU SEE ME? IM RIGHT HERE, IM NOT INVISIBLE MAN! Lol kills me every time!

    • @Nyammings
      @Nyammings Год назад +2

      Whaam toonu is a contraction of 'what happen to oonoo.' Oonoo is you in the plural form. Oonoo is most likely a word from a west African language that means you.

    • @findtruth5329
      @findtruth5329 Год назад

      @@Nyammings oh wow, thank you!! Are you from the yard, as they say? Thanks again

    • @Nyammings
      @Nyammings Год назад

      Yes. I'm from yaad.

    • @findtruth5329
      @findtruth5329 Год назад

      @@Nyammings blessed love, my girl. Jah Jah bless you widda long life and nuff picknie.

    • @Coconutbabez
      @Coconutbabez Год назад

      @@Nyammings it’s not oonoo it’s unuh, uno or unu

  • @elitecareservices3299
    @elitecareservices3299 3 года назад +4

    Great content bro

  • @Versiongurl
    @Versiongurl 3 года назад +1

    I really enjoy this. Your patois is so sweet and nice... not ranga ranga, lol. I kinna made that up. 😂

  • @dejanmoya9434
    @dejanmoya9434 2 года назад +3

    I'm Jamaican forever

  • @NikiDjock
    @NikiDjock 6 месяцев назад +1

    good slang ❤

  • @Safphron
    @Safphron 2 года назад +1

    Good Job!

  • @kainevins3130
    @kainevins3130 Год назад +1

    Everybody loves Canada to you should go there okay!🚗🇨🇦

  • @jamrocklive6197
    @jamrocklive6197 3 года назад

    Big up yuh self genna

  • @jackdaniels71759
    @jackdaniels71759 7 месяцев назад

    Yh man ah proppa ting dis my yoot seen 😂🤜🏾🇯🇲

  • @LiamDangerPark
    @LiamDangerPark 2 года назад +1

    I hope you keep making videos

  • @allyssaforrester7621
    @allyssaforrester7621 3 года назад +3

    Another ball knocked out the park Tev 😎

  • @kimmypossible6702
    @kimmypossible6702 3 года назад +2

    Lool really enjoyed this...rasta nuh eat pork

  • @bepponen
    @bepponen 2 года назад +2

    best accent ever after irish and scottish :D

  • @5thtodasev
    @5thtodasev Год назад

    Yuh zimi!

  • @chriscangdradaniel4846
    @chriscangdradaniel4846 Год назад +2

    i'm here because badman from gta 4

  • @Rudebwoy64
    @Rudebwoy64 2 года назад

    Like eeeen!!

  • @lorenzoallen5930
    @lorenzoallen5930 3 года назад +7

    A fire pon dah...cah cook pork in a rasta man pot😂😂😂

  • @MarekMarczak-rk4mp
    @MarekMarczak-rk4mp Год назад

    BOMBOOOCLAAAAT

  • @zombielols1895
    @zombielols1895 9 месяцев назад

    Nice

  • @Nellsta
    @Nellsta 10 месяцев назад

    New subscriber here I’m going trelawny tomorrow man I’m definitely gonna ask a chef man to run a me a boat 👌🇯🇲

  • @kayhaughton
    @kayhaughton 3 года назад +2

    So funny :-)

  • @zjZOII
    @zjZOII 3 года назад +4

    Irie!)))

  • @666BEEZY
    @666BEEZY 10 месяцев назад

    If you do any more videos please make sure to add sub titles that will be really good like how you add fonts to the titles of speech

  • @fablover78
    @fablover78 3 года назад

    Love unu!!

  • @johnnybizzle370
    @johnnybizzle370 2 года назад

    Big up

  • @SoursopBaby
    @SoursopBaby 11 дней назад

    Can't wait to marry my Jamaican King!❤

  • @ramonrandall668
    @ramonrandall668 2 года назад

    You should put together a phrase book and sell it..

  • @eliplayer2122
    @eliplayer2122 8 месяцев назад +1

    BOMBOCLAAT

  • @carsade
    @carsade 3 года назад

    well me a jamaican n mi learn somn new, neva heard of run a boat inna mi life

  • @derickshadrack8102
    @derickshadrack8102 4 месяца назад

    Huge Thanks but I wish you used subtitles so that I can get you very well

  • @DeeStarHairstylist
    @DeeStarHairstylist 3 года назад +2

    ❤️🇯🇲

  • @maleronald558
    @maleronald558 3 года назад

    Wish i was a patwa
    Mi name a simigo. We yuh seh

  • @anarchy_79
    @anarchy_79 22 дня назад

    "Trouble deh deh" = "Knee and jize lurking". Thank you for that, I am much enlightened in the Jamaican language! :) Seriously though most badass accent of all tyem knoe what em seeyin?

  • @PrettyGirl-mq1kb
    @PrettyGirl-mq1kb 2 года назад +2

    I'm jamaican 😆🇯🇲🤗

  • @TheNcoc24
    @TheNcoc24 Год назад

    Yuh Zimi 🇯🇲

  • @SunnyGhandle
    @SunnyGhandle 3 года назад +3

    You sound like the guy in the audio used for that Jamaican Patois breakdown video by the white guy

  • @zedzee23
    @zedzee23 2 года назад +1

    In Sierra Leone we say “ osh ya “ = hush yaw

  • @esmooth919
    @esmooth919 2 года назад +2

    I'm American, born in NYC, so:
    #1 was easy to understand.
    #2 is also easy.
    #3 i would have made the same mistake
    #4 context clues is key for this phrase.
    #5 all right. I can dig that one. I almost mistook it for "run about"

  • @wasupman777
    @wasupman777 Год назад

    Bless up mi breddah

  • @9rider11
    @9rider11 2 месяца назад

    Mi yaard cousins have so many unique sayings…🇸🇽

  • @MellieMell1000
    @MellieMell1000 3 года назад +5

    I didn't not know the phrase "run a boat" and I am a born Jamaican. Lol

    • @nikkinicole5216
      @nikkinicole5216 2 года назад

      Its a westside slang i guess

    • @trapmuzik6708
      @trapmuzik6708 Год назад

      I never heard hush yaw used that way

    • @cultureducation
      @cultureducation Год назад

      @@trapmuzik6708 how have you heard it used?

    • @Den-gz4yo
      @Den-gz4yo 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@nikkinicole5216 Which west side? Its all over Jamaica and im from the east, run a boat has been used for how long now. You guys must have been brought up twanging like Americans

    • @Den-gz4yo
      @Den-gz4yo 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@trapmuzik6708 Are you even Jamaican? Americans hear hush and think it means to shut up and yaw is a Jamaican word, thus hush yah is a Jamaican sentence for showing sympathy

  • @mariocornejo364
    @mariocornejo364 Год назад

    Me good man blesyn

  • @enquiryb8261
    @enquiryb8261 2 года назад

    Ì hat but hush yah!

  • @joshuashema3012
    @joshuashema3012 2 года назад +1

    I love it l want to lean it

    •  Год назад

      Yuh cya

  • @Lowpropo
    @Lowpropo Год назад

    Your a blood clot Mon INI one love 🥰

  • @alexisjanae__
    @alexisjanae__ 12 дней назад

    🏝