Part 1: How to speak like a REAL Jamaican when greeting people
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2012
- Learn how to pronounce the latest and most popular Jamaican greetings and expressions PLUS how to use them in a sentence, while enjoying beautiful pictures of Jamaican scenery.
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Jamaican expressions evolve over time, so some phrases are currently not widely being used. You have to stay with Jamaican Sinting channel to learn new ones as our people ingeniously create them! :-)
SPECIAL NOTE: The Jamaican patois language is still being officially standardized, so some of the spellings used here in the series, may not correspond with others published. Spellings used here are what the presenter thinks best captures how the words should be pronounced.
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PHOTO CREDITS All photos were shot in Jamaica by 'Jamaican Sinting'
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1. "Dancehall Pull Up Riddim" / dancehall-pull-up-riddim
2. "Babylon System" by Yami Bolo , produced by FuryBass (RedCat)
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110% sure drake has watched this video
hahaha
I'm from Trinidad and I dont always understand when Jamaicans talk lol
Drae parcey haha for real
trrrusss me daddy
LOL (: (: (:
Jamaican: the language of people having a good time.
TehDarkrai jamaican is not a language my guy
nyarellla Yes, it is. It’s called “Jamaican English”
It's Jamaican Creole or patios better known as patwa
Desoby no its not a language just broken english
THESATURNSSC1 I could not have said it better
I could listen to Jamaicans talk forever.
Married me then😎
@@jahvairclark1650 ayoo
I can listen to this all day. Love Jamaican accents, and the slang too ;)
Hongbin's Trashbag yaaaas
Vance Apollo I listen to the accent everyday cus my whole family is Jamaican and my friends r always like "wht r they saying..?"
Same, Patois and Pidgin (from Hawaii) are both extremely interesting to me, love listening to them.
Cal E. Me too!
I don't hear it ... The accent hell there's no accent😂😂
My girlfriend is Jamaican and this is helping me so much😭❤️
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On that king shiii ma dupe
this video is 4:20 long...
Erik Brown why is that a big deal?
420. Weed. Jamaica. Get it m8?
Erik Brown oh wow i woulda nvr got that lol thnx
Erik Brown weh yuh a seh marn?
Video is 4:20 long...marijuana confirmed
I'm Colombian, I lived with a jamaican family in London and they were the greatest people I've ever met. I love their accent, i wish i could speak like jamaicans do. Thank u for sharing these videos with us.
Multi cultural huh? Lol!
My first time hearing Jamaican language as an English speaker and surprised I can understand everything with out translations. I never knew it was considered a separate language.
Yu have good ears 😀
@@JamaicanSinting thank you! I always thought it was just English sped up a bit, never could figure out why Jamaicans seemed to be in such a hurry 💁🏻♂️😂. I’m a southern guy though so allot of people would say I speak slowly.
Jamaican is really fascinating because it is in that intermediate stage between being a dialect and a separate language. It's really cool seeing how languages split off from each other and evolve. I imagine the creation of the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian etc.) from vulgar Latin and local languages combining happened in a similar way that Jamaican Patois evolved from English and other languages.
Jamaican is so relaxing. It's really smooth.
😂 lol you wouldn't seh that if u were born and raised in a family full of Jamaicans 🤣 when we taak it's like we fighting cuz I remember when me and my friend were like discussing about something in public ( not Jamaica) many people came up to us and were saying we should shut the fuck up and that we have mental issues 😒
@@patricia_playz2187 yeh yeh, same happened to mi bredren in when we was in uk
This is definitely the best patois lesson I've found on RUclips so far. Super clear and well-paced. Love it.
Kawaii Desu Ne.
I love listening to Jamaican people speak. Its very beautiful and expressive. Very funny at times too!!!
I love Jamaican accent. It's sooo beautiful to hear. I'm trying so hard to learn. What an amazing language ❤️
Hmmmm , suspiciously the video is 4:20 long , hmmm
KiD HiLaRiOuS. It is English
😂👌😂
Mi tink u di best teacha on RUclips right now!
big up. respect
Jaysal Agua She said RISPECK not respect 😂🤣
Jaysal agua Yeah Mon
Pls add to any jamaican whatsapp group
we say pon not on nice try :) !
Waa gwon mi a jamaican to
This is so cool. Jamaican accents have the most character and charisma by far.
Ofcourse the Jamaican greeting video is 4:20 min long
I have watched this video 9 years ago. I am now watching it again in 2022.
Welcome back! Mek shuor luk pan di nyuu vidio dem tu ino (be sure to also look at the new videos ok!)😀😀😀😀
I'm from England, and a lot of London slang is mostly Jamaica. When I was in primary school, like aged 6-10 a lot of us would greet each other by saying wagwan fam, and we would use words like bredrin. Jamaican slang has had a huge influence slang over here... And we still use it a lot daily. I am familiar with most of these words.
Waa gwann? This helped me so much! I speak English and Spanish and I've always been fascinated with Jamaican culture. Such a beautiful thing. This was extremely helpful! Can't wait to impress my Jamaican friends when they come back from the islands
I can't stop thinking about Little Jacob in GTA IV
MegaM888 haha same
That’s why i came here
Also Real Badman too
L7 MS same. She has the same accent like auntie Poulet
Yes!!! Me too
this very my helpful to my 11 year old because she is really interested into learnin jamaican laugauges this will help here over the week to learn a new inspiring,beautiful,great soundin laugauge me n her want to say thanx
So beautiful. I actually liked how you speak Jamaican accent .Its lovely and sounds so sweet to hear.
I'm a Jamaican living abroad for several decades and I love these videos! Actually, your site was just sent to me by one of my non-Jamaican colleague! Good refresher! Irie!
Awesome. A girl with strong personality and attitude.
As a jamaican its natural to have attitude.
A grown ass woman with a strong personality and attitude! ✌🏽
It’s natural
You are a truly gifted teacher. This is brilliant! Me gwan be chatting Patois real real good now!
correction:ma go chat patwa really gud nw :) thats what you should have said.
Thank you again!
This is by far the best video I’ve come across, most the others only have whaat gwan so hearing all these others gives me more a selection than jus repeating myself. Bless up ❤️
I m an indian but i love jamaican .......and i love evrything about jamaica ........
Nice video and i love your exprestion too ..
Hey just wanna say that I love the fact that you do this and teach people these expressions. My father was West Indian and I didn't have the opportunity to learn Jamaican dialogue or anything about the culture, which is a real disappointment for me because i would have Loved to learn about it and raise my children immersed in the culture ( I still have plans to learn) but anyways this is something that just makes me so ecstatic to have access to.Thank you a million times for your page
you wanna know a cuss we people use pon me country(jamacia)...acutally me nah say it
help is here
Rispeck
Misty Whyms-Gray My father is west indian (He’s from St.Vincent) and my mother is Jamaican but I was born in America I’m 46% Jamacian and West indian and 64% American
If you are born here in America you still are jamaican and aboriginal indigenous
when I see Jamaicans on tv , they always seem to smile , and they like always happy, like they have no problem at all, that's why I like to learn more about them :)
I love her friendly attitude, beautiful smile, and wonderful explanation, I'm gonna subscribe right away.
Bless up!!
I saw How yuh stay? in Shottas, so it's kind of exciting to recognize that one.
I kind of wish I grew up in Jamaica, as I have an affinity for its culture.
Thank you . I work with a kitchen full of Jamaicans, sometimes i feel lost with conversation. These lessons are awesome. Rispeck!
I'm so late to start learn Jamaican accent, but happy for your videos♡
Listening to this brings me back memories of my dad.
We use "Waddup" and "Yow!" (yo!) here in the U.S., too, and they both mean the exact same thing as they do in Jamaica :D
Ben Dover exactly
Notice the pioneers of those words were Jamaican artists. Started in Harlem, NY where der lots of yardins ya kno
Jamaicans brought it there
I learned a little bit of this from GTA 4
lmaoooooo
Still didn't understand shit
I could not understand that guy XD
Hey, my youth. Some boy dem, dey pon de corner an' ting, an... de boy dem sell some tings and ting, an... I gwa'an, an' I say... oh, dem nah wan' gimme my money an ting. An'... every corner my corner an... I want my money an' ting, ya know? Ah no see dat! Go, go, ya know, me wan' deal with de case proper. Ya nah see it?
Came here just so I could understand at least some of the shit said in GTA IV.
l feel relaxed as soon as you ppl talk
am a jamaican live abroad and u did a very good job rispeck:)
Thank you soo much, i had so much trouble communicating with my drug dealer before, this has helped me out a lot! Respeck!!!
Hahaha 😂😂😂
At first I found it funny,but what are you saying only Jamaicans are drugs dealers???
This person is trying to make Jamaicans look bad. When I go to Manhattan, there are so many activities going on as it relates to illegal drugs (Surprise! Surprise! by white people). Drug smuggling is done mostly in Latin America and the US
jamdawgutube "If" the guy is trying to make ALL Jamaicans look bad by commenting on this youtube video, he has a long way to go. I have a feeling he is trying to be funny, which I tend to believe he succeeded, but that concept was lost on you.
jamdawgutube sorry if i offended anyone bro, im jamaican myself xD
Ive been raised in a completely jamaican family my entire life and was forced to live there for 2 years.
Yet somehow autoplay got me from an asdf movie to this…?
Idek
Hai. Senpai. I feel that
Rispeck - great vid - you are amazing!
Very well presented. Thank you!
oyyaa man. me walk yesterda pass dis lady. she ask "Wa yu need ma namber?" me tell her "Baby Garll, when i saw yu, all i think is wawawewa what a beautyfull creationnn. peaace. my family LOVES when i do my Jamaican accent :)
Are you a Jamaican
Cause that just doesn't sound right
It's not "baby garll"it's "baby gurl"
I gotta write this stuff down!!
Lol speaking jamacian is pretty easy im from Jamaica im pretty sure u will get it in like a couple of days
+Zantia miller The way Jamaicans speak is so neat! I love hearing them speak
+Tyiff Pejic i usually talk in Jamaican when I'm home with the fam but anyway thx
+Tyiff Pejic thank you
Please..haffi means?
Absolutely amazing. I appreciate this, for realz. Respect!
I LOVE IT!!!! You are a great teacher. Much rispeck!!!
I appreciate that!
Damn girl, with that accent you sound sooo awsome. Rispeck
Gyptian
Egyptian singer
because i know languages and their origins, this sounds like old english, derived derivative. That means, it's not derived from common American English, but elizabethan english.
juna wood I'm half jamacian
I've been taking your lessons for six months now and all mi Jamaican yutes say mi criss, mi nice, so far!
Tanks
I just moved to Jamaica and this os so helpful! thank you
It is very interesting this english class. I am from the Republic of Panama. Panama is a country with a great multicultural population. My great grandma and my granny spoke with that accent, lamentably my brothers and I never learned that beautiful accent and we are not the only young generation of jamaican family in Panama that are loosing those cultural roots.
Congratulation, because you are making a great cultural contribution.
I think it's funny that the video is 4:20 long lol
+Trisha Sanchez lol I think he is referring to the whole 4.20 weed /get high day get it ??Jamaican-weed
+Quasia G yes, that is correct.
Jamaicasinting I going watch more. Good show. Jah live thru you!
the best Jamaican teacha on RUclips right. rispeck !
Say "Beercan" with an english accent...Just taught you how to say bacon in Jamaican :)
lmfao!!!!!
I just saw that...
OMG
lmfao
Lmao
You're so beautiful my sister 😚
Greetings from Sudan 👋
What I like about you. Your ability to switch from dialect to standard english is really clean. GOOD JOB
I have seen all the parts of this channel! This channel has really helped me learn patois, as my mum is Jamaican we are going on holiday to Jamaica. My mum is expecting me to learn all the basics of patois I am really looking forward to watching more videos of this channel before I go on holiday! This has really helped me!
Patois sounds so nice, so musical! I love it! Also I don't know if everybody is like that, but I listen to so much roots reggae, if you speak clearly, I can understand everything. English isn't even my mother tongue :).
Quick question for you. I've read somewhere, years ago, that Jamaican people find it offensive when people try to imitate their accent and try to speak patois. Is that true?
Thanks!
they hate it when others use their slangs and say that they were one who made it up
I am a Jamaican and I can tell you that we really don't hate it but find it kinda amusing
zoe McDonald yeah well I'm from Quebec, canada, I guess it's the same thing it is for use when French people from France try to immitate our accent (Quebec's french isn't as different from France's french as Patois is from American English, but it's more different than say America English vs Britain's English)
i. hate it and everyone I know hates it too
It is kind of offensive because when someone trys to do it, it doesn't sound right like that's not how we talk when people imitate us
Disclaimer: This is *NOT* a racist question. I'm just curious about the relationship between race and language. A creole is as good as any other language.
That said, why is it that blacks never adopt a foreign language as-is. Instead, they mold all foreign languages to sound more-or-less the same.
Here's an interesting article: www.csmonitor.com/Science/Science-Notebook/2015/0423/What-will-the-English-language-look-like-in-100-years
The British colonized Africa and India. Today, Indian English is still 99% English-English. A western traveler should have no problem understanding the grammar & syntax of an Indian (accent aside, of course). Here's a quote from the article:
"Several generations of Head Masters have spent their lives instilling in the minds of students that speaking the ‘Queen’s English’ was the ultimate in educational attainment.”
The same applies for all other races. Hispanics, Asians, Arabs, or Slavs speak English that is intelligible worldwide.
However, Most African countries have creolized their English to such an extent that it's unintelligible to an outsider. As the article mentions, you see the same phenomenon in Nigeria, Jamaica, and many majority-black countries. Even Haiti has a French-Creole that's unintelligible to the French. Here's a quote from the article:
"‘the women went to town’ sounds more like ‘di ooman did guh a town’ in Patois (Jamaican creole)."
Even in cases where blacks have never learned any language other than English, they develop their own creole. In the US, Blacks developed Ebonics pretty much from scratch, without the influence of any non-English language.
So why does this happen? Is there any reason the Black race is susceptible to a particular manner of speaking?
They gots ta stick togetta mon so dey create der own laung
Random Pants That actually makes sense.
because we were FORCED to learn the languages black folk speak today and NOT allowed to read to help our vocabulary so yes
and when he snuck and learned to read we still CHOSE not to in order to remember our heritage
+Deathanizor people like this tend to forget about, not just slavery, but the destruction of your natural language and culture. When Your name and language is banned and you can only teach your children what your masters allowed. So no harm in trying to keep hold of what little culture has been retained and/or passed down.
THANK YOU soooo much for this explanation
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You're welcome! Be sure to check out the other videos on the channel. Bless up
Notice how it stops exactly at 4:20 lol how cool is that!!!
my dad is Jamaican and my mom is American so I'm half and half
Fifth Harmony and disney channel Lover FRFR
Ditto
Rispeck mi bredda
Fifth Harmony and disney channel Lover
my mom is Jamaican and my dad is African American so I’m half half too
"Waa Gwaan Jamaica" is that how you say it
It is " Wagwan" . That's the spelling
Dominic Hamilton I am Jamaican
Dominic Hamilton yes it is 👍
YES!!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!! I was thinking the exact same thing.
Thank you for this tutorial Sister. I have some Jamaican friends who are very hard to understand and this is a big help to me. You are awesome!!!! :)
Whaa gwaan rasta it's me Jacob. Whanna go bowling mester mansion????😂
Only gamers know this.(GTA IV)
Will learning this affect my normal English, I find it very interesting and would like to learn it?
nah.
You WILL lose brain capacity though
***** Well I'm learning Spanish and Tagalog instead.
Yes, it will affect your normal English by improving it and you will sound better, feel more relaxed, become a better and more intelligent person and look more attractive if you learn patois. You will also develop cravings for ackee and saltfish, curry goat, bammy, ground provisions, pig tail, and other good foods. Best of all, it will piss off racists. Good luck with it!
no, its just like learning any other language...its like learning spanish and portuguese.. you might think they sound equal but they are totally different
Thanks so much ma'am it turns out I have Jamaican all over my dna and I'm big in impressing my ancentors and my family that recently came from Jamaica I've had a slight accent for a while and I can definitely understand stronger prefer stoner words b I n the an huang but I want to make my family proud so I love your your videos so much thank you very much!
So pretty. Thanks for this. I loved hearing it.
Drake watched this before making More Life
I didn't even know this was a real language. Always thought it was just English under a very peculiar accent.
Its called patwa :)
Laura R. patois**
*****
It's both. "Jamaican Patois, known locally as Patois (Patwa or Patwah) or Jamaican, and called Jamaican Creole by linguists"
It's officially considered a language according to the local intellects having done much scholarly works on the semantics, phonology, syntax, etc. (the linguistics of the dialect in comparison to Standard Jamaican or British English). So, Jamaicans are, in essence, bilinguals.
y'all are silly lol. Patois is a dialect. And Jamaican Patois isn't the only Patois out there. It's a local dialect, meaning any country can speak it. As a St. Lucian we have our own Patois mixed with French Creole
I have always find Jamaican language and Jamaican people beautiful big UPS from Puerto Rico🍻tainos
I went out on my first date with a Jamaican man last evening and that is why I'm here. lol Trying to understand him a little better. I love his accent (yours too). He's been in the US for a long time so I understand him for the most part but here and there something will pop out and I'm thinking "huh?" Thanks for the post and thanks for the handsome (you grow them good looking) and kind man! God Bless Jamaica. Haha.
4:20 minutes video.. BOMBOCLAT
+The Drill Father You are my hero
Wow that's a naughty word
How many curse words do you know
Your so beautiful and Funny 😘😄😂
Yow ! Big thx for your simple and very positive lessons !!!
Love it! Thanks for putting these vids together.
Remember when in Jamaica leave the H at home LOL
Not if the word begins with a vowel 😂😂. Happle!
Female Little Jacob haha gta4
same thing here
Lol
always loved me some Jamaican. Trying my best to learn it. Good teaching :)
this is awesome, i love the head snap too
🇹🇷✌️ 🇯🇲 I am gonna learn them !!! 😂👌
This sounds like African-English slang but slurred together
no
It sounds more Hawaiian English than African English to me
Its has like an Scottish Ireland accent with it though
It really doesnt
Love it .. .thanks sis... that was great...love it ...give thanks..
Great video!!! These are very basic and implement to remember!! Very helpful!!!
Jamaican video? 4:20 seconds..
The biggest damage "Imperialism" has done to these wonderful people besides slavery is to leave them nothing but with a broken language that they still try to embrace and internalize. I have so much respect to all these countries like Jamaica, Haiti, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa etc. etc.. The most evil imperialist countries first ripped them off from their homelands and enslaved them.. And then, as if that was not enough they replaced their original languages and religions with English, French, Spanish, Portuguese whatsoever to leave them confused and dependent to USA and Britain even after gaining independence. This rule applies to all patois, creole, pidgin speaking countries in the world. Such a shame, such a tragedy! Shame upon all racist, imperialist and colonist countries! Long live true freedom!
the making of this video is so good. thanks a lot. yu de goood :)
Love this ... you sound just like my auntie's and grandma
Mi a jamaican an sum a dis wrong
Neri Matrixx cheat meee😭
Wha 'appen to yu man? Yu nah haffi gwahn so....
Ah nah really wrong still.... It ah depen' pon weh smoddy ah come frahm. Arright, like ho inna Mandeville dem ah se "Weh yu ah go?" Up ah Mo Bay dem woulda seh "Weh yu ah deh go?"
es fonny ba me n'dasten waa ya sayeen)
I'm a Jamaican too and this lady did a re all good job
I am a Jamaican and I prefer Jamaican Patois more than Standard English, Standard English have too many fucking rule and ways on how to speak it while Jamaican Patios doesn't have any rule, you just have to broke down the standard english
what? no it's simple really..... I guess because I moved to America when I was 7.
I don't think so and I don't think you know every standard English rule
Kem Rozay obviously since I don't major in English Literature. But I am proficient enough to communicate also at the moment I'm teaching myself the Cyrillic alphabet aka Russian.
cool
Kem Rozay it's pretty cool,challenging and REALLY FRUSTRATING all at once.... it feels VERY REWARDING when learning a new letter,word or phrase... for example: "мне бы хотелось водки пожалуйста" Is more or less "I would like some Vodka please". Not to mention learning a new language literally unlocks unused/rarely used parts of your brain thus making you smarter than the average joe... not to mention learning a new language also introduces you to a new culture and a new way of thinking... it also opens up new things for you....like Job Opportunities for example... fascinating isn't it?
LOVE IT!! Thanx Gyal!
oh my word this is so beautiful
I thought this was called broken English??
Its apart of our culture,it is though.
It is NOT broken English. It is called creole language which is a derivative of "pidginization": The Africans, on the plantations, were forced to learn English. Hence, creole English. But, according to the literature, there are Scotish, African and other influences on the Patois. You will find a lot of African words, more so than English. Its the pronunciation that makes it hard to understand. Just like French or Arabic. However, Patois has a different lexicon, semantics, phonetics, syntax, etc, from Standard English.
jamdawgutube
How yah get dat yah conclusion and confusion mi breder? How unno know seh African word deh-deh more than English? Mi nah read dat and mi know seh mi nah fool.
jamdawgutube yeah they have an accent close to Scottish people
American English is broken Olde English. Olde English is broken Latin. Latin is broken Greek. Slang is how new languages are created.
it is SO hard to find patwa video on youtube! I'm so excited to learn. Thanks so much! I look forward to watching more videos.
That's because it's spelled patois..try now ☺️the word can be very deceiving
For real you're great teacher
Ohh im just in love with this language ♡♡♡
Very interesting, what a fascinating dialect/patois. Love the musical kinda tones of it. Thanks for videos :-)