Jamaican Phrases Part 1

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.
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  • @borgelladumond7881
    @borgelladumond78813 жыл бұрын

    Me love Jamaica Language I m Haitian Yuh zimi.🤗

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big up yuhself

  • @Kira-berry

    @Kira-berry

    3 ай бұрын

    Love All mi ancestors ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @wesleysheppard421
    @wesleysheppard4213 жыл бұрын

    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. 😁🇯🇲👍🏾

  • @dolofuture9749

    @dolofuture9749

    2 жыл бұрын

    Patois

  • @QuattroZack1

    @QuattroZack1

    Жыл бұрын

    The joke is E for effort. Not A.

  • @kwodgawdyinsm8632

    @kwodgawdyinsm8632

    Жыл бұрын

    Stop this

  • @aaronblack9043

    @aaronblack9043

    Жыл бұрын

    Fiyyyahhhh 🔥

  • @DeinlieblingsEmre

    @DeinlieblingsEmre

    Жыл бұрын

    Hush taw.

  • @ShearForce1
    @ShearForce1 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @rascaesar9025
    @rascaesar90253 жыл бұрын

    can't stop learning.. much love from uganda

  • @gameon2000

    @gameon2000

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rascaesar9025

    @rascaesar9025

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Den-gz4yo

    @Den-gz4yo

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @gameon2000

    @gameon2000

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Den-gz4yo Wagwan blud! 🤣

  • @Mr.Fun.G.u.y.
    @Mr.Fun.G.u.y.2 жыл бұрын

    Respect for this lovely country, grom PANAMÁ 🇵🇦

  • @serenity3031
    @serenity30317 ай бұрын

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

  • @n2rj
    @n2rj2 ай бұрын

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

  • @kassayrold5706
    @kassayrold57062 жыл бұрын

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

  • @deviouslymadeKP

    @deviouslymadeKP

    2 жыл бұрын

    Get outta hear u not Jamaican

  • @jodawgsup

    @jodawgsup

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @natspats

    @natspats

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jodawgsup Ngl that was a violation

  • @danschneider3920

    @danschneider3920

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @Moniiimoni
    @Moniiimoni3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jinggbangg

    @jinggbangg

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @CamViesky
    @CamViesky2 жыл бұрын

    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 👊🏽

  • @chadbaier2557
    @chadbaier25572 ай бұрын

    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

  • @DersuUzala.
    @DersuUzala.3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ekathe85

    @ekathe85

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @emeka5449
    @emeka5449 Жыл бұрын

    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

    6 күн бұрын

    light skinned people are oftentimes referred to as Redibo

  • @annettegeorge577

    @annettegeorge577

    6 күн бұрын

    It is nice to know the origin of this word

  • @trevor100ify
    @trevor100ify3 жыл бұрын

    Lol trouble ded deh😎👍

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol that's a fact.

  • @jamrockqueen9767

    @jamrockqueen9767

    2 ай бұрын

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

  • @xrecon18
    @xrecon182 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aprelspence1399
    @aprelspence13992 жыл бұрын

    I'm Jamaican so I easily understanded.

  • @gaeriellemalcolm7467
    @gaeriellemalcolm74673 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DrRuddyAKhani-pq5sj
    @DrRuddyAKhani-pq5sj3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Thank you kindly

  • @Versiongurl

    @Versiongurl

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @legendjosh6133
    @legendjosh61332 жыл бұрын

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

  • @marciwyrd8905
    @marciwyrd8905 Жыл бұрын

    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.)

  • @scumbaag
    @scumbaag3 ай бұрын

    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. 🤙

  • @driley5004
    @driley50043 жыл бұрын

    I love this language

  • @peliwendy509
    @peliwendy509 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @crystalrowe3676
    @crystalrowe36763 жыл бұрын

    Love this! Keep up the great work bro.

  • @70Seven7
    @70Seven7 Жыл бұрын

    give thanks ..Yuzimi

  • @rthomas5986
    @rthomas5986 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. Language evolves.

  • @Den-gz4yo

    @Den-gz4yo

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @rthomas5986

    @rthomas5986

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @sarahhernandez4502
    @sarahhernandez4502 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @glenmarksmellie7194
    @glenmarksmellie71943 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Respect bro

  • @ayanaj1006
    @ayanaj1006 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @iryebewater5364
    @iryebewater5364 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome 👍 Give Thanks !!

  • @titanyawilliams7715
    @titanyawilliams77153 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Am glad you enjoyed it

  • @mechelekobell9371
    @mechelekobell93713 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @666BEEZY
    @666BEEZY10 ай бұрын

    Thank you brudren I’m Tyriing to learn my culture

  • @AlexandreOlim
    @AlexandreOlim4 ай бұрын

    Big love from Portugal, yuh zimi

  • @luxxbeaute2106
    @luxxbeaute21062 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TenaciousB20
    @TenaciousB205 ай бұрын

    This was so good! Thank you

  • @chriscreation79
    @chriscreation796 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much 💯

  • @findtruth5329
    @findtruth53292 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Nyammings

    @Nyammings

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. I'm from yaad.

  • @findtruth5329

    @findtruth5329

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Coconutbabez

    @Coconutbabez

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @anarchy_79
    @anarchy_793 күн бұрын

    "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?

  • @Ecotectpestexpert
    @Ecotectpestexpert2 жыл бұрын

    Love it !

  • @markh1759
    @markh17596 ай бұрын

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

  • @kmg9359
    @kmg9359 Жыл бұрын

    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

    6 ай бұрын

    True, also listen a lot of Jamaican music

  • @johnnymancebo5201
    @johnnymancebo520122 күн бұрын

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

  • @lorenzoallen5930
    @lorenzoallen59303 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @blank_3958
    @blank_39582 жыл бұрын

    Fiyyaah fi dat !!

  • @sacredgeometry
    @sacredgeometry5 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @lindabutler4814
    @lindabutler48143 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mitsysimkelle2325
    @mitsysimkelle23252 жыл бұрын

    Now I understand the boat and the ship…😀😀

  • @AlexandreOlim
    @AlexandreOlim4 ай бұрын

    Great content! 🎉

  • @robertopetrazzuolo4749
    @robertopetrazzuolo47493 жыл бұрын

    Hey Mr cool! Always bubbly

  • @shavel6102
    @shavel61023 жыл бұрын

    I love this lol

  • @dain_jah
    @dain_jah Жыл бұрын

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

  • @curleycroberts561
    @curleycroberts5613 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed the content brov... Keep it up

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you nuf respect

  • @rufaichanso8000
    @rufaichanso800011 ай бұрын

    Real overstand

  • @TazHall
    @TazHall2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @berni9977
    @berni99772 жыл бұрын

    Great vid Mi Brudda !

  • @ginatequila6240
    @ginatequila62403 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed it Tev!

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm happy you did.

  • @wasupman777
    @wasupman777 Жыл бұрын

    Bless up mi breddah

  • @kainevins3130
    @kainevins3130 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Versiongurl
    @Versiongurl3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Safphron
    @Safphron2 жыл бұрын

    Good Job!

  • @phoenixx4922
    @phoenixx4922 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @NikiDjock
    @NikiDjock5 ай бұрын

    good slang ❤

  • @zombielols1895
    @zombielols18958 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @elitecareservices3299
    @elitecareservices32993 жыл бұрын

    Great content bro

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @dejanmoya9434
    @dejanmoya94342 жыл бұрын

    I'm Jamaican forever

  • @9rider11
    @9rider11Ай бұрын

    Mi yaard cousins have so many unique sayings…🇸🇽

  • @LiamDangerPark
    @LiamDangerPark2 жыл бұрын

    I hope you keep making videos

  • @bepponen
    @bepponen2 жыл бұрын

    best accent ever after irish and scottish :D

  • @jamrocklive6197
    @jamrocklive61973 жыл бұрын

    Big up yuh self genna

  • @chriscangdradaniel4846
    @chriscangdradaniel4846 Жыл бұрын

    i'm here because badman from gta 4

  • @zjZOII
    @zjZOII3 жыл бұрын

    Irie!)))

  • @carsade
    @carsade3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnnybizzle370
    @johnnybizzle3702 жыл бұрын

    Big up

  • @allyssaforrester7621
    @allyssaforrester76213 жыл бұрын

    Another ball knocked out the park Tev 😎

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @kimmypossible6702
    @kimmypossible67023 жыл бұрын

    Lool really enjoyed this...rasta nuh eat pork

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @esmooth919
    @esmooth919 Жыл бұрын

    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"

  • @5thtodasev
    @5thtodasev Жыл бұрын

    Yuh zimi!

  • @maleronald558
    @maleronald5583 жыл бұрын

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

  • @joshuashema3012
    @joshuashema30122 жыл бұрын

    I love it l want to lean it

  • Жыл бұрын

    Yuh cya

  • @kayhaughton
    @kayhaughton3 жыл бұрын

    So funny :-)

  • @Nellsta
    @Nellsta9 ай бұрын

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

  • @666BEEZY
    @666BEEZY10 ай бұрын

    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

  • @mariocornejo364
    @mariocornejo364 Жыл бұрын

    Me good man blesyn

  • @SunnyGhandle
    @SunnyGhandle3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jamaicanpatwah5170

    @jamaicanpatwah5170

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not me though

  • @zizzle7839

    @zizzle7839

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nah that’s how I got to this vid 😭😭😭💀

  • @derickshadrack8102
    @derickshadrack81024 ай бұрын

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

  • @MarekMarczak-rk4mp
    @MarekMarczak-rk4mp Жыл бұрын

    BOMBOOOCLAAAAT

  • @DeeStarHairstylist
    @DeeStarHairstylist3 жыл бұрын

    ❤️🇯🇲

  • @ramonrandall668
    @ramonrandall6682 жыл бұрын

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

  • @enquiryb8261
    @enquiryb82612 жыл бұрын

    Ì hat but hush yah!

  • @PrettyGirl-mq1kb
    @PrettyGirl-mq1kb2 жыл бұрын

    I'm jamaican 😆🇯🇲🤗

  • @zedzee23
    @zedzee232 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MellieMell1000
    @MellieMell10002 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nikkinicole5216

    @nikkinicole5216

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its a westside slang i guess

  • @trapmuzik6708

    @trapmuzik6708

    Жыл бұрын

    I never heard hush yaw used that way

  • @cultureducation

    @cultureducation

    Жыл бұрын

    @@trapmuzik6708 how have you heard it used?

  • @Den-gz4yo

    @Den-gz4yo

    6 ай бұрын

    @@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

    6 ай бұрын

    @@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

  • @Rudebwoy64
    @Rudebwoy642 жыл бұрын

    Like eeeen!!

  • @kainevins3130
    @kainevins3130 Жыл бұрын

    Canada is a good place to🇨🇦 you should go you you should go check it out🚗

  • @eliplayer2122
    @eliplayer21227 ай бұрын

    BOMBOCLAAT

  • @Lowpropo
    @Lowpropo Жыл бұрын

    Your a blood clot Mon INI one love 🥰

  • @TheNcoc24
    @TheNcoc24 Жыл бұрын

    Yuh Zimi 🇯🇲

  • @fablover78
    @fablover783 жыл бұрын

    Love unu!!

  • @bobbylenard1697
    @bobbylenard1697Ай бұрын

    Do you offer a course? Or voice audio speaking just so I can listen to. I been married to my beautiful wife who is from Jamaica for 6 months I love her so much. She is having my child in 4 months and I want to do everything I can to be closer to her. Will you help me do this for her?