Translation: "That is my girl."
"Mi gwaan"
Translation: "I'm gone"
"Whappen"
Translation: "What's Happening--What's Up"
"Whey yuh want"
Translation: "What you wnat?"
"What a gwaan sistren?" "What a gwaan bredren?"
Translation: "What's going on sister" "What's going on brother"
"Mi nuh care"
Translation: "I don't care"
"Nuh badda watch mi"
Translation: "Don't bother watching me"
"gi mi a bokkle a wata?"
Translation: "Give me a bottle of water"
"Lawd ave mercy!"
Translation: "Lord have mercy"
"Pickney"
Translation: "Kid or child"
Hey gyal come ya"
Translation: "Hey girl come here"
"Bwaay mi like yuh still yuh nuh".
Translation: "Boy I like you.
"Come outta mi yard"
Translation: "Get out of my home/house"
"Mi luv yuh"
Translation: "I love you"
"Leggo mi hand"
Translation: " Let go of my hand"
"Why yuh suh bad minded?"
Translation: "Why are you so bad-minded?"
"Yuh nuh hear yuh mumma a call yuh?"
Translation: "Don't you hear your mother calling you?"
"Guh wash yuh face"
Translation: "Go and wash your face"
"Mi cyaan tell yuh yet"
Translation : "I cannot tell you as yet"
"Mi soon come back"
Translation :"I will be back soon"
"yuh caan sing"
Translation: "You cannot sing"
"A yuh man dat?"--- "A yuh gal dat?"
Translation: "Is that your man?" "Is that your girl?"
"Him lick mi"
Translation: "He hits me"
"Dem bwoy deh a teif"
Translation: "The boy is a thief"
"Yuh luk good eeh"
Translation: "You look good"
"Nuh lie to mi"
Translation: "Don't lie to me"
"A wha dis?"
Translation: "What is this?"
"Yuh too lazy"
Translation: "You are too lazy"
"Stop di bawlingt"
Translation: "Stop the crying
"Tun on di TV".
Translation: "Turn on the TV"
"Guh home?"
Translation: "Go Home"
"Luk pon yuh
Translation: "Look at you"
"Nuh Facey with me"
Translation: "Don't be fresh with me"
"Yuh a guh di deh?"
Translation: "Are you going to be there?"
"Di computa slow eeh"
Translation: "The computer is so slow"
"Put it back whey yuh get it"
Translation: "Put it back where you get it"
"Gimme a call lata"
Translation: "Give me a call later"
"Mi done wid yuh"
Translation: "I am done with you"
"How yuh suh ugly?"
Translation: "How are you so ugly"
"Mi nah guh deh"
Translation: "I am not going there"
"Whey yuh a guh?"
Translation: "Where are you going?"
"Di pickcha dark"
Translation: "The picture is dark"
"Mi a guh home"
Translation: "I am going home"
"Mi live dung deh suh"
Translation: "I live down there"
"Whey mi pickney deh?."
Translation: "Where is my child?"
"A lang time mi a watch yuh"
Translation: "Its a long time since I've been watching you ."
"Have mercy lawd."
Translation: "Have mercy Lord."
"Lef di bwoy alone"
Translation: "Leave the boy alone."
"Watch dem a run"
Translation: "Watch them running"
"Di movie nice"
Translation: "The movie is nice/good"
"Yuh foot big eeh"
Translation: "Your feet are so big"
"Yuh puppa gwaan"
Translation: "Your father is gone."
"Di wata gwaan."
Translation: "The water is gone."
"Mi gwaan a school"
Translation: "I am off to school"
"Tek whey mi seh and galang"
Translation: "Take what I say and go"
"Yuh nuh hear mi a call yuh?"
Translation: "Don't you hear me calling you?"
"Mi seh siddung and stop di ramping"
Translation: "Sit down and stop the playing"
"Yuh caan hear yuh a guh feel"
Translation: "You cannot hear you will feel"
"Him tell mi seh yuh want mi"
Translation: "He told me that you wanted me"
"Di ooman foot a hat har"
Translation: "The woman foot is hurting her"
"Whey yuh madda deh?"
Translation: "Where is your mother?"
"Gi mi a chance nuh?"
Translation: "Can you give me a chance?"
"Merca ave whole heap a snow"
Translation: "America has a lot of snow."
"Mi like fi dance"
Translation:"I like to dance"
"Yuh faa yuh fambily"
Translation: "You look like your family"
"Luk mi inna mi yeye and tell mi sey yuh luv mi"
Translation: "Look me in the eyes and tell me that you love me"
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