Speak Jamaican
Patois Sound Clips
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A fe me car
It's my car.
Unno nuh fe heat de green
mango dem
You all are not to eat the green mangoes
Gwaan go heat
Go on and eat
Whey yuh a seh!
Whats going on!
Yuh too renk!
You too out of order!
Mi a tutty years old
I am thirty years old
A nuh jus Yessideh de
pickney bawn!
Isn't just yesterday that child was born
Mi nuh wan nutten fe
eat
I don't want anything to eat
Tretch out yuh han.
Stretch out your hand
Ooh yuh fraid a?
Who are you afraid of?
Weh Bigga puddung de bag?
Where did bigga put down the bag?
Memba mi haffi lef Chewsday
Remaber I will have to leave on Tuesday
Das why wi lose
Thats why we lost
Mi was suh mad mi almost
drap dung!
I was so mad I almost fell down!
Ooh yuh ketch cole
fram?
Who didi you catch a cold from?
De likkle ooman
The little woman
Smady live inna dat
deh yard
Somebody live in that yard.
As yuh quint it, it gwan.
By the time you blink, it is gone.
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I like Jamaican langwij and i wish i could get someone to teach me or talk to on daily basis using Jamaican langwij
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