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Speak Jamaican Now!

EVER WONDER WHAT JAMAICANS ARE SAYING?...WELL TO BE TRUTHFUL JAMAICANS ARE EX SLAVES MOSTLY FROM GHANA, WHO WERE ENSLAVED BY THE AMERICANS AND BRITISH, BUT THE JAMAICANS KEPT THEIR AFRICAN ACCENT, LEARN TO SPEAK THE PROPER QUEENS ENGLISH, JUST LIKE NATIVE AFRICANS DEVELOPED A BROKEN ENGLISH OF THEIR OWN CALLED PATOI PRONOUNCED (PA TWA)..SO LET GET IT GOING...

THE FIRST WORD IS : IRIE- MEANS( TO BE FINE.)pronounced I ree like i read without the (D)
THE FIRST QUESTION IS : WHA GWAAN?- MEANS (WHAT IS GOING ON?) WHA= WHAT, GWA = GO A, AN = ON
PUT TOGETHER IS WHA GWAAN? WHAT,S GOING ON?....MEANS HOW ARE YOU?

WHA GWAN? (REPLY) EVERY TING IRIE, TING = THING THE (H) IS SILENT.

SOON COME = I AM COMING
LIKKLE MORE = I WILL SEE YOU LATER, OR NEXT TIME LIKKLE= LITTLE THE (T) IS PRONOUNCED (K)

WHA APPEN? = WHATS HAPPENING? (MEANS) HOW ARE YOU? (REPLY) MI DEYA = ME THERE OR MI NAH DEAL WIT NUTIN (MEANS) ME NO DEAL WITH NOTHING = IM FINE, OR NOTHING IS GOING ON WITH ME.

YU AND OOH DE DE? = YOU AND WHO THERE THERE? (MEANS) WHO ARE YOU THERE WITH?
(REPLY) MI ALONE ERE = ME ALONE HERE (MEANS) I AM HERE BY MYSELF OR ONLY ME

JUST AN EXAMPLE TO HOW FAST YOU WILL BE SPEAKING JAMAICAN AND AMAZING THE JAMAICAN COMMUNITY WITH YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LANGUAGE...SO JOIN AND "MEK WE OVERSTAND" (MEANS) LET US UNDERSTAND.