We live in rural Tennessee. Most of these people couldn't find Jamaica on a map!Quote:
Originally Posted by captaind
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We live in rural Tennessee. Most of these people couldn't find Jamaica on a map!Quote:
Originally Posted by captaind
Another great way to learn is to go on youtube and do a search for "jamaican movies 2014 latest full movies" not only will you learn a lot of patois, you will learn a lot of the way things a gwan
Rosetta Stone jamaican is the way.....
http://youtu.be/uhEEPRTUb30
After hearing some DJ cd's a million times, some of the words started to come through. When I heard this I had to ask:
"sniper bottle" ???
What is a sniper? I say things like terrorist, threat, gunman, intimidating...
Wicked, a sniper is wicked! Oh, yeah. And wicked can mean very bad or very good.
She had a hot body!
A slice of life:
"Yo So-and-so, a dat breadfruit." This is a rare but not unusual conversation in my yard.
Breadfruit? I ask, from where? Multiple scenarios come to mind, a nearby tree that we'd recently discussed, a bounty of being in the right place at the right time, a relative brought them by or a request was made to go buy some for us. But we never cook with breadfruit so I couldn't put anything together that made sense, in the few seconds this transpires.
A small black lada bag arrives, with a blocky, non-breadfruit shape to it ~ let alone breadfruit isn't usually handed over in a bag unless it had been sent for at the market. :D
He pulls out a dasheen and a slice of yellow yam!
Hahaha
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Integrity
You've probably heard of the Rosetta Stone way of learning a language.
They now have a Rosetta Stone for learning patois. Its really quite good.
Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhEEPRTUb30
that was funny Kahuna
I knew it was only a matter of time until Rob Ford made this post!
Note: this is NOT typical of Canadians or Torontonians!
After being a Dj on my first trip I incorporated Dance-hall music into my sets and slowly words became clear. From there it was phrases then sentences, and now after years of immersion I can say I understand and can sing much more than I can speak but I can speak enough to get by.....