Patois

[BCBud]

I understand about 90% of the patois (whicch I learned back in the 80's by total immersion in about six months with all of my JA friends talking to me only in patois so I could learn it. The only time I speak it is when talking to very old Jamaicans in their 80's and 90's who might not understand my english (or when I get really angry LOL). I used to talk patois to young children, but I was asked by their parents to speak proper english to them so the kids could learn and practice english.

I do find that when I have been away from JA for several years, it does take a while to start understanding it correctly again. Quite a few of jamaican sayings cannot be taken literally - reminds me of parables.

[yetta]

Listening to Captaind speak patois is truly magical. Every syllable and inflection of the language is displayed. There is a rhythm to the language that I simply adore!!! I can't wait to get back to have my fix of patois!!

[poolguywindsor]

I have told Dancin Ronnie that hangs at Debar he should give patois lessons!

[Integrity]

Great idea!

[Bluez]

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

[Lorax2]

Rosetta Stone jamaican is the way.....
http://youtu.be/uhEEPRTUb30

[Lola]

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.

He pulls out a dasheen and a slice of yellow yam!

Hahaha

[Lola]

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!

[Kahuna3]

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

[HoneyBee]

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

bahwl me ah bahwl / or LMAO