PRICELESS JAMAICAN TRANSLATIONS

Translations for all my international Friends



ENGLISH: It's been a long time since I have seen you girl..
JAMAICAN: Gal yuh noh dead yet?

ENG: Good Lord, we have lost electricity again.
JAM: Lawd Gad current lack aff again to rahtid.

ENG: This meal is quite good.
JAM: Di food can eat.

ENG: Where did you buy that awful Bracelet Cindy?
JAM: A weh yuh buy dat deh big ole ugly bangle deh misis?

ENG: Interesting hors d'oeuvres
JAM: Ah w ah dis likkle sinting you a gi me?

ENG: Here kitty kitty... get down from the roof.
JAM: Hey dutty puss come aff a di house tap before a du yuh someting

ENG: I think something is wrong with Susan, she might have the flu.
JAM: Woah! Obeah tek up Suzie!

ENG: Oh my God, I just broke mom's expensive plate!
JAM: Lawd mi gad, mi bruk up mama stoosh crackry!

ENG: Aren't those pants a bit short?
JAM: You did a expect flood or yuh tek yuh measurement inna wata?

ENG: Why are you squeezing the mangoes like that?
JAM: Lissen to mi nuh, mi a beg yuh stap fingle-fingle up di mango dem.

ENG: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
JAM: Aye buff teet bwoy, tap fling up-fling up mi bag dem suh man.

ENG: I wish you would quit lying.
JAM: Tap di blinkin lyin, yuh ole liyad!

ENG: Lift up the hood of the car for me John.
JAM: Hey my yute, fly di bonett rasta!

ENG: I am waiting for a taxi and it's taking so long!
JAM: But wait, no Robot naah run todey!

ENG: Get me a pop please.
JAM: Beg yuh carry wan drinks fi mi deh

ENG: It's time for a Perm.
JAM: Gal yuh head waan Cream, yuh noh si how it tough?

ENG: Yuck!! This is nasty.
JAM: Kiss mi neck back!! What a sinting tase bad!

ENG: I wish you would close your mouth.
JAM: Yuh mout come in like when grip cyaan lack.

ENG: Girl, your acne is terrible.
JAM: Massa gad, pickney, yuh face bumpy-bumpy an fayva grayta eeh.

ENG: Please make some room on the bus so this man can have a seat.
JAM: Schoolas, small up unnu self man mek daddy siddung.

ENG: I have a stomach ache.
JAM: Mi belly ah gripe mi.

ENG: These mangoes look a bit over ripe.
JAM: Missis move fram in front ah mi wid dem fluxy mango deh

ENG: He has very large full eyes.
JAM: Wat ah bway fayva patoo

ENG: He has no manners.
JAM: Him dont have no broughtupsi!

ENG: Perspiration odour
JAM: Him smell green

ENG: Poached (boiled) chicken
JAM: Dat deh sinting nuh start cook yet

ENG: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit disorder.
JAM: Di pickeny too dam hard ears!

ENG: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
JAM: What a bway Dunce sah!

ENG: I need a bottle of Peptobismol...my stomach hurts.
JAM: Lawd mi coulda do wid a wash out yah now... mi belly bine up.

ENG: That man over there is missing his dentures.
JAM: Cooh pan dat deh mashmout bredda ova deh soh.

ENG: Oh my, your feet are so ashy..
JAM: Yuh foot tuff like aligata back; yuh couldn 't rub likkle cocanat ile pon yuh foot dem...