I noticed as my friend got closer to me..he started talkin more jamaican...now when ever we are separated...and I talk with him via telephone...internet...I will get ya...yo...ya...(thats online)...and when we are talkin...i do noticed that him is used alot...would I be safe to say that the lang is like broken english..because somethings arent hard for me to figure out but I dont want to hear him call me something and its a bad word...lol......then u all would be less....j/k...one very sweet jamaican....but seriously...I care for this man and I want to know the lang as much as I can...what sites can I go to....and do a lil research....

Yes daughta u phat nuh rahtid

translation:
Hi would you like to go out with me sometime and maybe have a sexual encounter afterwords.

Gyal - Girl
Sketel - *****
Baby love - Sweetheart
Fassy - Punk

Cmon Jamaican People Add to this list...

lol.

Thanks so much for the lil lesson in the lang Madd...
So is YA..Yo like a greetin because he always greet me in that manner online...oh...either "hey baby" which needs no translation.........damn he makes me weak and he is an older jamaican......is that the way u gonna be MADD when u get in your old age...lol.......so smooth and mellow,,

RASS is the Jamaican all-purpose word:

Greeting...............How de RASS yu do!

Fraud..................Yu too RASS tief!

Dismay.................RASS!

Trouble................Oh RASS!

Aggression.............Watch yu RASS self!

Disgust................Cho RASS!

Confusion..............Wha di RASS a gwaan!

Incompetence...........A wha di RASS yu a do....RASS-idiot!

Lost...................Whe di RASS we deh!

Pleasure...............it nice nuh RASS!

Retaliation............Yu RASS-claat...And of course..kiss mi RASS!


1. RASS is a good way to finish a sentence that lacks excitement...

Tekki back tu RASS!
Gimme back tu RASS!

2. RASS can be used in biology eg.....Look pan di gal RASS!

3. It can be used as a warning of future troubles....

Cover yu RASS!

4. It can ward off unwanted sexual advances....

Me nah gi yu me numba yu ugly RASS!
Move yu RASS from me, 2RASS!

5. It can describe extreme pain....

It hot nuh RASS!
Me granny gi me some RASS lick!

6. It can describe size.....

Yuh foot dem big nuh RASS!
Him have a RASS mouth deh

As you can see RASS is the Jamaican all-purpose word. Use it as often as yu RASS feel.

Me done to RASS!!

Go do yu RASS work!!

I am learnin ........and please keep the dialog comin because there is sooooooooooo much to take it....and the language itself is interesting...Thanks for what you all have given me...

Lol, Estorm looks like we should open up a forum just for Jamaican slangs. Anyone else think so? Estorm, I will try to put together a nice list for you so you can learn it quicker. Who knows maybe one day we will have a cd or a tape like the ones people use when learning spanish etc.

Water - Watah
Money - Dollas
Comer here - come ya
Hungry - Raw eg. Im hungry - Mi raw
Honestly - Fi real
cant - cya
mother - modda
father - pops

Man I could go on and on. Tell you what Estorm. You write all the words and phrases youre interested in and I'll fill in the blanks.

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another thing...when my baby is conversating with me...he always talks in the male pronoun...like If I ask him "hows your mom" he will say "him good"./....at first I dont he was makin fun of me ..then I noticed he would always say it...so I caught on to that lil piece....but when we correspond thru internet...he will hit me up with....YA...YO..............(which I think he is so cute sayin things like that because it seems of (words) excitement....so I guess I wanna know.....is it a greeting of some sorts.....
and I do noticed him always when askin about my son....or any male person he will say "how is master Jayson?" always master...master....why master? is this also something to do with respect ??? or just a heading...etc.....because the wimmin dont get that?....hmmm.....
I am RASS outta my mind!!!!....lol....hurry with more learnin////and yes you need the your langauge translated right along side the others...spanish...what not? but can I ask a question.....does jamaican border on spanish at all....?????

can I get a reply here.....(smile).....Mad...anyone...Thanks Stella for tha translation of what Rass means....thanks a bunch!!

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Estorm whats up? Havent heard from you in a while.

Mad!!,
Did u miss me...lol.....no I been workin alot now days and as I stated on another thread....I got to get with my sweety and it made me mellow out a lil.....so I am smiling these days...lol
there was no langauge between us./...when we saw each other ...nothing but groans and mmoaaans,,,lol and I am back MAD!!...........how u say....... great great sex!!!//// lata

Oh my gosh, Stella is cracking Kellher up!!!! O.k I am here to help Estorm because when I first moved to Jamaica I couldn't understand it either but it is very easy to learn. I came in grade 6 and I didn't reach the middle of the year before I was fluent. Ok, so here goes.........

claffy-an idot depending on the way someone says it it can be playfull or harsh.
cyaan-can't
deh-can have variuos meanings eg.
uno deh?-are you and that person boyfriend and girlfriend?
dem deh?-are they bf and gf?
weh dem deh?-where are they?
see dem deh-there they are.
who deh call me?-who is calling me?
move deh one minute-move for a minute etc
almighty-an expression like Oh God!!
gweh-go away
'top di noise-stop the noise/be quiet
lick-hit eg
tek lick..yu damn dog
mi a go ding yu likkle more/check yu likkle more/look fi yu likkle more-I will be comming to see you later.
patu/patuk-owl a popular phrase is: yu ugly like patu!!
obeah-voodoo/witchcraft.
wha mek?-why?
a wah?-what?
a lie-it's a lie, when you don't believe something.
a untrut'- same as above
come ya-come here
hey gyal lef from bou' ya- hey girl go away-but the phrase itself is much harder than the translation looks. I will hit you up with more next time but 4 now does anyone remember this at school?- Eternal Father bless our hand, guide us with thy frying pan. Keep us free from evil flour it will make our dumplin' sour...........taken from the national song. Until next time hollaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!

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Chynaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Thanks a Bunch!!...Im smiling as I look at some of the phrases....and as I stated...with him being comfortable around me now...he uses his langauge alot..and I am glad he is lettin me into his world....

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Ok Estorm I see you have read it now. I look back before and you say he reffers to everyone as him. Well that is true of all Jamaicans, they all talk like that, even me. Once going to Rusea's we had to stop all of that when talking to the teachers cause they'd have a fit over it and they'd be like Joesph! (that's my last name) I cannot believe you come from England and talking like that! Well, here are some phrases:

coolie-refers to a person mixed with Indian and Black, there hair is not straight but not as curly as black peoples.
brownin'-refers to a brown person, usually a girl.
jan cro'-john crow, a volture like bird that feeds on dead flesh(like a volture)and is used to cuss somebody eg
yu damn jan cro'!!!
Rass claat-as someone stated before is used to cuss and a clever song was derived from the swear words:
Bombo ***** rass claat which is Bongo push di grass cyaat (cart)
Bomboclaat/*****claat/rasscaat/bloodclaat-are bad words
At one point everyone seemed hell bent on burning everything eg
Bu'n a fire pon a battyman/lesbian etc
dung-down, mi a go dung di road.
anybody deh up a yard deh?-is anyone at home?(another use of deh) I am going to look 4 your e-mail address and send you a jamaican dictionary thing that my mother sent me. P.S have you ever been to Jamaica? Do you like it? Where did you stay? Holla at me soon.

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O.K there is no e-mail address 4 yu here Estorm so you can go to Speak Jamaican.com o.k? Good luck, have fun and tell me how it goes. You may notice that the spelling of Jamaican words differ from person to person but..........mine are correct!!!!! HA ha!:-) oh and how do you get them smilie face thingies? Peace out!

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