100 jamaican patois sentences 2013
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Planning a trip to Jamaica? Would you like to really understand what the locals are saying? Whether you're planning a trip to Jamaica or just curious what your favorite reggae song is about, 100 Jamaican Patois sentences will give you everything you need to understand one of the world's most colorful dialects. For the first time, patois is being taken seriously. This 100 sentence workout will show you patois sentences in every possible tense and with 20 different sentence patterns. Perfect your understanding even more with the free on line course included with this book and pretty soon you too will start sounding irie.TRANSCRIPT
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100
Jamaican
Patois
Sentences
C.K Barrett
Nejo
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This book is protected by standard international copyright conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including, photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher Nejo.
Copyright. 2010
100jps.com
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Contents
The Simple Present Pattern 1
The Simple Past Pattern 2
Comparisons Pattern 3
Quantities Pattern 4
The Present Continuous Pattern 5
The Past Continuous Pattern 6
The Present Perfect Pattern 7
The Present Perfect Continuous Pattern 8
The Past Perfect Pattern 9
The Past Perfect continuous Pattern 10
The future‐Going to Pattern 11
The future‐Will Pattern 12
The future continuous Pattern 13
The Conditional Pattern 14
The Passive Pattern 15
Modals Pattern 16
Reported Speech Pattern 17
Relative Clauses Pattern 18
The imperative Pattern 19
Adverbs Pattern 20
Quiz
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Before you begin
This book goes hand in hand with the free Jamaican patois course at
100jps.com. If you’ve been studying along online, this book is a great way to remind yourself how to say things
when you’re offline. If you’ve just picked up the book and you’re
wondering, “Wow, I wish I could hear what this sounds like” or “I need some
detailed explanations,” just follow along with the free accompanying
course at 100jps.com.
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Let's greet
each
other
before
we
get
into
the
100
sentences.
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We'll greet each other by saying
the patois equivalent of Hi, Hey or Hello.
Take
“What's happening?”
and
SCRUNCHITTOGETHER
to produce
Whaapen?
OPTION 2
Take “What's going
on?” and
SCRUNCHITTOGETHER
to produce
Waa gwaan?
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Your answer will be,
“I'm fine.”
Quite often, the
word
I will be
changed to
mi.
so “I'm fine.” Or
“I'm all-right”
becomes
“Mi aaright.”
So now that we've greeted each
other, Let's get started with your
100 sentences!
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The simple present #1
I Mi
Am
Sure sure
seh That
He im
cyan Can
Come come
M
S
S
I
C
C
But do you really remember how to say this sentence? Cover the top half of the
page. I’ll give you the first letter and let’s see!
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The simple present #2
She Shi
want Wants
A a
New new
Dress dress
For fi
Christmas Christmas
Practice
S
W
A
N
D
F
C
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The simple present #3
They Dem
Don't no
Know know
Why why
He im
Is
stay
so
Like
This
Practice
D
N
K
W
I
S
S
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The simple present #4
We Wi
Have av
More more
Than dan
Enough enough
Time time
To fi
Do do
It. it.
Practice
W
A
M
D
E
T
F
D
I
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The simple present #5
It Yu
hafi Is
Important
To
Know know
how
fi How
To
Communicate communicate
Well propaly.
Practice
Y
H
K
H
F
C
P
Note: It is important to = ”You have to.”
You have to = “Yu hafi.”
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The Simple Past #6
I Mi
see
im Saw
Him
Last laas
Week week
And an
He im
Looked look
Terrible. terrible
Everything that is supposed to be put in the past remains in the present! So let's make up a new rule. Jamaicans are good at staying in the moment and living in the present. You'll see this quite a bit. Saw becomes see. Looked becomes look .
M A
S I
I L
L T
W
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The Simple Past #7
He Im
look
fi Looked
For
My mi
Ring ring
For fi
Three chree
Hours uwas
Practice
I
L
F
M
R
F
C
U
Note: “Tr” words are often pronounced “Ch.” In the same way battery would be pronounce bachri.
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The Simple Past #8
She Shi
Ordered aada
Steak steak
And an
A a
Glass glass
Of a
Wine. wine
Practice
S
A
S
A
A
G
A
W
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The Simple Past #9
We Wi
Cleaned clean
The di
House house
All all
Day day
Yesterday yestedeh
Practice
W
C
D
H
A
D
Y
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The Simple Past #10
He Im
Took tek
A a
Train chrain
And an
Then den
A a
Bus bus
Practice
I
T
A
C
A
D
A
B
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