100

Jamaican

Patois

Sentences

C.K Barrett

Nejo

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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

Before you begin

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Let's greet

each

other

before

we

get

into

the

100

sentences.

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?

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!

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!

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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

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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