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A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 7:05am On Sep 30, 2012
Jamaicans eena Nigeria, Nigerians eena Jamaica and friends of Ja, dis a thread fi oonu,di thread deh affi wi thread. A mi kno seh wi hav great population, suh wi a guh link up pan di thread zeen. Fans if you don't understand anything, just ask your question and get clearifications. Bigup mi yout!!! Lickle more!!!
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 7:48am On Sep 30, 2012
Tank yuh fi tekin' di iriest Rough Rider pon di route.... and hope yuh fuljoy di ride. Bless up!
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by ezotik: 9:12am On Sep 30, 2012
sounds like a badly spoken nigerian pidgin.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 9:31am On Sep 30, 2012
Lol. Jamaican patois is a mixture of english, yoruba, igbo and some west african languages. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_words_in_Jamaican_Patois
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 1:58pm On Sep 30, 2012
Rudebwoy: Jamaicans eena Nigeria, Nigerians eena Jamaica and friends of Ja, dis a thread fi oonu,di thread deh affi wi thread. A mi kno seh wi hav great population, suh wi a guh link up pan di thread zeen. Fans if you don't understand anything, just ask your question and get clearifications. Bigup mi yout!!! Lickle more!!!

wow your patois is getting better and better! smiley

is weh yuh learn fi speak patois?
nuh badda tell mi seh a wan website cah yuh kno seh
mi nuh believe it. All now yuh cyah post di site.

Yuh mussi tek mi fi ediat. So is who a teach yuh fimmie language? grin
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 2:00pm On Sep 30, 2012
Rudebwoy: Lol. Jamaican patois is a mixture of english, yoruba, igbo and some west african languages. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_words_in_Jamaican_Patois

and some spanish.

our accent is basically irish with african pronunciation.
if may not make sense as I have described it but anyone who studies it will understand what I mean.

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Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 6:34pm On Sep 30, 2012
*Kails*:


wow your patois is getting better and better! smiley

is weh yuh learn fi speak patois?
nuh badda tell mi seh a wan website cah yuh kno seh
mi nuh believe it. All now yuh cyah post di site.

Yuh mussi tek mi fi ediat. So is who a teach yuh fimmie language? grin
. Bwoy ! Ja mi born, but mi lef Ja when man a pikney. Di picture deh pan yuh profile, a who fah pix a dat? Yuh? Yuh deh a yard or Nigeria?
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 6:41pm On Sep 30, 2012
*Kails*:


and some spanish.

our accent is basically irish with african pronunciation.
if may not make sense as I have described it but anyone who studies it will understand what I mean.
The presence of repetitious phrases in Jamaican Creole such as "su-su" (gossip) and "pyaa-pyaa" (sickly) mirror the presence of such phrases in West African languages such as "bam-bam", which means "complete" in the Yoruba language. Repetitious phrases are also present in Nigerian Pidgin, such as, "koro-koro", meaning "clear vision", "yama-yama", meaning "disgusting", and "doti-doti", meaning "garbage". Furthermore, the use of the words of West African origin in Jamaican Patois, such as "boasie" (meaning proud, a word that comes from the Yoruba word "bosi" also meaning "proud"wink and "Unu" - Jamaican Patois or "Wuna" - West African Pidgin (meaning "you people", a word that comes from the Igbo word "unu" also meaning "you people"wink display some of the interesting similarities between the English pidgins and creoles of West Africa and the English pidgins and creoles of the West Indies, as does the presence of words and phrases that are identical in the languages on both sides of the Atlantic, such as "Me a go tell dem" (I'm going to tell them) and "make we" (let us). Use of the word "deh" or "dey" is found in both Jamaican Patois and Nigerian Pidgin English, and is used in place of the English word "is" or "are". The phrase "We dey foh London" would be understood by both a speaker of Patois and a speaker of Nigerian Pidgin to mean "We are in London". Other similarities, such as "pikin" (Nigerian Pidgin for "child"wink and "pikney" (or "pikiny", Jamaican Patois for "child"wink and "chook" (Nigerian Pidgin for "poke" or "stab"wink which corresponds with the Jamaican Patois word "jook", further demonstrate the linguistic relationship.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Pidgin

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Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 1:47am On Oct 01, 2012
^^that link only discusses the similarities between patois and pidgin.
patois didnt come from pidgin or nigeria. it came from all over the western coastlines of africa.


Rudebwoy: . Bwoy ! Ja mi born, but mi lef Ja when man a pikney. Di picture deh pan yuh profile, a who fah pix a dat? Yuh? Yuh deh a yard or Nigeria?

a wich part a ja yuh fawad from?
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 3:32am On Oct 01, 2012
anyweh,

my yute check these out! grin grin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbMhgO_juMw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B54OP6Pc6Y

LOL hilarious! di two a dem a ediat grin.
dem funny nuh rahtid.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 3:38am On Oct 01, 2012
rudebwoy mek sure say yuh check out mi Jamo beauty thread. smiley

https://www.nairaland.com/1057316/beauty-la-isla-876-jamo#12306857
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 3:38am On Oct 01, 2012
Oh shid there was already a thread...LmL
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 3:39am On Oct 01, 2012
~Royal~:
Oh shid there was already a thread...LmL

Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 6:18am On Oct 01, 2012
*Kails*:
^^that link only discusses the similarities between patois and pidgin.
patois didnt come from pidgin or nigeria. it came from all over the western coastlines of africa.




a wich part a ja yuh fawad from?
. Clarendon mi born. Mi neva say patois come fra pidgin or Nigeria but some Naija word eena it. Yuh never tell mi weh yuh deh.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 7:28am On Oct 01, 2012
*Kails*:
rudebwoy mek sure say yuh check out mi Jamo beauty thread. smiley

https://www.nairaland.com/1057316/beauty-la-isla-876-jamo#12306857
. Woooooeeeiiiii!!!! Di gyals dem pretty lakka money, where dem momma get dem fra? Bwoy mi love di gyal deh pan Dancehall Queen,ja kno star.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 3:18pm On Oct 01, 2012
Rudebwoy: . Clarendon mi born. Mi neva say patois come fra pidgin or Nigeria but some Naija word eena it. Yuh never tell mi weh yuh deh.

Clarendon? Oh so a country yuh come from? Lol. Mi nah try style yuh cah a country mi ppl dem come from. All tru Port Antonio an St. Catherine mi bloodline start, a deso mi roots deh.

Anyweh mi deh a farrin. A yasuh mi born an grow. A fimmie madda a yardie an mi late fadda was a yankee. But jamaica mi rep still. Dat is all i know yuh simme? All me eat an drink is from JA! LOL.

So wich part yuh deh? Uncle sam, canada or england?

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Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 4:12pm On Oct 01, 2012
*Kails*:


Clarendon? Oh so a country yuh come from? Lol. Mi nah try style yuh cah a country mi ppl dem come from. All tru Port Antonio an St. Catherine mi bloodline start, a deso mi roots deh.

Anyweh mi deh a farrin. A yasuh mi born an grow. A fimmie madda a yardie an mi late fadda was a yankee. But jamaica mi rep still. Dat is all i know yuh simme? All me eat an drink is from JA! LOL.

So wich part yuh deh? Uncle sam, canada or england?
. Lol!! Mi neva tell yuh seh mi lef Ja when mi a pickney? A nigeria mi deh a run tings. How come yuh talk lakka wi?
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 7:44pm On Oct 01, 2012
Rudebwoy: . Lol!! Mi neva tell yuh seh mi lef Ja when mi a pickney? A nigeria mi deh a run tings. How come yuh talk lakka wi?

Mschew. A lie yuh a tell.
Yuh Nigerian, don't? grin
An hornipipe a fi yuh alt id. nuh suh? grin
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 8:10pm On Oct 01, 2012
ja rastafari!
grin Big up pon ere! @rudebwoy, respec mahn
@kails, me a say yuh a cutie...fi like see yuh dagger moves pon tha dancefloor grin mord auntie!

P.s. Abeg na learner i be o cheesy

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Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 10:07pm On Oct 01, 2012
BoboYekini: ja ratafari!
grin [size=18pt]Big up pon ere![/size] @rudebwoy, respec mahn
@kails, me a say yuh a cutie...fi like see yuh dagger moves pon tha dancefloor grin mord auntie!

P.s. Abeg na learner i be o cheesy

fail.

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Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 11:45pm On Oct 01, 2012
*Kails*:


Mschew. A lie yuh a tell.
Yuh Nigerian, don't? grin
An hornipipe a fi yuh alt id. nuh suh? grin
. Mi cyaan lie bout weh mi fra, mi Nigerian zeen, man a 4yrs old weh mi lef Ja suh mi cyaa memba ebryting. If yuh nuh believe mi, anyting a anyting.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 11:51pm On Oct 01, 2012
BoboYekini: ja ratafari!
grin Big up pon ere! @rudebwoy, respec mahn
@kails, me a say yuh a cutie...fi like see yuh dagger moves pon tha dancefloor grin mord auntie!

P.s. Abeg na learner i be o cheesy
wacth how dem a galang suh! Dawg a guh nyiam yuh batty! Lol. Bwoy learn fi dance a yard before yuh guh a farrin!
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 8:53am On Oct 02, 2012
LESSON: yesideh wen meeda drive pan high-way, mi cyar stawt ovah heat, den I' bruk dung right inna I' miggle a I' road! Meed frighten seh smaddy a guh come run up inna mi cyar back, suh mi dis hurry up an' come out, an' me one pushie outta I road. Likkle from dat, di tow-chuck come on,and di bredda cyah mi cyar guh wan garage. It look lakka feem aise 'awd, bwcawze right ya nuh, mi nuh know which pawt mi cyar deh!
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 12:58am On Oct 03, 2012
tell the truth,
yuh ano yardie. tongue


BTW DID YOU WATCH THOSE VIDEOS? grin grin grin
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 1:00am On Oct 03, 2012
Rudebwoy: . Mi cyaan lie bout weh mi fra, mi Nigerian zeen, man a 4yrs old weh mi lef Ja suh mi cyaa memba ebryting. If yuh nuh believe mi, anyting a anyting.




AOH!!! so now yuh decide fi come clean.
mi nah try pass mi place but tell me, what were you doing in jamaica? grin
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 1:01am On Oct 03, 2012
Rudebwoy: LESSON: yesideh wen meeda drive pan high-way, mi cyar stawt ovah heat, den I' bruk dung right inna I' miggle a I' road! Meed frighten seh smaddy a guh come run up inna mi cyar back, suh mi dis hurry up an' come out, an' me one pushie outta I road. Likkle from dat, di tow-chuck come on,and di bredda cyah mi cyar guh wan garage. It look lakka feem aise 'awd, bwcawze right ya nuh, mi nuh know which pawt mi cyar deh!

lol you got robbed my yute!!! grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 5:57am On Oct 03, 2012
*Kails*:
tell the truth,
yuh ano yardie. tongue


BTW DID YOU WATCH THOSE VIDEOS? grin grin grin
I have about 35MB left on my subscription, the video will gulp it up at once,mi bloodcl***t BB says "not available on mobile" a guh watch it today pan desktop zeen!
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 6:02am On Oct 03, 2012
Nobadda bawl mi suun com bwack! A suh him a guh, an' neva com bwak!

Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 9:16am On Oct 03, 2012
Rudebwoy: I have about 35MB left on my subscription, the video will gulp it up at once,mi bloodcl***t BB says "not available on mobile" a guh watch it today pan desktop zeen!

oh ok. smiley

check them out.
those guys are hilarious.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Relict: 9:21pm On Oct 03, 2012
grin

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Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 11:52am On Oct 04, 2012
Lol indeed.
Re: A Thread Fi Jamaican Patois! by Nobody: 11:27pm On Oct 04, 2012
Wha gwaan Kails, a lang time yuh nuh link me, ebryting kris?

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