Mi can manage.
I can handle it.
- Say it
- mi kan ma-nij
- Kind
- phrase
- Heard in
- St. Ann, Ocho Rios
States ability and readiness rather than refusing help — it is not a way of asking to be left alone.
Patois is a language in its own right, with grammar that is not English grammar. The meaning above is how the conversation uses this phrase, not a word-for-word translation. The Patwa is a draft still awaiting review by Jamaican speakers.