Excuse mi sah

Excuse me, sir

Kind: phrase
Heard in: St. Catherine, Spanish Town

A polite way to approach a stranger for help or information.

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.

Heard in the same place

Mi nuh know.I don’t know.
Yuh know weh wi deh?Do you know where we are?
Yuh nuh from yah?You’re not from here?
mek wi find out together.let’s find out together.
Mi a listen.I’m listening.
Keep it.Keep it (you don’t need it anymore).
Mi madda never tell mi dat part.My mother never told me that part.

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