Jamaican Patois · Westmoreland
Di sunset nice.
The sunset is beautiful.
- Say it
- di sun-set nais
- Kind
- phrase
- Heard in
- Westmoreland, Negril
“Nice” carries real praise in Jamaican — it affirms something is genuinely good.
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.