Irie, Jamaican Patois: English Slang Collection

"Wah gwan? Mi deh yah, irie. Sun a shine, likkle breeze a blow, and di whole crew ready fi hit di beach later."

"Wah gwaan, mi boss? Mi just reach and di place look nice. Yuh deh yah from early, or yuh just roll in too?"

"Mi hungry bad, so mi nyam two dumplin and a heap a jerk. Stop watch mi plate, bredda, just grab a piece and nyam."

"Mi only have a likkle time fi reason, then mi haffi run. Likkle more, mi boss, link up later when yuh free."

"Mi waan link up, but mi bruk bad, pocket bruk too. Phone screen bruk from yesterday, so mi a stay yard till payday, seen?"

"Mind di wet floor inna di shop, bredda. One wrong step and yuh buckle, drop yuh bag, and everybody a go laugh like dem neva slip yet."

"Yow, dat riddim dutty bad, star. Wheel it, selector, mek di speaker dem breathe. Whole place a bruk out and everybody a wine."

"Watch out for that one, she's a proper gallis. Three people at the party thought they were her only dance partner and she had them all smiling."

"Asked the waiter when the food was coming and he said soon come. Forty minutes later it arrived and honestly it was so good the wait was worth it."

"He’s a Yardie from Kingston, chatting patois and bringing proper vibes. Just don’t fling the word like you’re labelling him trouble."

"Yo bruv, wagwan, you coming down the chicken shop or what?"

"Yo, bless up, mi yute. Big meeting today, yeah? Hold yuh head, link me later and mek we grab a patty."

"Big up yuhself, bredrin, for bussing the tune and keeping it calm when police rolled past. Whole ends stayed sweet because of you."

"Yo fam she's got this new ting going on with some guy from ends, it's a whole ting apparently but nobody knows the full story still."

"Deadass, that freestyle was gully, like corner-store cypher vibes. No autotune, no shiny flexing, just hunger and pain in every bar."

Irie, Jamaican Patois