Mawnin.
Good morning.
- Say it
- maa-nin
- Kind
- phrase
- Heard in
- St. Andrew, Blue Mountain foothills
The greeting carries the “good” on its own — context supplies it rather than a spoken word.
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.