Mi a listen.

I’m listening.

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

Patois is a language in its own right, with grammar that is not English grammar. The meaning above is how a speaker would use this phrase, not a word-for-word translation.

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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.
Excuse mi sahExcuse me, sir
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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