Jamaican Patois · St. Thomas

Tek yuh time

Take your time / Be careful.

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tek yuh taim
Kind
phrase
Heard in
St. Thomas, Bath

Care rather than criticism — a warning and a kindness at once.

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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