Tek yuh time
Take your time / Be careful.
- Say it
- 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 the conversation uses this phrase, not a word-for-word translation. The Patwa is a draft still awaiting review by Jamaican speakers.