Jamaican Patois · St. Elizabeth
Wah dat
What is that?
- Say it
- wah dat
- Kind
- phrase
- Heard in
- St. Elizabeth, Black River
The everyday way to ask what something is — asking it openly is treated as interest, not ignorance.
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.