Jamaican Patois · St. Mary

Weh di market deh?

Where is the market?

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weh di maa-kit deh
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phrase
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St. Mary, Annotto Bay

“Weh X deh?” asks for the location of X — the everyday way to ask where something is.

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.

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