Yuh know weh wi deh?

Do you know where we are?

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 nuh from yah?You’re not from here?
mek wi find out together.let’s find out together.
Excuse mi sahExcuse me, sir
Mi a listen.I’m listening.
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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