Holler
To shout or call out loudly.
Patois: Mi hear him alla mi name from cross di road.
English: I heard him holler my name from across the road.
All fruits ripe , Babylon , Backside , Bad like yaz ,
Most people assume Jamaican Patois is harder than English because it sounds unfamiliar at first. But once you break it down, you realize something surprising: Patois removes many of the hardest parts of English. With simpler grammar, more direct sentence structure, phonetic spelling, and familiar vocabulary, Jamaican Patois can actually be easier for beginners to learn and use in real conversation.
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Patois: A alla dat yuh go eat?
English: Are you going to eat all of that?
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