man

man daag, uman daag


big

jam-adj

big (comparative biga, superlative bigis)

[…]weda unu likl ar big, priez im!

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 19:5:

[…] whether you're small or big, praise him!

Wi did de de wen Faada Gad imself ana Jiizas big taim, wen im ier di vais fram di riil big Wan — di wan we big an powaful. Di vais se, “Dis a fi mi pikni we mi lov an im mek mi wel api.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Piita 1:17:

Jesus heard the voice of God, the Greatest Glory, when he received honor and glory from God the Father. The voice said, “This is my Son, whom I love, and I am very pleased with him.”


fier

an bieli manij fi riich a wan plies niem Fier Ievnz nier Lasiiya toun.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Aks 27:8:

and we barely managed to reach a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea.


beta

Enibadi we av iez — beta lisn gud!

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 11:15:

Anybody who has ears – better listen good!


Jamaican

Jamiekan (alternative)
Jumiekan (alternative)

A normal Jamaican ting dat.

“[…] Yuh sure yuh a Jamaican gyal? […]”

2019, Zalika Reid-Benta, Frying Plantain: Longlisted for the Giller Prize 2019 (in English), →ISBN:

[…] Girl, are you sure you're Jamaican? […]


bes

Du yu bes an mikies kom si mi.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Timoti 4:9:

Do your best and make haste to come see me


ital

Rastafari dun tell dem about Ital livity.

Rastafarianism has already shown them how to lead a healthy lifestyle.

natural, organic (grown without chemicals)

A ital food me cook enuh, without salt, but a that the guests them like.

I only cook without salt, you know? That's what the guests like.

Mi no eat meat, so my soup ital, but the people dem love it.

I don't eat meat, so my soup's always vegetarian. But the people love it.


maga

Sorry fe maga dog, maga dog, turn round bite you — Peter Tosh, Maga Dog, 1964


response

Mama cry out. You think dem response how much innocent yute die out

2008 January 28, “On The Rock” (track 3), in Mr. Brooks...A Better Tomorrow, performed by Mavado (singer):

(The) mother cries out. Do you think those responsible (care) how much innocent youths die out.

Who response fi di ghetto yute dem? Babylon a execute dem

2009 August 6, “The System”performed by Vybz Kartel:

Who's responsible for the ghetto youths? Babylon executes them.

Affi get that girl ya, me nuh response. It nuh matter if she put up resistance

2009 September 9, “Get You Girl”performed by Anthony B:

I have to get that girl here, I'm not responsible (for how). It doesn't matter if she puts up resistance.


natty

What a way yuh 'ead natty.

“Natty natty pon head, picky picky dung a chin. […]”

2010, Mel Cooke, “Mid-90s Rasta revolution withers”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):


laiv

Afta im tek it, di fuo laiv sitn dem an di twenti-fuo elda dem fling dong demself infronta di Biebi Shiip.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 5:8:

When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the believers.


craven

Da bwoy deh too damn craven. 'Im nuh come nyam off all a di food inna mi pot.

That boy's bloody greedy. Can you believe he ate all the food in my pot?

“Anancy .. walk home wid Puss an sey 'tap Bra Puss is how you dah play so nice wid Rat an noh eat him yet? Yuh no know sey Rat is nice meat?' Hear puss wid him craven self, 'true Bra Nancy?' […]”

2002, Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), →ISBN, page 128:

Anancy was walking back home with Cat and said "Wait a minute, Br'er Cat. How come you were playing so nice with Rat? Why didn't you eat him? Don't you know that Rat tastes great?' That greedy cat replied, 'Is that so, Br'er Anancy?' […]


irie

→ Bajan: irie

→ English: irie

Attested from the 20th century. Of uncertain and disputed origin. Theories include alteration from 19th century eerie (“hearty”); blend of I + free or merry in Iyaric; or perhaps from English all right.

Everyting irie.

“Reggae mek so many people from all over the world can visit Jamaica, fi come hol' a irie vibes and hol' a different meditation. […]”

2018, “5 questions with Chuck Fenda”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):

Reggae music has brought so many people from around the world to Jamaica, so that they can have a great time and change their perspective on life. […]

All right, cool, good, great, merry, nice.


juu

Juu tu ou Jamiekan a di wan langwij we bring evri Jamiekan tugeda;

2019, “Recognize Patois As An Official Language; Says UWI”, in JamaicanInsider.com:

Due to how Jamaican is the language that brings all Jamaicans together;


sed

Jiizas se tu im se, “Mi a tel yu dis an a chuu mi a taak, bifuo di ruusta kruo tuu taim tide — da sed nait ya — yu a-go se yu no nuo mi chrii taim.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 14:30:

Jesus said to him, “Truly I say to you, before a rooster crows twice — this very same night — you're going to say you don't know me three times.”


gud

Saalt gud, bot ef di ties gaan, ou yu a-go mek it ties laik saalt agen? Mek di Gud Nyuuz komiin laik saalt mongks unu an kaaz unu fi liv iina piis wid wan aneda.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 9:50:

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.


fos

Bot im did afi paas chuu Samieriya fos.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 4:4:

But he had to pass through Samaria first.


biga

Di biga bwai pikni did de a grong.[…]

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 15:25:


fas

“Mine in deh bout eight weeks now an' mi nuh have no money fi clear so mi mek up mi min' not fi clear it cause a $40,000 mi pay fi get it back di other day an' dem tek it now an' judge seh mi fi pay $30,000. Mi caan fin' dat amount of money so fas. […]”

2005, Norman Grindley, “AUCTION - Impounded vehicles to go on sale”, in The Jamaica Star (in English):

Mine has been there for about eight weeks and I don't have any money to pay the fine. So I decided not to pay it because I paid $40,000 to get it back the other day and they've taken it again. The judge said I have to pay $30,000. I can't find that kind of money so fast. […]


rass

I suppose him did tek de judge fe a rass eediat!

I suppose he thought the judge was a fucking fool.

(vulgar): bloody, damn, fucking, goddamn, goddamned


uman

uman daag, man daag


bloodclaat

Literally, "blood cloth" -- traditionally, a sanitary napkin.

Dis bloodclaat joke nuh mek sense.

This goddamn joke doesn't make any sense.

“"Onoo too bloodclaat teef. Onoo fi guh luk wok duh." […]”

2013, Calvin Riley, Victor of Circumstances: Highlight the Day-to-Day Struggle that the Underprivileged Undergo to Find Love and Security (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 160:

"Y'all love to steal too fucking much. Go and get a job." […]

(idiomatic, vulgar, slang) damn, damned, fucking, goddamn, goddamned


beks

Ef unu get beks bout sopm, no mek dat kaaz unu fi sin. An no mek di die don an unu stil beks wid wan aneda.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 4:26:

Don't sin by getting angry; don't let evening come and find you still mad.


bigis

Plos wi av wan priis we a wan a di bigis wan eva, an a im ruul uova Gad ous.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Iibruu 10:21:

And since we have a great priest over God's house


dutty

From English dirty and, possibly, from Akan dɔte. Compare Sranan Tongo doti.

Mi have wah dutty mix-up fi gi yuh.

I have a nasty piece of gossip to share with you.

But of all de house pon de road, me notice dis one das hab a whole heap a dutty boot line off pon de mat pon de veranda.

I noticed one house on the street which had several dirty shoes side-by-side on a mat on the porch.


Jumiekan

Jamiekan (alternative)
Jamaican (alternative)


paat

Evribadi, uu a paat a sosaiyati, av di rait tu di sopuot an protekshan we di govament[…]

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 23:

Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security […]


niem

Nou iina dem die de, wan man niem Jan di Baptis kom iina di dezot paat a Judiya an staat priich Gad wod.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:1:

Now, in those days, a man named John the Baptist came in the desert part of Judea, and started preaching the word of God.


chuu

Dem ada mesij de a no di chuu mesij […]

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 1:7:

That is a fake "gospel" that is simply not true. […]


rassclaat

/ˈɹɑːsˌklɑːt/

Den a who dis rassclaat pussy?

“Leppo then started cursing me and said, 'Is you why Peter won't give us any bumbo Rassclaat money. […]”

2013, John Masouri, Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh (in English), →ISBN:

Leppo then started swearing at me and said, 'You're the reason why Peter won't give us any fucking money. […]


mampy

mampi (alternative)
mampie (alternative)

Mampy gyal a di lick now.

“Di crab peeple dem wheh dem neva waa yuh fi si, dem come bak wid di crab dem wid dem big mampy claw. […]”

2015, Oxy Moron, “Whaa gwaan Obaama?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):

The crab vendors, who they didn't want you to see, came back with those crabs with the huge claw. […]


fass

The adjective form is likely a semantic shift of the word English fast in the dated sense of having immoral habits. The verb form is instead derived from the English verb "to fuss."

faas (alternative)
fas (alternative)
fast (alternative)

Mi cyaan ketch yuh. Yuh too fass fi mi.

I can't catch up to you. You're too fast for me.

Yuh too fass. Yuh fi stay outta people business.

You're too nosy. Don't get involved in other people's affairs.

“Mabel: "Gladys, nuh seh me fass. But wah mek yu fallah Ivan gone lib ova da cemetery?" […]”

2008, Jennifer Keane-Dawes, “Dear Jamaica: Living among the dead”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in Jamaican Creole):

Mabel: "Gladys, please don't think I'm being inquisitive. But why did you decide to go live in the cemetery with Ivan? […]


maaga

“Tosh uses the sound of a hound in Maga Dog, his song built upon the Jamaican proverb about ingratitude and treachery, Tosh singing, "sorry fi maaga dog, him tun roun' bite you". As he sings, the dog interrupts with a bark and Tosh, "same r....s ting me tell yu". […]”

2016, Mel Cooke, “Story of the song | Dogs, fowls and pets”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):


mawga

True Zekel naw eat regular 'im start fi get mawga.

Ezekiel is becoming skinny because he hasn't been eating regularly.


heartical

Literally, “from the heart”; derived from English heart + -ical.

your heartical brejrin

Unu fi gwaan use unu heartical language. But mind weh unu seh.

You should continue using your true language. But be careful what you say.

authentic, genuine, real, true (authentic)


nyuu

Den Jiizas tel dem se, “Nobadi no tier nyuu kluoz fi pach op uol kluoz, kaaz di pach fram di nyuu wan naa go mach di uol wan.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 5:36:

He also told them a parable: "No one tears a piece from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. If he does, he will tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old.


raasclaat

“EARL: Yeh, mon. But only 'pon de raasclaat X-Files! […]”

2002, Lloyd Withers, No Sweat (in English), →ISBN, page 33:

EARL: Yes, but only on the fucking X-Files! […]


bruck

Bruck an nah no money, but me no response.

I'm broke and I don't have any money, but I don't care.

Dat a one bruck up sinting weh can't fix.

That thing is broken and it can't be fixed.

“Miss Lize, Eena de middle a de night, Yuh shoulda hear di nize. […] Tap, mah, mi noh done yet. For de husban' whey dem beat up still a wait fi im bruck foot set . […]”

1986, C. Davies, Poetry Wales, volume 22 (in Jamaican Creole), page 33:

Miss Lisa, You should hear the noise late at night. […] Stop, I'm not finished yet. Because the husband who they beat up is still waiting for his broken leg to heal. […]


bomboclaat

From bumbo (“vagina”) + claat (“cloth”).

bumboclaat (alternative)
bombaclaat (alternative)
bambaclaat (alternative)
bumbaclot (alternative)
bumboclat (alternative)
bumboclot (alternative)
bomboclat (alternative)

Money mi a pree fi da bomboclaat year yah.

I'm focused on the dough this motherfucking year.

“[…] me see di las' motherfuckin' one of dem in di grave. Every bomboclaat one a dem, mi tellin' unoo!' […]”

1983, Clyde Knight, We Shall Not Die (in English), →ISBN, page 133:

[…] I see the last motherfuckin' one of them in the grave. Every fucking one of them. You heard that? […]


badmind

Compound of bad (“evil”) + mind (“mind”)

badmine (alternative)
bad mine (alternative)
bad mind (alternative)
bad-mind (alternative)

Yuh too badmind.

“[...] puss an dawg no have di same luck , an me no waan nobody seh a bad mind me bad mind mek me a ask dem ya lickle question. ”

1989, Stephen Slemon, Helen Tiffin, After Europe: Critical Theory and Post-colonial Writing, →ISBN, page 56:

… the world isn't fair. I don't want anybody to say that I'm asking these questions because I'm envious.

How yuh badmind so?

“Miss Maldene, I hear dem talking bout how you bring obeah into the district, but I don't listen to dem, I say oonu too wicked and bad mind, not a thing more than the lady have a gift and she helping out her fellow man.”

2008, Curdella Forbes, A Permanent Freedom, →ISBN, page 12:

Miss Maldene, I've heard the rumours that you've brought black magic into our community. I don't pay attention to them. I told them that they're wicked and malicious. The only thing happening is the lady has a gift and she's helping others.

bitter, grudgeful, malicious, resentful, spiteful (malicious)


raatid

Traditionally taken to be a Jamaican form of English wrathed or English wrothed, or possibly from or reinforced by English rotted, but other origins have also been proposed.

raated (alternative)
rawtid (alternative)
rhatid (alternative)

Dis raatid fassy a get pon mi nerves.

This bloody asshole is getting on my nerves.

“raatid (rä-tid): int./adj. - an exclamation of surprise, scorn or contempt; unscrupulous; feisty; worrisome […]”

2006, Ras Dennis Jabari Reynolds, Jabari: Authentic Jamaican Dictionary of the Jamic Language (in English), →ISBN, page 104:


tun up

My yute, yu haffi deh a di party. It a guh tun up.

Dude, you have to be at the party. It's going to be da bomb.

“Right now if you are in a party and the party is dead, all you have to do is drop the Buy Out riddim and the whole place tun up” he said. […]”

2019, Anthony Turner, “Tony Kelly’s Buy Out riddim sampled on new pop single”, in The Jamaica Gleaner (in English):

cool, da bomb, hot, great, off the chain, off the hook, wonderful


pum pum

Reduplication; possibly derived from Akan pumpung.

pum-pum (alternative)
pumpum (alternative)


tallawah

Wi likkle but wi tallawah!

“Dem young but dem tallawah. "Me seh, 'Yes, Aunty Roachy, dem tallawah fi true […]”

2003, Louise Bennett, Mervyn Morris, Aunty Roachy Seh (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 51:

They're young but they're strong. "I said, 'Yes, Aunty Roachy, they're really strong […]


likkle

lickkle (alternative)
lickle (alternative)
little (alternative)

Da one deh too likkle. Gimme wan nex' one.

That one's too small. Give me another one.

“When me was a boy — likkle boy — my mother use to dress me up inna pretty 'dan dan' when ah going out y'see. […]”

1989, Charles Hyatt, When Me was a Boy (in Jamaican Creole), →ISBN, page 23:

When I was a boy — a little boy — my mother used to dress me up in a fancy 'child's outfit' when I was going out, you see. […]


follow fashion

Di neighbour dem suh follow fashion. Everyting mi buy put inna mi yard, dem haffi buy too.

The neighbours are such copycats. Whenever I buy something for my home, they buy the same thing too.

“FOLLOW-FASHION adj and sb; cf OED follow v. 8. G
A. adj. Imitative; tending to copy what is done by others. […]”

2002, Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Robert Brock Le Page, Dictionary of Jamaican English (in English), →ISBN, page 184:


fassy

'Im woulda look good ef 'im skin neva suh fassy-fassy.

He would look good if his skin weren't so full of sores.

“FASSY: In the olden days, fassy was an adjective used to describe parts of the body covered with sores. […] In modern language however, fassy has become a noun. Sometimes it means a male homosexual and at other times it means a traitor or one who deliberately lets down or huts his friends. […]”

2014, Joan Williams, Shawn Grant, Original Dancehall Dictionary: Learning to speak like a Jamaican (in English), →ISBN:


difrant

A nof difrant langwij de iina di worl an iina evri wan a dem, di wod dem miin sopm, so piipl kyan andastan dem.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 14:10:

There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning,

Kaaz wi tel unu bout Jiizas an unu tek di Uoli Spirit we Gad gi unu an unu biliiv di mesij we wi priich. Bot mek sumadi nyuu kom an tel unu bout wan difrant Jiizas an unu redi fi lisn an tek di spirit we dem a gi an biliiv di mesij we dem a priich.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2 Korintiyan 11:4:

For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.


powaful

powaful (comparative muo powaful, superlative muos powaful)

muo powaful (comparative)
muos powaful (superlative)

Mi tek waata baptaiz unu fi shuo se unu ton we fram sin. Bot sumadi a kom we muo powaful dan mi. Mi no iivn gud inof fi aal kyari im slipaz. Im wi tek di Uoli Spirit an faiya, an baptaiz unu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 3:11:

I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.


uoli

Afta dat, di devl tek Jiizas kyari im go Jeruusilem, di uoli siti. Im mek im go tanop pan di taalis paat a Gad ous,

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 4:5:

Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple


jred

(relational) Rastafarian (of or pertaining to Rastafarian)


kraani

Yu si di nyuu puosmisis yet? Im winji an kraani so tel, bot im nais fi-truu.

Have you seen the new postmistress yet? She is very frail and skinny, but she is very nice indeed.


panlain

Di Piipl Dem We Yu A Taak Tu Panlain, Yu Riili Nuo A Uu Dem Bi?

The people you talk to online, do you really know who they are?


frii

Den di king dem pan ort, di impuotant piipl dem, di aami liida dem, rich piipl, evribadi, weda dem a sliev ar dem frii, ron go aid iina kiev an baka di mountn rak dem.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Revilieshan 6:15:

Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,


uona

Evribadi av di rait fi liv, an fi bi frii an av kanchruol uova dem uona badi.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 3:

Everyone has the right to life, liberty and the security of person.


speshal

Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:

This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.


alaiv

Kaaz ef nobadi kyaahn kom bak alaiv, den Gad neva mek Jiizas kom bak alaiv niida.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 15:16:

If the dead are not raised, then Christ hasn't been raised either.


chruu

Dem ada mesij de a no di chuu mesij […]

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Gyalieshan 1:7:

That is a fake "gospel" that is simply not true. […]


uol

An nobadi, afta dem jringk uol wain, no waahn nyuu wain, kaaz dem se, 'Di uol wan beta.'

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 5:39:

And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, 'the old tastes good.'


uol

Mi lov di uol a unu, an siek-a Jiizas Krais di uol a wi a wan.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 16:24:

I love all of you, and because of Jesus Christ all of us are one.


evriting

Kaaz a Gad mek evriting! A im kaaz evriting fi liv an evriting mek fi sorv im. Gad fi get priez fi eva an eva! Iemen!

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 11:36:

For out of him, the sustainer of everything, came everything, and now everything finds fulfillment in him. May all praise and honor be given to him forever! Amen!


chrang

Siem taim Jiizas waan im aaf chrang chrang an sen im we.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 1:43:

Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning.


likl

likl (comparative likla, superlative liklis)

likla (comparative)
liklis (superlative)

Likl bit fram nou unu naa go si mi no muo, den likl bit afta dat unu gweehn si mi.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Jan 16:16:

A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.


wikid

Di Laad tel dem se, "Unu ier wa di wikid joj se?"

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 18:6:

And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says."


impuotant

impuotant (comparative muo impuotant, superlative muos impuotant)

muo impuotant (comparative)
muos impuotant (superlative)

Di sekan muos impuotant Laa a dis: ‘Yu fi lov yu nieba siem laik ou yu lov yuself.’ No ada Laa no muo impuotant laik dem tuu ya.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 12:31:

The second most important law is this: You must love your neighbour the same as you love yourself. No other law is more important than these two.


biesik

Evribadi av di rait tu a gud soluushan fram di kuot a jostis dem we ina dem konchri we wel kiepebl an nuo we dem a du, fi di akshan dem we disrispek di biesik raits dem we smadi av fram di ruul dem we govan dem konchri ar fram di laa.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 8:

Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.


krievn

krievn (comparative muo krievn, superlative muos krievn)

muo krievn (comparative)
muos krievn (superlative)

Di Man we Gad Pik kom a nyam an a jringk, an dem se, ‘Luk ya, da man ya krievn an im a jongkad. Fi im fren dem a taks kalekta an sina!’ Di piipl we fala di rait wie pruuv se Gad waiz an im wie rait.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 11:19:

God's son came to eat and drink, and they said "Look, he's a glutton and drunkard! And his friends are tax collectors and sinners!"


liklis

It wuda kwika fi evn an ort mash op dan fi di liklis leta iina di Laa chienj.

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 16:17:

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for the littlest letter in the Law to change.


likla

It komiin laik wan likl likl siid we sumadi plaant iina di grong. It likla dan aal ada siid,

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Maak 4:31:

It's like a tiny seed you plant in the ground. It's littler than all other seeds,


onggl

Dem se tu im se, “A onggl faiv bred an tuu fish wi av ya-so yu no.”

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 14:17:

They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”

Marij kyan onggl apm ef di tuu smadi dem we a get marid fuli agrii se a dis dem waahn fi du widout nobadi fuos dem.

2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 16.2:

Marriage can only happen if the two being married fully agree that it's what they want, without anybody forcing them into it.


tandad

Sens lietli, di Jumiekan LangwijYuunit op a Yunivoersiti a di Wes Indiz tek di Cassidy sistim fi divelopi, kandok pailat prajek ina skuul, ah inchajuusi tu di poblikaz di tandad atagrafi.

2014 May 28, Larry Chang, Biesik Jumiekan: Introduction to Jamaican Language, Gnosophia Publishers, →ISBN, page 63:

Latterly, the Jamaican Language Unit at the University of the West Indies took the Cassidy system to develop it, conduct pilot projects in schools, and introduce it to the public as standard orthography.


woklis

[…] enibadi we shiem dem breda ar sista an tel dem ou dem woklis an dem sitn de, unu a-go afi go a di tap-a-tap joj dem

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 5:22:

[…] anybody that shames their brother or sister, and tells them how worthless they are, and such things, will have to go before the highest judges


onggri

Afta Jiizas neehn nyam notn fi uol-a faati die an faati nait, im beli did a baal tu ou im onggri

2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 4:2:

And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry