Jamaican Proverbs

[msportmore]

They just wouldn't sound the same if they were in proper English rather than in patois...

Try to figure these out:

1. In order to succeed, mucous must proceed from your nostrils.

2. Taking the bucket to the water source each day will eventually result in the demise of the bottom.

3. This day is mine, the next day will be yours

4. Hello and thanks do not destroy squares [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

5. If you cannot get to someone, get to their shirt [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[**undercova girl**]

Re: Jamaican Proverbs

Mi ongle know two...

if yu waan good yu nose haffi run

and

today fi yu tomorrow fi mi

[msportmore]

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UG: # 1 & 3 are correct...

[evanovitch]

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1. In order to succeed, mucous must proceed from your nostrils.

if u waan good u nose mus' run
2. Taking the bucket to the water source each day will eventually result in the demise of the bottom.

every day tek buckit a di well, one day di battam mus drap out
3. This day is mine, the next day will be yours
teday fi mi, tomarraw fi u
4. Hello and thanks do not destroy squares
hello and tenkie no bruk .....
5. If you cannot get to someone, get to their shirt
if u caan ketch musmus,u ketch im pickeny

[msportmore]

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Originally posted by evanovitch:
[qb]1. In order to succeed, mucous must proceed from your nostrils.

if u waan good u nose mus' run
2. Taking the bucket to the water source each day will eventually result in the demise of the bottom.

every day tek buckit a di well, one day di battam mus drap out
3. This day is mine, the next day will be yours
teday fi mi, tomarraw fi u
4. Hello and thanks do not destroy squares
hello and tenkie no bruk .....
5. If you cannot get to someone, get to their shirt
if u caan ketch musmus,u ketch im pickeny[/qb]

Correct...I know #'s 4 & 5 as:

4. Howdy and tenky nuh bruk nuh square

5. Cyaaan ketch kwaaki, ketch 'im shut

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Alright, oonu run some now nuh?

[Hush Darlin]

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If you cyaah ketch quacko, ketch him shut.

Howdy and Tenky cyaan bruck stone

[afer]

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a true dem ongle sound gud ina patwa, si few more ya. unnu translate dem tu.

(1) scornful dog eat dutty pudding

(2) neba si cum si.

(3) a no one time monkey want wife.

(4) hard eaise pickney dead a sun hot.

(5) one hand wash de adda.

[SandiF]

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Anyway it mawga it bruk
[i]Things break at its weakest point

A nuh ebry 'kin teet a laugh
(not every laugh is genuine)
[i]Hypocritical situatin.

[iches]

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...sarrie fi mawga dawg, im tun roun' bite yuh! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
pus an dawg nuh hab de same luck.

wen yuh de ah Kingston, yuh fi do as dem do!

[SandiF]

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[b]Pig ask him mumma, "wah mek yu mout so lang?" Mummah sey, "nuh mine mi pickney, yu a grow, yu will know."

Experience comes with age.

One finga cyaan ketch lice
Work together to achieve common goal

[High Octane]

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sorry for skinny dog,, skinny dog wil turn around and bite you [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

sarry fi mawga dawg, mawga dawg tun roun bite yuh

[iches]

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yuh si de teeth dem, but yuh nuh si im belly!

throw mi corn, but mi nuh si nuh fowl. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[High Octane]

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is nawt see fowl...is call fowl [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[High Octane]

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nuh care ow boar hog try fi hide unda sheep wool-him grunt always betray him..

[SandiF]

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Ole fire 'tick easy fi ketch
(Easy for former lovers to rekindle the fire)

Hag wash inna the first watah him ketch
(Jump at the earliest/first opportunity)