Patwa

[LusciousJohnson]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: HemGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coolbeans</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">sunting fi translate soh mi cyan practice...yuh a gwine help? poas di sunting den </div></div> </div></div>

usage of the word: "a"

1. it can be a pronoun for "I" - "a soon come fi yu"

2. it also converts a verb into present participle. in other words it's a jamaican way of adding "-ing" to a verb.

- "shi a peel di pittata dem" = she is peeling the potatoes.

- "di pickney waina bawl" = the child was crying (past tense usage)

in your example "a gwine" there is some redundancy/repetition that made it incorrect.

"gwine" = going
"a go" = going

so it's either "yuh gwine help?" or "yu a go help?", but not "yuh a gwine help?".

hope this helps. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]
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yes it does! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/notworthy.gif[/img][img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/notworthy.gif[/img][img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/notworthy.gif[/img]

[LusciousJohnson]

Re: Fancy Mid-Term Patwa Exam

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Silent_River</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="color: #FF0000">Fancy, hope you had a wonderful spring break [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] Here is the Mid Term Exam. You are not allowed to ask HemGee for help. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]</span>

<u>Please translate</u>
<span style="color: #006600">(Continued from previous test-Bredda Anansi)</span>

<span style="color: #000099">Sure enough, who should be strutting up di road, but noh bredda Dawg. Bredda Dawg glance roun, an noh see no baddy, him bawl out in a whispa “ Mi dawlin Anansi -pooh, come yah mi honey bunch. Bredda Anansi dideh or him gawn?” Missis Anansi come troo di door “ Yu noh haffi whispa. A only mi deh yahsoh. Him gawn dung di road. Come yah quick..Him soon cum back!” Bredda Dawg hurry up in a di house. Bredda Anansi watch di exchange and him heart full. Him climb dung di tree fass fass an run up to di house an open di door “ Awright, Missis Anansi, come yah!”. Him hear wha shuffle an den missis anansi run come. Hear har “Den a soh yu come back soh quick Anansi dawlin?”. Hear Bredda Anansi “ Hush yu mout. Look yah now ooman, noh badda mek mi an yu have nutten in yahsoh tiddey yu know. A who deh yah ina di house? An yu betta gimmie di full hundred cause a hell an powda house in yah tiddeh!” </span> </div></div>

Sure enough, who would be strutting up the road none other than Brother Dog. Brother Dog glanced around and didn’t see anybody, he called out in a whisper “My darling Anansi-pooh, come here my honey bunch. Was Brother Anansi there or gone? Miss Anansi came through the door “You don’t have to whisper. I am the only one here. He gone down the road. Come here quick. He will be back soon.” Brother Dog hurried in the house. Brother Anansi watched as this went on and he was irate. He climbed down the tree really fast and ran up to the house and opened the door. “Alright Miss Anansi. Come here!” He heard a shuffle and then Miss Anansi came running. She said, “You came back so quick Anansi darling?” Brother Anansi said, “Hush your mouth. Look her now woman, don’t make us have a problem in here today! Who was in this house? And you better tell me the whole truth or hell gonna break loose in here today!”




the bolded part is the part i am the most unsure about.

[DC]

Re: Fancy Mid-Term Patwa Exam

..di exchange and him heart full..

You got it Fancy..'heart full', anansi is very vexed [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bexbad.gif[/img]..

hell an powda house
Yup, 'serious confrontation'..

Did good..A for ya! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70409-waytogo.gif[/img]

[LusciousJohnson]

Re: Fancy Mid-Term Patwa Exam

Thanks Silent River! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70371-jump.gif[/img]
[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/bannana_purple.gif[/img] i got an A [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/yahoo.gif[/img]

i think i'm getting good at patwa to english [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img] but english to patwa [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crybaby.gif[/img] mi gwine need nuff [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/helpsmilie.gif[/img]

[DC]

Re: Fancy Mid-Term Patwa Exam

I need that help too Fancy..DWL

And that's funny, because I was gonna use that format that for your Finals..Translation from English to Patwa... [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

[LusciousJohnson]

Re: Fancy Mid-Term Patwa Exam

Lawd Translation from English to Patwa... [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70394-bawlout.gif[/img] i'm gonna get an F for sure [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crybaby.gif[/img]







<span style='font-size: 8pt'>I wonder if HemGee will be around so i can have someone to cheat off of [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]</span>



just kidding [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

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[jah_yout]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: coolbeans</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> wain; bain</div></div>

me neva hear them word before me come pon dis site [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70402-thinking.gif[/img]

and instead of saying "where u deh guh"...i would say "where u a guh"

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whe yu a go= east coast
whe yu deh go= west coast [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

first time i went to mo-bay area as a likkle yute i could barely understand some of their patwa...
same thing with 'bain'...

when mi goh a west a di first time mi did hear dem terms deh...

[DC]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

Where did Fancy go? Haven't seen her in awhile..
Fancy a scull school..

[julie*mango]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

Apparently her patwa getting too good so she nuh need nuh more lessons [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif[/img]

[DC]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sadder_Puss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Apparently her patwa getting too good so she nuh need nuh more lessons [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/whistle.gif[/img] </div></div>

[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] a muss soh!...she's expert now.. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] ((((Fancy)))

(Is this Hot Puss?) MI cyan't keep up/o\

[julie*mango]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

yes she same one [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

Sarah gone pon vacation leff mi so mi sad now... [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif[/img]

[DC]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

Oh, I'd be sad too..hush, shi soon come back..((Sadder_Puss)))

but wait, how come shi gone pon vacation? How old is she? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img] Whe shi work? What shi do? [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[julie*mango]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

mi dear mam [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] mi nuh get fi travel more dan once a year or every other year..dis pickney twice in 6 months! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img]

[DC]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sadder_Puss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">mi dear mam [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] mi nuh get fi travel more dan once a year or every other year..dis pickney twice in 6 months! [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif[/img] </div></div>

[img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] Aye sah..a telling yu...now dats what I call 'time out' [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]...she is living di life [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/704555_dwl.gif[/img]....I need to follow her example though..I need to put myself on time out more often....and boy do we all [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/70392-silly.gif[/img]....

By the time she gets back, you will need a vacation..she's all rested and yu tiad.. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]

[LusciousJohnson]

Re: Fancy Patwa Exam

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Silent_River</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Where did Fancy go? Haven't seen her in awhile..
Fancy a scull school.. </div></div>

No ma'am. mi juss deh wait fi u to give mi di final [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img]