Jamaican English

Learn Jamaican Patois For Beginners is perfect for people who have no other time to learn a new language! It contains over 1000 common Jamaican phrases, that will help you in everyday life! Each phrase is pronounced slowly and multiple times, so that you can really learn the correct pronunciation! Each phrases' equivalent English translation is also provided!

Are you fascinated by the vibrant language and culture of Jamaica? Do you long to effortlessly converse in the rhythmic and colorful Jamaican Patois? Look no further than "Learn Jamaican Patois in 30 Days" – your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of speaking and understanding conversational Jamaican with ease.

Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where luxury hotels line pristine white sand beaches, Safiya Sinclair grew up guarding herself against an ever-present threat. Preaching fire and brimstone, her father, a volatile reggae musician and strict believer in a militant sect of Rastafari, railed against Babylon, the immoral, corrupting influence of the Western world just beyond their gate. To protect the purity of the women in their family he forbade almost everything: no friends but this family and no future but this path.

In this book lies the key to learning the language of Jamaica in easy to understand stories and instruction for the average lay person. Here's the best part: If you're fluent in the English language, you're more than halfway there. The experienced author brings a different spin on learning Jamaican Patois that gets you understanding the language extremely fast without the need for memorization and repetitious drills.

This is the story of Moses Magnus the first Super Jamaican. Told from the point of view of his good friend Roy. A sometimes reluctant accomplice to Moses. Moses Magnus rises to the world stage in a grand exhibition of the powers of the marijuana he smokes. He cures an entire cancer ward of patients and leaves the world stunned and wanting more. With his army of Super Jamaicans he builds an international marijuana empire.

Learn Jamaican Patois for Beginners is perfect for people who have no other time to learn a new language! It contains over 1500 common Jamaican vocabulary words, that will help you in everyday life! Each word is pronounced slowly and multiple times, so that you can really learn the correct pronunciation! Each word's equivalent English translation is also provided!

Having been raised in Jamaica and worked in Panama, Mary Seacole came to England in the 1850s and volunteered to help out during the Crimean War. When her services were turned down, she financed her own expedition to Balaclava, where she earned her reputation as a nurse and for her compassion. Popularly known as ‘Mother Seacole’, she was the most famous Black celebrity of her generation—an extraordinary achievement in Victorian Britain.

Renowned for her exquisite landscapes and fine portraits, painting has been Judy Ann MacMillan’s life from a very young age. Once again, she has turned that acute and truthful eye upon herself with a sensational new self-portrait. But this time, she is using a pen rather than a paintbrush. With startling honesty, Born Ya lays bare the unique sacrifices required of a female artist living and working in an island that can often confound even the strongest spirit. Despite all the trials and tribulations, MacMillan has remained true to her twin passions of painting and homeland.

Jamaican Patois: An Easy Guide to Patwah Words, Phrases, & Proverbs teaches you the language of Jamaica. It teaches Jamaican everyday Patois words, phrases, and proverbs.

Jamaican breezes are calling, and one hardworking BSG definitely deserves a getaway! But Katani's Caribbean dream trip may not be all soft sand and warm surf. When Grandma Ruby learns that the family's famous banana bread bakery is in serious danger, Katani's business savvy is put to the ultimate test. Spooky stories, dolphins, horseback rides on the beach, a mysterious old lady, and a lost heirloom add up to plenty of colorful island adventure for Katani and her family.

Go de Rass to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. Profane, affectionate, and radically honest, California Book Award - winning author Adam Mansbach's verses perfectly capture the familiar - and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, they open up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations and laugh at their absurdity.

The audio begins with simple words for absolute beginners, and ends with advanced practice sentences. Just a few things to note... There is no official way to write Jamaican Patois. It is basically written the way it is pronounced, and pronunciation varies, depending on where in Jamaica you are from, or live. So this is my version of it. The 20 lessons are titled by topic, with the English words below, and the Patois version on top.

Joan P. Hamilton's collection of short stories, Josephine's Jamaican Journey, Book One—In Di Yaad, takes us to 1960s Jamaica. Josephine is learning to orient herself in her community off Spanish Town Road, which is vast and overwhelming. Although she is still too young to go out alone, through her fascinating imagination, she shares her experiences about Jamaican culture and her favourite people, who live alongside her in the The Tenement Yaad.

The Hero of Fern Gully delivers a fascinating glimpse of Jamaican island life-past and present in 15 charming short stories. You will be transported to historic Fern Gully, in the parish of St. Ann, and the leafy, meandering hills that shoulder Lovers Leap in Southfield, St. Elizabeth. You will celebrate Christmas in the rustic countryside of Woodlands: feel Mattie's struggles in her quest to build her dream home, be drawn to the treats, the delights of Miss Bailey's Cold Supper Shop, and see tourists through the eyes of an innkeeper. 

The most improbable approach toward American civil rights for Black citizens blended the beliefs of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois, and it was spearheaded by global activist Marcus Aurelius Garvey. The Jamaican began his career as an activist with a devotion to Washington’s path, but he subsequently leaned to the alternative and beyond. Beyond the worldview of both colleagues, Marcus Garvey’s bigger-than-life scheme was to establish a Black-owned and managed shipping line to transport much of America’s Black population back to Africa.

Una Marson’s work embodied anti-colonialism, anti-racism, feminism, class politics, and pan-Africanism in the first half of the 20th century. Her poetry and dramatic work symbolically ushered in a new era in Jamaica’s literary landscape, and her efforts in championing early Jamaican literature, as well as her avid support for Caribbean writers in Britain and the region, made her a key proponent of the development of a national and West Indian literary canon. 

Jamaican Patois is a beautiful language that is spoken by millions around the world! It is hard to find time to learn a new language however! Language courses at schools and colleges are routine and boring!

What makes an entrepreneur? Dr. Glen Laman answers this question in his book, Jamaican Entrepreneurship, exploring the achievements of 15 outstanding Jamaicans and their divergent paths to success. The book shows what they did, how they did it, and why they did it. While most of these entrepreneurs were able to accomplish their dreams in Jamaica, others pursued success in the North American market by fulfilling the needs of the Diaspora.

Everyone who knows anything about cats knows they are mysterious, and none more so than Harry the Wonder Cat. Harry was granted supernatural powers after initially being summoned by the Cat King, 200 years ago. One of those powers is that he will live forever as part of his responsibility to care for the first-born Johnson in every generation. Harry has been keeping close tabs on his current charge Nikki Johnson since she became the latest in the line of Johnsons under his care. 

This book will outline how classic Jamaican dishes can be adapted to fit the healthy keto diet. There will be discussion on what the keto diet is: its history, food requirements, and health benefits. Additionally, this book will discuss how Jamaican snacks, lunch dishes, dinner dishes, and desserts can be changed to follow this keto diet by simply using other food alternatives such as coconut milk and cauliflower.