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The preview of "From Bajan to Standard English " on Amazon will not give a good insight into the contents of the book. The extracts below offer a better insight.  Here are some common Bajan expressions; Gih muh dah day Give me that. I in got none I do not have any Cah it long Carry it along Wuh part you is Where are you? Wuh you want? What do you want? I in know. I do not know. Stan day. Stay there. Shut yuh mout. Shut your mouth Wheh you gine? Where are you going? ope -it-in Open it Dah in mine . That is not mine. Hole dat for muh. Hold that for me. Skin out the bag Empty the bag Cah dah fuh she Carry that for her Bring um fuh muh Bring it for me Watch yuh hand Move your hand Wait from day Move from there *********************** Pronunciation: tanks thanks alistation alsatian cukimber cucumber dustbim dustbin flatform platform frunal funeral flim film glubs gloves nabel navel poorgramme programme peddicoat petticoat ramsack ransack nusic music swinge singe ********************** No verb "to be" He tall The sun hot I coming now You hungry? No past tense I tell he so. I told him so. I see she yesterday. I saw her yesterday. Overuse of subject pronouns: call she call her we house our house he book his book no "th" dem them ting thing dat that youfe youth dese these faduh father dis this tanks thanks other words: brek break wuh what mek make yuh you tek take muh my um it fuh for leh let pun on gine going nuff a lot 50 Most Common Bajan Expressions
Gih muh dah day. Give me that.
I in got none. I do not have any. Cah it long. Carry it along. Wuh part you is? Where are you? Wuh you want? What do you want? I in know. I do not know. Stan day! Doan move! Stay there! Don’t move! Shut yuh mout. Shut your mouth. You call me? Did you call me? Weh it is? Where is it? Weh you gine? Where are you going? Nuh body in call you. Nobody called you. Lef dah lone. Leave that. I doan see-e nuh mo. I do not see him anymore. Weh you from? Where do you live? Somebody cah it way. Somebody stole it. Dem in nuh good. They are no good. It doan work. It does not work. Lef it day. Leave it there. De bus brek down. The bus broke down. I cahn get it do. I can’t do it. I cahn fine it. I can’t find it. I cuhn fine it. I could not find it. De bus gone long. The bus has gone. He got nuff money. He has a lot of money. I real hungry. I am very hungry. Me head hurting me. My head is hurting. Dah is true. That is true. Dah in nuh true. That is not true. Dah in mine. That is not mine. Wuh wrong wid you? What is wrong with you? Hole dah fuh muh. Hold that for me. I in want nuh mo. I don’t want any more. Ope it in. Open it. Awn it do. Undo it. It mash up. It is not working. Who seh so? Who said so? Who wun dah is? Whose is that? I fuhget dah day. I forgot that. Doan guh day. Don’t go there. Move from long day so. Move from there. I gaw guh town. I have to go to town.
You is mek me laugh. You make me laugh. She is play for Barbados. She plays for Barbados. Skin out de bag. Empty the bag. I is doan guh day nuh mo. (Bajan) I don’t go there any more. The shop doan open pun a Sundi.(Bajan).
The shop is not open on a Sunday.
It in my one dat do it. (Bajan)
I am not the only one who did it.
I gaw get me nails do.(Bajan) I have to get my nails done. Me phone in got on nuh money.(Bajan)
There is no money on my phone. brek- break;
tek- take
· d replaces th in many words:
dat - that; den - then;
dose - those; bade - bathe;
alldoh - although dem - them
· ih, eh, uh, ah, occur in many expressions:
gih - give sih - see
leh - let seh - say
dah - that muh - my
weh -where wuh -what
· uh occurs in pronouns / possessive adjectives
muh - my yuh - you duh - they
muh - me yuh - your duh - their
· final consonant not sounded:
respec’ respect ac’ act
lan’ land dus’ dust
wes’ west han’ hand
an’ and temp’ tempt
· dropping of ed
mash potatoes mashed potatoes
bake chicken baked chicken
steam vegetables steamed vegetables
grill fish grilled fish
whip cream whipped cream
fry rice fried rice
· un becomes awn
awnbutton unbutton
awnbuckle unbuckle
awnblock unblock
awncover uncover
awndress undress
· under becomes onder
onderpants underpants
onderpaid underpaid
ondertaker undertaker
onderwear underwear
onderstand understand
o adjectives repeated once or twice.
big, big, big hungry, hungry
hot,hot, hot tiny, tiny
small, small, small tight, tight
The sun hot, hot, hot.
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