Jamaican Patois

Official language of Jamaican is

• Jamaican creole

• Jamaican Patois

• English

• French

What is not cultural impact from Jamaica

• Dancehall music

• Reggae

• Dub poetry

• Pop music

Jamaica was first colonized by ...

• British

• Spanish

• French

Jamaican Patois have no ...

• Grammar

• Vocabulary

• Standard way to write

• Phonology

Jamaican do not use the “...” sound.

• z

• g

• n

• th

Jamaican also do not use the “...” sound.

• h

• r

• f

• v

The word duppy means ...

• Spider

• Ghost

• Child

• Eat

Patois uses “...” (going to) to indicate future tense.

• go

• ben

• wen

• a

Pronoun “unu” means ...

• you (singular)

• he, him, she, her

• you (plural)

• I, me

Patois use “...” to indicate present perfect continuous tense.

• wen

• ben

• did

• wi