Anne Kathy

In Jamaican, the phrase for hey is wah gwaan. The phrase wah gwaan is an informal greeting used to mean “What’s going on?”.

The English phrase ‘everything’ is translated as evriting in Jamaican.

The Jamaican word for “dumb” is domb. The term is used to describe someone who is stupid.

wah gwaan is the Jamaican way to say “hello, how are you”. wah gwaan is used as a common informal greeting to ask someone how they are doing.

The Jamaican word for party is paati. paati is used to mean a social gathering.

To eat in Jamaican is nyam. nyam is used to mean eating a meal. It can sometimes imply eating greedily or consuming a large amount of food.