How to Say “Everything” in Jamaican

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evriting
The English phrase 'everything' is translated as evriting in Jamaican.
Meaning: all the things (pron)

Did you know?

  • The phrase evriting bless uses evriting to convey a spiritual sense of well-being and gratitude rather than just a status report.
  • In Jamaican Patois, evriting is often used in the phrase evriting gwine be alright, which serves as a cultural mantra of resilience and optimism.
  • The spelling evriting captures a specific phonological rule where the English 'th' sound is systematically replaced by a 't' sound.

Examples in context

  • Evriting good mi deh yah.
    Everything is good where I am.
  • Mi need evriting fi de party.
    I need everything for the party.
  • She tell mi evriting bout di situation.
    She told me everything about the situation.

Example conversation

Damion and Shanice are discussing the preparations for a community event.

  1. Damion

    Shanice, yuh get evriting fi di cookup?
    Shanice, did you get everything for the cookup?
  2. Shanice

    Yes, Damion, mi buy evriting weh mi need.
    Yes, Damion, I bought everything I needed.
  3. Damion

    Dat good, cause evriting haffi ready soon.
    That is good, because everything has to be ready soon.
  4. Shanice

    No problem, mi deh pon top a it.
    No problem, I am on top of it.
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