good food
The English phrase "good food" is expressed as good food in Jamaican.
The phrase is used to describe food that tastes delicious or is of high quality. In informal settings, speakers often use more colorful expressions to convey how good the food is, such as saying Di food shot! to mean the food is excellent or Di food sweet like honey! to indicate it is incredibly delicious.
When do people say it?
You might hear someone say Di food shot! or Di food sweet like honey! to show high enthusiasm for the taste and quality of the food.
Did you know?
- When food is exceptionally good, Jamaicans might describe it as tun up, implying the flavor or quality has been turned up to the maximum volume.
- In Jamaica, the word sweet is used to describe any food that tastes good, regardless of whether it actually contains sugar.
- The expression Di food shot! uses the word 'shot' not to mean a firearm or a photograph, but as a slang intensifier meaning 'excellent' or 'incredible'.
Examples in context
- Di chef cook some good food.The chef cooked some good food.
- Yuh must try di good food deh.You must try that good food.
- Mi hungry fi some good food.I am hungry for some good food.
Example conversation
Ricardo and Shanice are eating dinner together.
- RicardoDis a some real good food, Shanice.This is some really good food, Shanice.
- ShaniceMi glad yuh like it, Ricardo.I am glad you like it, Ricardo.
- RicardoYuh always make good food.You always make good food.
- ShaniceTanks, mi glad yuh enjoy it.Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it.
