MassiveEartha
Joined 10 July 2016
Resources
change up- Cooper, Carolyn. "Professing Slackness: Language, Authority, and Power Within the Academy and Without." E-misférica: Caribbean Rasanblaj 12.1 (2015)
- Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment sample pdf
- Cooper, Carolyn. “'Corruption of Language is No Cultural Heritage.'” Blog Post. Jamaica Woman Tongue. March 2012.
- Cooper, Carolyn. Gad Taak Patwa” Blog Post. Jamaica Woman Tongue. October 2010.
- Cooper, Carolyn. Time For Jamaican Language Day The Gleaner, 30 April 2017.
Vocab list
change upMi ha fi chrii rait iina prapa-prapa Jumiekan.
Vocab list
- ha fi - have to
- fi dem - their
- fi 'im- his/her
- iina - in
- outa - out/from
- dii pon / pon di - there, on,
- stap - stop
- gaa - go to
- outsaid - outside
- dong - down
- op - up
- tu - to
- fram - from
- Sonde - Sunday
- fos - first
- hAfrikan
- Jumeikan or Jamiekan
- ansesta dem - ancestors
- riparieshan - reparations
- imansipiet - emancipate
- sliev/slievri - sliev/slavery
- sofarieshan - suffering
- frii - free
- piipl dem/piipl - people
- nobadi - no one,
- sumbadi - someone / people
- Man - man
- Uman - woman
- gyal - girl
- naim - name
- ruod - road
- rispek / rispek juu - respect, respect due
- rien a faal - rain
- yaad - home
- fiks op - correct, fix up
- mash op - break, destroy
- bruk op - break, destroy
- prapa-prapa - correct
- chaka-chaka - confused, disorganised, messy
- chrii - try
- rait - write, right