alaam
MEANING: alarm, disturb or stir up sudden fear. USE: Stap alaam di hoal naybahud wid yu haad baalin. TRANSLATION: Stop disturbing the whole neighbourhood with your loud bawling.
aata
MEANING: After, at. USE: No laaf aata mi. TRANSLATION: Don't laugh at me.
advais
MEANING: advice, counsel. USE:Â Di gyal dehn disaid fi fala di advais weh dehn ma mi gi dehn. TRANSLATION: The girls decided to follow the advice their mother had given them.
degeh
MEANING: one last one, one and only. USE: Mi aanti ga wan degeh dala lef. TRANSLATION: My aunttie has only one last dollar left.
aisbaks
MEANING: icebox. USE: Bifoa frij mi deh, dehn yoostu yooz aisbaks fi kip ting koal. TRANSLATION: Before people had refrigerators, they used to use iceboxes to keep things cold.