admaiya
MEANING: admire. USE: Mi sista shee aalwayz di admaiya Patrice pan tv! TRANSLATION: My sister is always admiring Patrice on tv!
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da-mi
MEANING: was USE: Mi pa da-mi di teecha eena mi klaas. TRANSLATION: My father was the teacher of my class.
beet dong
MEANING: bargain for a lower price USE: Ah beet dong di man pahn di prais a di shooz. TRANSLATION: I bargained with the man on the price of the shoes.
aada
MEANING: order, command. USE: Polees kohn wid gon ahn aada Henjri fi kom owt a di hows. TRANSLATION: The police came with guns and ordered Henry to come out of...
bad-main
MEANING: sabotage, undermine USE: Ah di chrai help dehn, ahn stil dehn di bad-main mi. TRANSLATION: I'm trying to help them, but they're still undermining me.