jamaican to english translation

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    m@ys@m said:

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    hi you jamaican people
    i'm an iranian guy so interested in understanding jamaican
    so if sb do me a favour and tell me the meaning of these terms and words i'll be grateful
    i got them from a song named get busy by sean paul






    Get crunked up

    Me want fi see you get live ‘pon the riddim when me ride
    And me lyrics a provide electricity

    Gal nobody can tell you nuttin’
    Can you done know your destiny

    Them cah vex with us

    From the day me born jah ignite me flame gal a call me name and its me fame

    Woman don’t sweat it

    From you name a mentuin

    Gal free up unu mind caw nobody can dis you man won‘t let it can

    The gal dem Scalatchi

    Can't tan pon it long

    a no Bridgette and Flava show..





    and the exact meaning of these words




    Scalatchi
    da
    fi
    pon
    nuttin
    par
    cah
    jah
    pet it
    free up
    unu
    caw
    dis
    peezy
    weh
    cah
    seh
    fren
    dutty
    vibe



    thats all i want
    thanks in advance
     
  2. cathy192503 said:

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    hi i dont know if u still want to know the meaning of these words, but i think i know the meaning on some of these. im not jamaican man, but i have carribean friends and always with these people for about 6 years now so i identify some of the words

    Scalatchi -??
    da - THE
    fi - FOR
    pon - ??
    nuttin - NOTHING
    par - PARTY
    cah - CANNOT OR THEY PRONOUNCE IT AS "KYANT"
    jah - GOD
    pet it
    free up - "BREAK FREE"
    unu - ON YOU
    caw
    dis - THIS
    peezy
    weh - WE
    seh - SEE
    fren - FRIEND
    dutty - DUTY
    vibe - FEEL


    I HOPE IM RIGHT WITH SOME OF THIS. BUT IF SOMEBODY KNOWS THE PERFECT MEANING PLS FEEL FREE TO REPLY. JUST TRYING TO HELP.
     
  3. cathy192503 said:

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    Pon - Along
     
  4. dahbrownsuggah said:

    Talking got sum for yuh.

    Get crunked up - drunk/stoned

    Me want fi see you get live ‘pon the riddim when me ride
    And me lyrics a provide electricity

    Gal nobody can tell you nuttin’ - girl nobody can tell you nothing
    Can you done know your destiny - you can know your destiny

    Them cah vex with us - they are mad with us

    From the day me born jah ignite me flame gal a call me name and its me fame

    Woman don’t sweat it

    From you name a mentuin

    Gal free up unu mind caw nobody can dis you man won‘t let it can

    The gal dem Scalatchi

    Can't tan pon it long

    a no Bridgette and Flava show..





    and the exact meaning of these words




    Scalatchi
    da - the
    fi - to
    pon - on
    nuttin - nothing
    par
    cah - cos/because
    jah - god
    pet it -
    free up -
    unu - you all
    caw -
    dis - this
    peezy -
    weh - where/what
    seh - say
    fren
    dutty - 2 meanings, nasty/dirty or good
    vibe - lots of meanings

    mi try fi help.
    sum wuds nuh mean nuttin