E (Nou)
E: E
Each (Adj)
Each (Adj): Awan
Each of us is a chief at his home: Awan a wi a gaagan pon im yaad
Darah Derow is going to give each of you Bazilio Kimbombo, Adeyi and Kezi Richard four cows: Darah Derow gwain gi awan a yu Bazilio Kibombo, Adeyi ah Kezi Richard fuo kou
Early (Adj)
Early (Adj): Hoerli
Early morning: Hoerli mwanin
Come early for the match: Kom hoerli fi di mach
Early (Adj)
Ear (Nou): Aise (Singular and Plural) pronounced Iez
Aise
Look, what is on your ear: Ku, wa pan yu aise
Earth (Nou)
Earth (Nou): Ort
The earth has eleven billion piipl: Di ort hab lebm bilian piipl
The earth is full of beautiful things: Di ort a fulop aff boonoonoos tings
Earthquake (Nou)
Earthquake (Nou): Ortkwiek or Shaky-shaky
The earthquake destroyed very many homes in West Africa and Indonesia: Di ortkwiek mash dong banz a yaad eena Wes Afrika anh Indonesia
East (Nou)
Easy (Adj): Saps
He took the easy way; Im en tek di saps wie
Easy walk around town: Saps waak rong toun
Easy (Adj)
Easy (Adj): Iizi &Saps
The work was easy: Di wok en iizi
He took the easy way; Im tek di saps wie
Easy walk around town: Saps waak rong toun
Eat (Ver)
Eat (Ver): Hiit, Nyam or Niam
I am eating cassava, potatoe and chiken: Mi a nyam kisaada, pitieta an chikin
Many children like eating: Nof pikni laik fi nyam
Many girls in this place like to eat chiken: Nof gyal pon dis plies laik fi nyam chikin
I don’t eat meat: Mi nuh nyam deddas
Eccentric (Nou): Madi-madi
He is an eccentric man: Im a madi-madi man
Effeminate (Ver): Mampaalo
He is effeminate: Im mampaalo
Eight (Nou): Hiet
Bake eight cakes: Biek hiet kiek
Give me eight bottles of beer: Gi mi hiet bokkl a bier
Work for eight hours a day and rest for eight hours: Wok fi hiet howa a die an res fi hiet howa
Eighteenth (Nou): Hietiint
Come for my party on the eighteenth of this month: Kom fi mi paati pan di hietiint fi dis mont
Eighteenth (Nou): Hietiint
Come for my party on the eighteenth of this month: Kom fi mi paati pan di hietiint fi dis mont
Eightieth (Nou): Ietiet
This is the eightieth girl in our town to marry a white man: Dis a di ietiet gyal pan wi toun fi marid a bakra
I was born in the eightieth year of the twentieth century: Mi en baan eena di ietiet ier fi di twentiet senchri
Eighty (Nou): Ieti
Bring eighty chairs for the party: Bring ieti chier fi di paati
Elastic (Adj): Glaami
The shirt is elastic: Di shot a glaami
Electronic (Adj): Hilekchanik
Electronic has changed the world we live in: Hilekchanik en chienj di wurl wi liib eena
Elephant (Nou): Elifant or Asunu
Elephants are many in African: Asunu a nof eena Afrika
The Elephants destroyed their gardens: Di elifant-dem mash dong fi-dem gyaadn
Elephantiasis (Nou): Big Fut or Jakfruit Fut
He can’t walk fast because he has elephantiasis: Im kyaahn pul fut bikaaz im hab jackfruit fut
Eleven (Nou): Lebm
There are eleven oranges in the house: Si di lebm arinj eena di baks de
Eleventh (Nou): Lebmt
He is the eleventh child in his family: Im a di lebmt pikni fi-im fambli
Else (Conj): Els
If you do not want to borrow him money someone else will borrow him money: Ef yu nuh waan fi baara im moni smadi els a guh baara im moni
Elsewhere (Nou): Elswe
Here we have many kinds of organic things but elsewhere you find few: Ya wi hab banz a arjanik ting bot elswe yu fain fyuu
If this place can’t make you rich go elsewhere: Ef dis plies kyaahn mek yu rich guh elswe
Emasculate (Adv): Mampaalo
He is emasculate and behaves like a woman: Im a mampaalo an im gwaan laka uman
Emasculate boys like staying with the girls: Mampaalo bwoy dem laik fi stie wid gyal-dem
Empty (ver): Hempty
The bottle is empty: Di bokkl a hempty
Fill the empty box with the mangoes over there: Fulop di hempty baks wid mango-dem ouba deso
He told me an empty tin makes a lot of noise: Im tel mi se a hempty tin mek nof nais
English (Nou): Hingglish or Ingglish
English is the first official language of my country: Hingglish a di fos hofishal languij fi mi kontri
English is a language spoken by two billion people: Hingglish a languij tu bilian piipl a taak
Enjoy (Ver): Enjay
Enjoy your time with this Jamaican patois site: Enjay yu taim wid dis Jumiekan patwa sait
He enjoys going to the reggae concert: Im enjay fi guh tu di reggae kansot
Let us enjoy seeing the girls grinding their hip in the dance: Mek wi enjay fi si di gyal-dem wain
Enlarge (Ver): Nof-op
You enlarge the picture: Yu nof-op di picha
Entirely full (Phrase): Chak an Belay
The market today is entirely full of things: Di maakit a chak an belay wid tings
Envious (Adj): Redai or Grojful
The man is always envious of my knowledge: Di man a haazwiez redai a fi-mi nuolij
He is an envious person: Im a grojful smadi
Envy (Adj): Grojful
It’s because of envy that she hid her friend’s book: Grojful mek im haid fi-im fren buk
He likes to envy people who have money: Im laik fi grojful piipl huu hab moni
Envy is a bad way of life: Grojful iz bad wie aff laif
Equalise (Ver): Neutral-op
Take the opportunities in business when they come and equalize the risk: Tek di apachuniti-dem pan bizniz wen dem kom an neutral-op di ris
Equalize your problems with hard work: Neutral-op fi-yu problem wid haad wok
Escape (Ver): Hexkiep
The turkey escaped to the bush: Di torki hexkiep tu di bush
The con man said he will escape from prison: Di jinal seh im gwine hexkiep fram lakop
Especially (Adv): Espeshali
He likes to use electronic especially the radio: Im laik tu yuus hilekchanik espeshali di radio
I like listening to music especially reggae: Mi laik lisnin tu myuuzik espeshali reggae
Even (Adv): Iivn, Iibn or Aal
Even after me paying them in school, they still hate me: Iibn aata mi pie dem eena skuul, dem stil hiet mi
Even an idiot knows that you need to thank those who have helped you: Iibn a mumu nuo se yu niid fi tengk dem huu did help yu
Even after them seeing that i am suffering, they never considered helping me: Aal aata dem si dat mi iina suffurieshan, dem neba kansida fi help mi
Evening (Nou):Iibnin
I am going for evening walk: Mi gwain fi iibnin waak
Good evening? Gud iibnin
Come tomorrow in the evening: Kom tumaro eena di iibnin
Ever (Adv): Eba
He did not ever drink alcohol in his school days but nowdays he drinks alcohol like water: Im neba eba jink liquor pan im skuul diez bot nou-a-diez im jink liquor laik waata
We ever work hard: Wi eba wok haad
Every (Adj): Evri, Ebri or Hebri
Every time i see her i remember my grandmother: Ebri taim mi si im mi memba mi grama
Every nation on earth should unite against war: Ebri nieshan pan ort shud inite gens waar
Everyone is born great: Ebriwan a baan criss
Everything (Pron): Evriting, Ebriting, Hebrting or Aal an aal
Thank you for everything you did for them: Tengk yu fi ebriting yu en duh fi dem
Everything in this room is in a mess: Ebriting pan disya ruum a chaka-chaka
Everywhere (Adv): Evriwe, Ebriwe or Hebriwe
People everywhere in this country are becoming unhappy with the politicians: Piipl ebriwe eena disya kontri a shooks wid di politrickers
Everywhere they go the local people don’t like them: Ebriwe dem guh di luokal smadi nuh laik dem
Evil (Nou & Adj): Ogli or Wikid Wan
Nou
Almighty God will deliver us from evil: Aalmaita Jah a guh protek wi fram di wikid wan
Adj
Avoid evil things like to steal: Avide ogli tings laik fi tiif
Evil-minded: Bad-minded
He is an evil-minded man: Im a bad-minded man
Evil-minded people don’t become good leaders: Bad-minded piipl nuh ton gud liida
Speaking evil about people: Siitful
They like to speak evil about me because i am better than them in many good things: Dem laik fi siitful pan mi bikaaz mi beta dan dem eena a banz a ting
She likes speaking evil about her friends: Im laik siitful pan im fren
Those girls like speaking evil about people: Dem-de gyal laik siitful pan smadi
Ewer (Nou): Goblet(It’s sometime sometimes pronounced gaglit)
Use the ewer to wash your hand: Yuus di goblet fi was fiyu han
Exam (Nou): Egzam
I passed my exam: Mi en paas mi egzam
My father started marking secondary exams in the year nineteen eighty three: Mi faada en taat fi maak sekandieri egzam eena di ier naintiin ieti chrii
If you work hard, you won’t fail the exam: Ef yu wok haad, yu naa guh fiel di egzam
Exceedingly (Adv): Kyaan-don
The teacher is exceedingly good: Di tiicha gud kyaan-don
The bag is excessively heavy, what is inside it: Di baig a hebi kyaan-don, a wa iina i
Excuse (Ver): Eskyuuz
Excuse me sir: Eskyuuz mi sa
Please excuse me: Du eskyuuz mi
Expand (Ver): Nof-op
Expand the garden: Nof-op di gyaadn
You expand the house because it’s small: Yu nof-op di hous bikaaz i sumaal
Expect (Ver): Hexpek
Always expect good things in life: Haazwiez hexpek gud tings eena laif
We expect to have one million visitors on this site: Wi hexpek fi hab wan milian visita pan dis sait
Explain (Ver): Hexplien
You explain for us what righteous man mean: Hexplien fi-wi wa upfull man miin
Explain to me the way of life of a rastafari: Hexplien tu mi livity
Expression (Nou): Hexpreshan
He showed me a bad expression: Im shuo mi a bad hexpreshan
Tears are expression of pain: Yai waata a hexpreshan fi pien
Extensive (Adj): Elava
The land under Ngekidi Hill is extensive: Di lan aanda Ngekidi Hil elava
Eye (Nou): Yai, Yeye or Hai
The eye is used for seeing: Di yai a yuus fi si
My eye is paining me: Mi yai a pien mi
Refuse/excretion of the eye: Montompi
Clear the excretion of the eye from your face: Klier di montompi fram yu fies
Very dark eyes: Mak-yai
The man has very dark eyes: Di man hab mak-yai