I: I
I (Pron): Mi or A
I am: Mi
I am a gentleman: Mi a jengklman
I am building: Mi a bil
I am coming: Mi a kom
I am running: Mi a ron
Ice (Nou): Ais or Hais
I like ice cream: Mi laik haise kriim
Idiot (Nou): Idiat, Bobo or Mumu
He is behaving like an idiot: Im a gwaan laka a bobo
He thinks you are an idiot: Im tingk yu a mumu
Idle (Adj): Aiɡl̩
Let the motorcycle idle: Mek di motosaikl aigl
If (Conj): Ef
If you are good men then donate to the poor: Ef unu gud man-dem den doniet tu di sufferer
If it is: Efi
If it is about my blood i will not keep quite: Efi bout mi blod mi naa guh tan todi
Immediately (Adv): Kwiktaim
Come here immediately: Kom ya kwiktaim
You go immediately after her: Yu guh kwiktaim aata im
Impotent (Adj): Ded wuud/Huud
He is impotent: Im a ded wuud
Impressive (Adj): Stuoshos
He is impressive: Im stuoshos
Impudent (Adj): Fiesi, Fass or Faas
Meaning: Marked by casual disrespect
The boys here are impundent: Di bwoy-dem ya a fiesi
In (Adj): Ina, Iina, Iin or Eena
He is in the house: Im a iina di hous
The guava is in the basket: Di guaba eena di baaskit
Indecent (Adj): Untidy or Out-law
The boy is indecent: Di bwai iz untidy
Indecent life is bad: Untidy laif iz bad
Indeed (Interj): Fitruu
We love our leader indeed: Wi lob fi-wi liida fitruu
He is a good fighter indeed: Im a gud faita fitruu
The girls behave well indeed: Di gyal-dem gwaan gud fitruu
Indifference (Adj): Duon kya
Meaning: Lacking concern about important matters
His indifference attitude to learning new things is not good: Im duon kya hatityuud fi laan nyuu ting dem naa gud
Indignant (Adj): Ignorant
He is an indignat person: Im a ignorant smadi
Inferior (Adj): Floxi
The boy is inferior: Di bwoy a floxi
Inhabitant (Nou): Inabitant
We are the inhabitants of the world: Wi a di inhabitant fi di wurl
Inheritance (Nou): Dedlef
Our inheritance: Fi-wi dedlef
Insignificant (Adj): Pyaa-pyaa
The things are insignificant leave them: Di tings a pyaa-pyaa liiv dem
Don’t waste your time on insignificant things: Nuh wies yu taim pan pyaa-pyaa tings
Intention (Nou): Intenshan
Our intention is clear: Fi-wi intenshan a klier
Their intention is bad on us: Fi-dem intenshan a bad pan wi
Intercourse (Nou): Juk
The man had intercourse with the lady: Di man juk di liedi
I feel so good now, the intercourse was nice: Mi fiil so guh nou,di juk en nais
Interest (Nou): Inchres
Our interest is not in people things, we are not envious: Fi-wi inchres a nat eena piipl tings, wi naa grojful
Interfere (Ver): Mell
Don’t interfere with our game: Nuh mell wid fi-wi giem
Iron (Nou): Ayan or Aian
Give me that iron bar: Gi mi dat ayan baar
They hit him with an iron bar: Dem lik im wid ayan baar
Irrelevent (Adj): Caca-nabu
It’s irrelevant news: A caca-nabu nyuuz
Is (Ver): Iz or A
She is my child: Im a mi pikni
Is not: Naa
That is not what we want: Dat a naa wa wi waan
Isn’t it so? Iihn or Iing
The children are behaving bad, isn’t it so?: Di pikni dem a gwaan bad, iing?
You love me, isn’t it so? Yu lob mi, iing?
He came here, isn’t it so?: Im kom ya, iing?
Island (Nou): Ailan
The islands in Africa are more than twenty: Di ailan-dem iina Afrika a muor dan twenti
It (Pron): Hit or I
We like it that way: Wi laik i dat wie
It changes: Ichienj
It can: Ikiah
It’s: A or I
It’s for: A fi
It’s for us: A fi wi
It is Joe coming: A Juo a kom
It is them that i gave my money: A dem dat mi gi mi moni
It’s not me: A nat mi
It’s big excessively: A big kyaan-don
It is useful: iyuusful
Itch (Ver): Hiich or Kratch-kratch
My back is itching me: Mi bak a kratch-kratch mi