"Translation from North American English (NAE) to Trini"



NAE: How about some Hors d'heurves or a piece of finger food,
TnT: Wah is dis lil piece ah ting yuh trying togive meh?

NAE: Here Kitty kitty.. get down from the roof.
TnT: Eh yuh ole dutty cyat, come orf de bleddy galvanize before ah stone yuh tail!

NAE: I think something is wrong with Susan, she might have the flu.
TnT: Papayo! It look like dey wuk obeah on Susan.

NAE: Aren't those pants a bit short?
TnT: Yuh expekin ah flood or wha?

NAE: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
TnT: Buh wha trouble is dis? Boy stop flingin meh grip so.

NAE: I wish you would quit lying.
TnT: Stop de blinkin lyin, yuh is ah ole liyad.

NAE: Lift the hood of the car for me John.
TnT: Yute-man, fly de bonnet nuh!

NAE: I love you girl.
TnT: Ah rell check fuh yuh, yuh know.

NAE: Oh the poor little boy is handicap.
TnT: Look at de lil invalid...poor ting.

NAE: It's time for a perm.
TnT: Gyul , yuh head need straightenin bad.

NAE: Yuck! This is nasty!
TnT: Oh geeeeed!! Dis ting nasty too bad.

NAE: Girl, your acne is terrible.
TnT: Gal how yuh face look like ah grater so?

NAE: I have a stomach ache.
TnT: Meh belly gripin meh.

NAE: He has no manners.
TnT: He doh have no broughtupcy.

NAE: Perspiration odor
TnT: He smell bad boy.

NAE: Poached (boiled) chicken
TnT: Dat meat eh start tuh cook yet. :

NAE: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder.
TnT: Dat chile too dam harden, bust ah lash in he ass.

NAE: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
TnT: He duncee fuh so.

NAE: I need a bottle of Peptobismal...my stomach hurts.
TnT: Ah need ah purge bad...ah cork up.

NAE: It's been a long time since I've seen you girl.
TnT: AH! You still alive gyul?

NAE: Lord, we have lost electricity again.
TnT: Jeezanages, current gorn again.

NAE: This meal is not too bad.
TnT: Wha doh kill does fatten and wha doh fatten does purge.

NAE: Where did you buy that awful Bracelet Cindy?
TnT: Is weh yuh buy dat big ole koskel lookin bangle chile?

NAE: Oh my, your feet are so dry.
TnT: How yuh foot and dem looking so hard?

Waiter to a "White Person": how would you like your steak?
"White Person": medium please.

Waiter to a Trini: how would you like your steak?
Trini: Curry nah!



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