Trini Slang

[@abigailramdass1450]

We as trinis really have ah unique vocabulary 😂😂 . This is a very informative video for the outside world.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!!!!!

[@jermaphobic8308]

Tell me why I read this is my aunts voice 🤣🤣🤣

[@teetee7]

Right🤣🤣

[@MichelleBrown-vi5zo]

Yes we do ❤🎉 🇹🇹

[@therichestmaninbabylon8231]

As ah trini I rell laugh watching this cause it accurate af😂 thanks man 🇹🇹

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@Misha-TNT]

😂😂😂

[@jamiea.c.seerattan365]

"Nah" is a versatile word for us...like"hear nah"/ hear this..."gimme piece nah"/ can i have piece please...."ah sorry nah"/i am very sorry. I jus love my Trini vocabulary 😍🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@YohanPartap]

Yes, very versatile. Thanks for watching!

[@mcharleym3104]

I like it too..🙂

[@Blu3Maz]

Ohh gosh nah 🤣🤣

[@ladonnaj2601]

Sometimes you're asking somebody for the snack and they say hear nah

[@booradley0131]

Hear nah idk who teach Trini's to talk😭😭😂😂😂 we rell bad

[@samuellangrin4967]

I noticed that Yuh language has similarities tuh ours in Jamaica,like di majority of the words and slangs he use we also use them too👍

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching yes, we share alot with our Caribbean brothers!!

[@BigC1290]

@@samuellangrin4967 a bit not quite different annotations

[@kyndulanjordan5005]

its called trinidadian dialect lol

[@mcharleym3104]

I as Jamaican i absolutely love how trini’s talk. Yuh understand!

[@annisaworrell3773]

The best was when I told my friends “deh make meh rel vex” and they all looked at me like I was crazy😂😂

[@norafubara3629]

It won't be too difficult for a Nigerian to understand.... We have a little bit of similarities in our slangs... We go say, make we go, where you dey, and so on. You say immediately as "one time" but we say it as "sharp sharp" or sharperly You say "yuh understand" and we say " you know" or "you get" Yuh have no behaviour or broughtupsy... We say "you no get manners" or "you get bad manners/bad character" or "you no get home training" Twas fun watching this... I really enjoyed it and learned too.

[@MichelleBrown-vi5zo]

Hahahaha

[@JonGooseman]

They/ That upset me very much.

[@adeolareid1536]

I burst out laughing at the buss ah lime. Omg I never noticed how funny that sounds until you explained it. 🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@arisneta]

bilingual chilean here, i have a trini friend and this actually helped me understand what he says a lot more

[@YohanPartap]

Wow, so glad to hear that!

[@tammygallant6004]

As a Canadian married to a trinidadian well, let's just say I'm getting the hang of it Nah lol love sweet TNT !

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching! you will get there no worries.

[@Rumtreiber]

Im a canadian trini, both my parents a full trini

[@Hnxzs]

​@@Rumtreiber so how are you trini-

[@kathywhitedove9430]

Dude, u Rock. I left Trinidad with my fam. when I was nearly 10yrs old, 1968. U bring back so much of my memory & the new slang, OMG! I am a Trini, through & through, thank u from heart to yours luv. I never forgot where I came from & I'm proud to be an original Trinidad/Trini. Blessings Man...😊 Kathy "White Dove"

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kaitenunes]

We also use thing for everything 🤣🤣 “ pass me dat thing “ 🤣 🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@allish1504]

That is sooo true! and the funny thing is we know what you mean when you say it...lol

[@kaitenunes]

Allison Hovell ikr 🤣🤣

[@YohanPartap]

Yes, a catch all word, thanks for watching!

[@YohanPartap]

It like a code, lol

[@therichestmaninbabylon8231]

Katie’s Nunes who’s dah thing Dey! She rell nice boi 😂🇹🇹

[@cmac1loc]

Thanks. Enjoyed

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@1mimimeera]

Every single Trinidadian knows “Yuh dotish awah?”😂😂😂

[@YohanPartap]

For Sure!

[@queenyfraser-id2ui]

Great teaching, Trinidad is a country I love,,thanks for the teaching,,so sweet,,sml

[@YohanPartap]

Thank you too

[@Yolan-y6c]

I love being a trini I would never change ❤🇹🇹 trini people is de best 🇹🇹

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@STANDREWSBEACH]

Aye Padnah, yuh come good! Also: hold yuh hand Dey padnah, doh geh tie up, yuh get chain up, mash yuh brakes, de man ha goat mouth, breeze out ah lil bit,

[@YohanPartap]

Some good ones! thanks for watching!!

[@pymyriad]

please explain "hold yuh hand dey padnah" ....all yuh playin' all fours or wha?

[@wenstephen23]

Is how Trini people say "eh heh" and ain't hear one thing you just said .... doh talk for giving a Trini Intructions or directions 😂😂 God bless us Trini people, we gifted yes!😂

[@YohanPartap]

yes, gifted we are! Thanks fro watching!

[@joclarke6583]

Eh heh? Means Oh yes? Or eh heh. Means yes, you are correct.

[@annwilson9446]

You are teaching us a lot with videos like these , they are very interesting.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the continued support!!! will keep them coming!

[@brandonkissoon9914]

Ann Wilson real trinis dun know

[@miriamjones8804]

wow i remember the slang ,one weeak back home and it will come right back ,love it

[@YohanPartap]

Nice!

[@vincentbalbirsingh1783]

As Trinidadians we have our own language and we should be proud of it. Doh correct we grammar dat is how we does talk.

[@YohanPartap]

Agreed!

[@trini2DBone134]

Ent!

[@wanubijohari1]

watching dis from Brasil, issa guyanese an i undastan everyting yuh sayin! really makes me understand why our culture is more caribbean than south american! nu subbie, thanks for the vids.

[@YohanPartap]

We are all Caribbean family! Thanks for watching!

[@brandonkissoon9914]

Guyanese are just wanna be trinis

[@shanequaaustin8908]

@@brandonkissoon9914 Not true they Carribeans like Trinis 😂😂😂

[@trini2DBone134]

@@brandonkissoon9914 um relax yuhself Guyanese is we bruddas

[@strlw3766]

for all them people not trini this is like a new language enjoy 🎉🎉🎉

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@herawatietimothy9889]

Great video. I am residing in Venezuela. When I am with Westindians and we don't want people to understand us we speak Trini.

[@delphinelisabeth]

I'm in a play playing a character who should have this accent, I am so glad to know about these videos

[@YohanPartap]

Glad its of help!

[@delphinelisabeth]

@@YohanPartap just watched Bazodee !!! Music is off the hook! Any recommendations for classic calypso and soca music?

[@kimiko_111]

My guy is from Trinidad and I’m British born but my background is Jamaica/Nigeria I am here taking notes so I can throw in some Trini lingo when I’m talking to him 😅 he’ll probably laugh at me but thank you for the video

[@YohanPartap]

Lol. let me know how it goes, glad to be of help.

[@PRINCESSGEMINI1987]

Hahaha, same her but my background in Ghanaian. I remember a few years ago I asked him something in Trini and he was like how do you know that lol

[@felixalmeida481]

Fantastic! So informative! Can’t wait to be immersed in a Trini conversation

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@arubashorts9434]

Brilliant video bruv. Loved the part when you kept making the honest mistake saying the slang when trying to say the proper word 🤣🤣

[@YohanPartap]

Glad you enjoyed and yes, hard to keep it proper.

[@jm6854]

0p

[@Mixedfairydust]

My trini bf got me hipped to it. I'm going there in March next year. Plus I'm Caribbean Panamanian Bahamian and bajan. Most of our slang is similar lol

[@YohanPartap]

Nice!, thanks for watching!

[@taramarsan2281]

Growing up as a first generation here I even used some of our slang. Just accustomed to hearing it at home. “Nah” was a hard one to quit. I still get questioned for some of the things i say, probably because i don’t have an accent yet use some slang

[@YohanPartap]

Thnaks for sharing!

[@lashawnminabaptista1024]

Wow l learn a lot love it was in Trinidad for 20020 I love it like the slang words

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@bibblenipple]

My dad is Trinidadian I knew all da slang words without even lookin at the Definition😂 *Represent!*

[@lenaaa8780]

Im a trini and i watching this video nd for all i saying it nd laughing cuz all is soooo true🤣😭

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@someperson4397]

Love it. I am into gaming and always explaining words , after today I am just posting your vids lol

[@YohanPartap]

That's awesome. Thanks for watching!

[@KSJP01]

That’s me everyday!

[@cherie0882]

There are so many everyday expressions that people never explain. Most of the ones people explain are easy to figure out in context. to retire=to go home To be low= dying slowing, to be in bad health Those are the ones I can thing of right now. My mom speaks to my uncle in Trini often on the phone and there is always some expression I don’t understand about the conversation.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching! hope this helped.

[@Honeypepper.]

Yuh fuget "What de jail is dis!" And A-A! 😂

[@riah9400]

'Whey" could also be used like if it have bachannal or something happen and u say 'wheeeyyyyyyyy' or 'whey boi'

[@YohanPartap]

Yep for sure!

[@trvf7053]

Best Trini Slang video 💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@dianneaskaran-lee4442]

Daiz not Diaz... luv yuh videos bad bad, bredda! 😃 ❤️

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@jeffd_md]

I (a white American guy) watch this with my Indo-Trinidadian girlfriend. I now know 100 more ways to get her vex. Thank you!

[@YohanPartap]

Well was not my intention but glad it will have some impact :) thanks for watching!

[@trini2DBone134]

Nah dat is something you DOH want to do 🤣

[@jonathand6889]

Trini tutorial No matter where u are even if yuh jus leave somewhere “Ah nearly home, ah now turning on to de street.”

[@YohanPartap]

True, thanks for watching!

[@shemariahali1942]

or "Ah now turning the corner deh" lol

[@d3vilman555]

crazy man, i understand it all and it makes sense to me cause of my dad but i cant talk like it, its kinda sad really

[@YohanPartap]

At least you can understand it, thanks for watching!

[@EliezerHerrera]

Definitely you are a nice guy I hope you can do more videos like this

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the kind words and for watching!

[@commess1]

Well done! Here's a few more: Whey yuh going? Whey yuh doing? Dize meh brother "Jus now" - Ah coming just now Eh? "Ay" as in the last sound you hear in the word "day". "Ay-ay, what wrong wit you? Or longer, "but ay....ay..."

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for adding!

[@kweennefatari9283]

yes, yoofoot i love it. nice to see you doing this, the best person for this ha ha

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks! Hope you are okay.

[@kweennefatari9283]

@@YohanPartap yes i am, my sister a Canadian also following you.

[@JenniferAlexander-r3t]

Great job!❤❤

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@SoundScientist1]

@Yofoot Explores! Good Job Fam. Sendin' a shout-out from Babylon (Washington, DC).

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the shout-out and for watching!!!

[@WickedWordzz]

Watch nah, a Trini could be talkin English in front of english speakers, and day eh understan a damn word yuh sayin. Iz a foreign language fuh true. Ah tellin yuh.

[@YohanPartap]

Yep, i usual have to slow myself down when traveling. Thanks for watching!

[@WickedWordzz]

@@YohanPartap I live in Miami, so their faces when I whip out the accent amuses me.

[@YohanPartap]

@@WickedWordzz I could imagine

[@heyboo552]

My teacher just showed us this video yesterday in english class we were doing idioms and stuff

[@YohanPartap]

Wow, okay, never thought it will be used in class! Glad it can help!

[@wasabiperson2616]

Is that how you write/type these words, as well, or is it strictly verbal/pronunciation? Probably a stupid question but I’m curious and I can’t find the answer anywhere.

[@YohanPartap]

I tried my best to look up the way to spell these words but some of it is more verbal. It more about the meaning of the slang than anything else. Thanks for watching!

[@mrladnek5858]

Bess accent❤️🇹🇹❤️🇹🇹

[@YohanPartap]

I agree!

[@danaabraham7967]

Wayz de meaning of breadline lol someone use da in a sentence for me and i was confuse asl

[@YohanPartap]

Its a way of saying someone might be poorer of need support, as in they have to join the "breadline" or a food bank. Its a older saying.

[@HollisSankar]

Not bad at all. You could do a singing version as lots of calypsoes etc are written in Trini language eg Everytime ah pass you look at meh.....Ah go tell meh mama d og send meh dong dey.. Wha Yuh say?

[@YohanPartap]

Interesting concept! Might give it a go. Thanks for watching!

[@joshuacarr9292]

and some times we say dog or boi or gal in the end of our sentences

[@dedanthomas9921]

How about “No scene”?

[@YohanPartap]

Oh, forgot, but we have so many, thanks for mentioning it.

[@faithhope3071]

@@YohanPartap No scene.

[@gabebunnyy]

How do you spell headband in trini?? Bando or... I kinda dotish nah... so..yh

[@YohanPartap]

Well there are many headbands, a bando is a hard headband, but there are many variations.

[@markthomas6770]

I'm from New Orleans. We talk just like yall. I found this video. Because I've been doing some personal searching. My people sound like Allyuh. Mainly the black people. 👍🏾

[@YohanPartap]

Wow, good to know!

[@nigelkhan5331]

Great video padner Keep Trinbago's flag flying :)

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the support and for watching!

[@beverlybachmeier4413]

You're amazing...

[@YohanPartap]

Wow, thank you!

[@barrysmith8987]

ho w do you say thank you to someone for doing a big favour?

[@YohanPartap]

I will dance for your wedding. Thanks for watching!

[@joclarke6583]

What about the versitility of the word "eh"?

[@YohanPartap]

Yes very versatile word, Maybe needs its own video.

[@Dathatch_boi]

"Yuh jumping from the frying pan to the fire "

[@YohanPartap]

I know that one, but i think it is not purely trini, but i could be wrong. Thanks for watching!

[@abbieb8130]

No, that's a really old one. "Out of the frying pan into the fire" is even a chapter title in The Hobbit.

[@gabebunnyy]

Um...

[@rijnatoantonie278]

I love our caribbean slangs🤣🤣

[@YohanPartap]

yes, me too, thanks for watching!

[@Jojo-gb3my]

Hi. What does bodow mean.

[@YohanPartap]

Its a saying like "for sure", it supposed to be the sounds of a gunshot. Thanks for watching!

[@killerb187r.o.dstunna9]

Starting to watch more Trinidad KZbinrs, warm to yo sentence we need our own dictionaries hoyes

[@YohanPartap]

yes we do and thanks for the support!

[@danarampaul8642]

Are these slang rooted in the African languge?

[@YohanPartap]

Not all, Trinidad has a big cultural mix that contributed our language.

[@archerc4828]

It all sounds like old timey pirate talk from the gold coast.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@dani.1170]

lmaooo i love these, im half trini

[@kathywhitedove9430]

LMAO! 😂 I'm learning so much now, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha. The Uncola Man. Any of u Trinis know who he is? My Father went to school with his brother...😊

[@YohanPartap]

That is awesome!

[@contemporaryspectrumoperat9080]

excellent

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@EliezerHerrera]

Wonderful man, you know in Trinidad and Tobago There are plenty Venezuelan, could You do a course Trini accent slangs, and words. If you do it I will share all your videos in Spanish groups

[@YohanPartap]

Great suggestion!

[@ViajanDOS78]

I very wonder if you use these slangs in your formal education system or you use the standard english ?

[@YohanPartap]

The education system teaches Standard English, they actually discourage speaking in our accent, which they say is broken english.

[@ViajanDOS78]

@@YohanPartap I got it now. I realized you, trinitarians, are required to take English level tests like IELTS OR TOEFL to apply for abroad universities becuase they say you don't speak standard English. I think this is very silly though.

[@trini2DBone134]

@@ViajanDOS78 *trinidadians

[@Chris-o-tine]

Nah is used like ent as well. Come nah, man. Lehwe go, nah.

[@stanleyramoscheco4581]

What does HYMA mean??

[@user-wm7mp2fl1p]

One of the famous slang is way yuh dey meaning where are you nuff said

[@tashasworld2047]

Guys what does hmmm means in trinidad😊

[@YohanPartap]

From experience, it can means many things, it how it is said.

[@shervegas]

I was searching for "cosquell"

[@YohanPartap]

I have another video with Trini words and I cover cosquel. Thanks for watching!

[@nancyjerningan8486]

Trinidad have their own Dictionary.👍

[@its.nice2b_nice]

ENT 😅

[@socadancebookmcleod490]

Ent… is ain’t when you are an American with trinbagonian family… you begin to understand how certain words come to be. So he’s so good… aint’t is ‘is it not so’. Same thing

[@YohanPartap]

You are correct, works like that also

[@deecampbell9172]

trinidad language she is hot with herself

[@YohanPartap]

Lol or "she hot sheself"

[@susanotway-charles5813]

Note difference between slang and Trinidadian English Creole. Slang is transitory/temporary.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for the info and for watching!

[@Legend-Post62]

Shit my grandmother straight from Trinidad and I wanna know more about my Heritage

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching and hope it helped.

[@jennygibbons1258]

❤️ it. 👍🏾

[@louiss1625]

when I went to Trinidad everyone was always saying "dus"!! "he dus drink and lime all night." "she dus stay in the house". I found it confusing to know when to use it!

[@YohanPartap]

It can be confusing.

[@trini2DBone134]

It's "does". We use that when describing an action Eg. He goes to the park - he does go to d park (pronounced 'paak')

[@sparklelynch7716]

"Yuh" Get a new sub lol

[@YohanPartap]

Nice!

[@shermaedwards4191]

I eh ha money …I don’t have money

[@contemporaryspectrumoperat9080]

cyat :cat .....whe: also an exclamation meaning OMG .....wha appening: how are you........ooh guud: exclamation of astonishment.....ooh geed: exclamation of scorn......lard: exclamiation of surprise.....ey ya yai: and oi yo yoi: exclamation of anguish, pain also surprise and great joy.

[@carrolsolomon3410]

Cool🇹🇹🇹🇹

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!

[@syedmuhammaddanielhassnain5990]

We does be liming and thing boy

[@YohanPartap]

For sure!

[@eezydesignz]

ill watch out some of your ads to help bro..it may be small but it adds up. get it..."adds Up"...ads up....nevermind lololol.

[@YohanPartap]

haha, much appreciated!

[@eezydesignz]

@@YohanPartap lololzzzzz np b

[@everythingcrypto8609]

True 😁

[@swankyification]

Yuh know I was gonna make a video like this.... feel to still make it lol... loved your video tho bro

[@YohanPartap]

You should, the more the merrier. Thanks for watching!

[@triniboss134]

a phrase is "Look to press"

[@YohanPartap]

I am not familiar with that one. Thanks for watching!

[@triniboss134]

Yofoot Explores! ok it means to move from here

[@FlightsCameraAsha]

Trini patois...ah does luv allyuh bad we.

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks!

[@leavesy8437]

buss ah lime , buss ah shit and buss ah jock

[@tamtam8745]

Yuh forget. WAS DAH ONE

[@YohanPartap]

yes good one!

[@kathywhitedove9430]

LMAO!😂 We can't please everyone u know, LOL!😅

[@barbimcka]

How do you tell someone you love them?? My fiancé is from Trinidad and I want to tell him I love him in Trini

[@itstete5587]

Ah love yuh

[@ladonnaj2601]

Yes that is how you tell somebody you love them I love yuh

[@joclarke6583]

Yer know ah love yer rel bad yer know!

[@shemariahali1942]

@@joclarke6583 Diaz the one!

[@babyst0423]

Broughtupsy!!!

[@reginarhianacharles9034]

WHEY also means - What you saying?

[@YohanPartap]

Yes! thanks for watching!

[@natasham5550]

What is a liki tiki?

[@YohanPartap]

Not to sure I have heard that one. thanks for watching!

[@natasham5550]

The new Kes song is named that, and I was wondering what it meant.

[@ClaudineBJimdar-RoweCV]

Oooh! I like it!

[@YohanPartap]

Yay, thank you!

[@WhaToCook]

Bravo!!!

[@YohanPartap]

Thanks for watching!