Understanding the Vincentian Dialect

A guide to any Trinbagonians traveling to St. Vincnet and the Grenadines. These are some key terms to get you started. Feel free to comment below.
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[@djlexi22]

Is the “Who fuh” and “Az Gad” for me 😂😂😂🇻🇨🇻🇨

[@karatekidx5000]

😂😂😂😂

[@woowoowoo784]

Hahahaha as god bad

[@henrymatthews4344]

I am a Vincentian who don't understand most of what you have said in this video.

[@spongiimaltluhva101]

This had me cracking up, Az Gadd 🤣🤣🇻🇨

[@evan.agumbs1887]

As an Anguillian i got all the St Vincent dialect.

[@kingpharaoh7262]

Foh real man is so we talk😂💯🇻🇨

[@jayvonnoelsmith8445]

St Vincent 🇻🇨 is a good country

[@winstonyoung2893]

If ah luv how we does tark one mo time eh 💙💛💚 💯

[@michellereid3691]

Wha mek is also used in Jamaican dialect.

[@hillieduvalier]

Funny Vincy words/ expression eh heh,! woi be? Ello! whey dey dey ? Par! Whey yo ado.? Looksharp! Why do we talk so funny 😂

[@umarbentley4953]

You sound very trini and Guyanese.Its amazing how similar the dialects are from each other.

[@allansoncruickshank721]

I find this hilarious as a Vincentian, lol.

[@monicathomas7351]

Lard! Modawuk!👍🏾😁👍🏾

[@goexplorer8822]

We use that term in Jamaica too.

[@eltriniPinoTV]

Thanks for this video. Will really be helpful when I visit Vincy...

[@fidelguerra2164]

Ah love it. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Your confused face is the genuine article.

[@dazd240]

Just came across your channel! As a vincentian Boi this video made me laugh like hell!

[@rissaprince1658]

Ah from Grenada🇬🇩❤💛 i kinda understand the words now that yuh explain it 😆😆😂😂 Vincentian accent is soo funny😂😂😂

[@trimatrixd1020]

Love the content..... more please

[@Ten80pete]

Subscribed if for no other reason than your animated way of telling a story. The confusion on your face is genuine. Also, one of my Construction crews is comprised exclusively of Islanders. Some of the best men I know, and I want to be able to communicate and connect with them. Thanks for the education and the entertainment!

[@Vinci747]

Nice one ...love it

[@keido784]

Well done 👏👏👏👏

[@DoTheRightthing920]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 Vincy 💪🏾💪🏾🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨

[@DejaunWright]

“Wa mek” means “why” in patwah too

[@eltriniPinoTV]

Congrats cuz on passing 300 000 views !!

[@ahmedis9541]

Wah dey!!! Trini ah learn ting

[@sorenyaful]

I need a part 2 😂😭

[@donpie9248]

Fabian.. You totally got it.. Nailed it.. 😂😂😂💯

[@chrissystewart6268]

I'm an proud language learner from Baltimore Maryland 🇺🇸 & I love different languages & accents Teach me some 🇻🇨 slang

[@neliaroban6449]

Yeah ah so arwe does tar😂😂😂. I like this one

[@karatekidx5000]

Aryo or allyo ? Lol

[@yhanmillington6327]

Aryo

[@tashiestastyislandcuisinet8296]

As a Vincentian who lived in TNT from the age of 5-9 and had to re-learn the language upon return, I can confirm that Vincentian dialect is a whole language on its own lol. I love you St.vincent home of the bless Edit: Never heard smally being used gotta look that up

[@Tropicalbliss45]

Small is a new one fo me! Me nevva hear da one dey. Lol

[@butterfly713]

I’m gonna let him know I’m his smally now thank you 🤣 this is really interesting 🤔

[@vanessawilliams5437]

As gad also meaning in agreement to something like yeah or yes

[@yhanmillington6327]

Part 2 pls 😭

[@ReapingWhatYouSow]

Yes Guerra. Courage and Courtesy. How long you been here? I started in December. Well done.

[@shadowhand.productions]

I've been here since 2007.

[@joniquederrick6851]

😁😁😁😁😁if ah laff ah cry!

[@assist_me]

Come agen. You ha fu do dat agen. Ha, ha, ha!

[@markmiller6540]

last one easy bro jamaican say dat all the time and wah mek a jamaican ting

[@woowoowoo784]

It’s hard to read it but easy to tlk 😂

[@maxinebailey1997]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 great video

[@lucreshananton9185]

Aye I dying here🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@karena.b2120]

I only know “as gard” as being used to agree with someone else and I’ve never heard “how” used in that way. That’s not to discredit what is being said here but being a Creole means the Vincentian speech varies depending on locality and education so even Vincentians will not know or use every word or phrase.

[@kdel4272]

I think in that context how was used for "How yuh mean" which could translate to "That's obvious"

[@kevinquestelles5679]

I'm vincy and I've heard all of it plus more lol.

[@donpie9248]

I think he's quite accurate with what he was saying.. But depending on your locality it may be hard to understand some of it.. Especially If you're from North of the island.

[@karena.b2120]

@@kevinquestelles5679 I also am Vincentian, lived here all my life

[@karena.b2120]

@@donpie9248 I'm from the city.

[@nadinesmith4397]

Wha mek? is quite Guyanese also.

[@kdel4272]

Great vid dude, never mind the haters.

[@jaylinallen9423]

I’m from Belize 🇧🇿

[@michellereid3691]

whey fi put dis.

[@shevydakingmusic]

Thor would be pissed 1:27 😂😂😁😁

[@shemmieus]

AZ Gard

[@kayneilhenry3875]

Smally and arwe 😂😂😂😂

[@vincygarifuna]

There was a skit of a Nigerian landing in St Vincent. But I can’t find it cause I don’t remember the name. Can help me out please.

[@KueenKe]

Hear Nah, I Nearly Pee!! 🤣🤣

[@sorenyaful]

Ello yo funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😭 🇻🇨

[@joseadanzell3321]

I just listened to this and realize I stop using these word

[@briancampbell3740]

Your dialect sounds similar to Jamaican creole

[@briancampbell3740]

I am originally from Jamaica

[@listenup2882]

It is similar.

[@yvonnemascoll356]

Some Vincentians please and thank you ..not all Vincentians

[@hillieduvalier]

He is referring to the language spoken by vincy on a general consensus... of course there are those who practice to speak the Kings english... no shame in speaking dialect....

[@samajn]

why are ashamed ? that creating a weak link be pround, alyuh does love hear a trini or bajan talk but not your own people . SMH

[@lotus9259]

Typical town, wannabe Europeans.

[@lotus9259]

​@@hillieduvalierthank you

[@Kjaja07]

He is a Trini and dunno smally?

[@dorellphillips4457]

Par yuh ago we ago a town

[@monicathomas7351]

Trini shut up! End of story!👍🏾

[@thegamingzone5963]

😅

[@kayneilhenry3875]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨

[@nero1876]

These sound like Jamaican terms!

[@donpie9248]

Yes. We speak similar dialect.. They always mix up vincentians and Jamaicans when we speak..

[@lotus9259]

It isnt Jamaican, it's vincy. Y'all always inserting yourselves in everything.

[@shanejohn1449]

I was born and raised in st Vincent and I don't understand some of this

[@vincygarifuna]

How

[@shanejohn1449]

@@vincygarifuna idk

[@broccolincarrots4124]

@shane John, yo ah mek joke!🤣

[@kdel4272]

U grow up in d house

[@lorenb6302]

Mussi grow up innuh town...find some town people and country neigah speak different dialect

[@SweetNellzyVibes]

Ah get ah good laugh dread ... (Dread just means friend/pal/ buddy you don't have to be an actual rasta) 😂

[@jfk9211]

It might aswell be a 7ft something and 200kg womanmqnd still call she yo smally😂 we vincy be crazy

[@vincygarifuna]

Old time talk anyone say that they go ban them felly fo yo .Run away quick.

[@parisadannrenklidunyas1696]

Hahahhahaahahhaahahhwhwhahwhwhahwhwhahahahahaha....hahahahahahahaha dead _who awie nah want war me" hahhahahhahahhahahhaah

[@ariaharry2947]

"Me bredah" watching" yuh mek" me laugh,🤣 "but yuh still ha plenty more fi learn..." . But you Trinidadians have a slang that terrifies us dough! 🤨

[@shadowhand.productions]

What slang is that?

[@ariaharry2947]

@@shadowhand.productions" bull a thing" which mean had fun with a girl right..?

[@shadowhand.productions]

Correct

[@kdel4272]

@@ariaharry2947 lol

[@securethebag1613]

U need a better font selection

[@kalpersaud9132]

As a west Indian wha mek should be obvious lol

[@debraandrews9573]

Shut up I am from St Vincent

[@reiyn_z]

But lawddddd! Just so!?

[@BlueYellowGreenVc]

@@reiyn_z lmaooo ah dat.

[@ilovePhilly24]

@@reiyn_zwhat does this mean

[@districtmya5211]

@@ilovePhilly24but Lawd is shock “but lord” like asking god how @debra talking to the man so unprovoked

[@ike6209]

Smally is a Trini slang....most of the slangs are trini slangs that vincies brought back while living/working/visiting in Trinidad from the 1940s up to present day. most Caribbean slangs used by the islands are either Trini or Yardy...they are the most influential Caribbean countries.

[@listenup2882]

Not in Saint Lucia. We have our own slang thank you very much. Ou pa sav sa ou ka di la.

[@bigmaxbutler3644]

all of them way you get your shit from

[@didismith_harris3526]

So we say smally that means we use you’ll slang. What about the other slang he mention? Those you’lls too. SMH ppl copy ppl all the time which is a form of flattery but you’ll too ignorant and egotistical to know that

[@ike6209]

@@listenup2882No one is talking about french dialect 🙄. The English slangs y'all use are mainly trini or yardy...I know for a fact that Lucians say 'Irie', 'Big Up', 'Mudacunt', 'Allyuh'....those are used by every English speaking Island and they are trini & yardy slangs.

[@hillieduvalier]

SayS who? every islands may borrow a few words here and there but every one has theIr own unique dialect... so get over yourselves... you think we were dumb until you teach us how to talk? What were saying before the 1940s? "bunga bunga" and 👉 point! Then Jamaica and Trinidad taught us how to talk,,,! 😆 🤣 😂