Bajan dialect
Bajan to de bone
Finish the lyrics
Bajan saying
Bajan History
100

"Pompasettin"

Showing off

100

( finish the saying)

“De dog dat bring a bone, ___________”

does kaah one.”

100

 I am tired of romance, hurt too many times to take another chance

 If I trust you with my heart will you hold me close forever, forever ( John King and Alison Hinds)

100

“Trouble don’ set up like rain.”

Misfortune can arrive at unexpected times ( so be careful).

100

I am located in the east and was once named the most beautiful beach in the world

Crane Beach

200

" Malicious"

Nosy

200

“Yuh put out yah barrel _________”

now dat the rain done fall

200

I love everything you are, I love everything you are ( God you’re good)

sweeter than mango ya mek ma heart move like a tango ( Neesha Woods)

200

“High wind knows wih ole house live”

advantage is taken of those known to be weak.

200

Old bajan utensil for storing water

Monkey pot

300

Trouble don' set up like rain

You cannot always see trouble 

300

“If yuh didn’ at de christening, __________”

yuh shouldn’ be at de wedding.”

300

Tourism vitale I can’t deny but Jack ain’t more than I and I,

my navel string buried right here but a tourist one could be anywhere. ( The mighty Jabby- Jack)

300

“ If blackbird fly wid pigeon ’e will get shoot.”

Associating with the wrong kind of people can cause you to get the same treatment that they got.

300

I am one of twenty ever made and the only one who resides other than in Europe or North America.


The Concorde

400

Lower up the volume

turn up

400

Who got clothes _____________

heng out does look fuh rain”

400

You think good thought towards me, your words over me are full of life

 What can separate me, not anything though they may try. (John Yard - Everything)

400

“Cockroach en’ had no right at hen party.”

It is foolish to get oneself into situations with which one cannot cope.

400

I am one of the only world heritage sites in the Caribbean


 The Garrison Savanna & Clock tower

500

That fa' lik ya

Serves you right

500

“Yuh got to christen yuh own child ____________"

before yuh can len’ out de christening clothes”

500

Carnal confirmation cannot get control how this line to glory anchored in your soul

 storms and trials cannot disconnect the line tell them constant peeping by the father’s love divine yeaaa. ( Joseph Niles - Telephone)

500

“ A pint can hol’ a gill, but a gill pot can hol’ a pint”

Not all situations are reversible.

500

It came before Grantley Adams International Airport


Seawell Airport

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