Rice cooked with kidney beans
Patois: Sunday dinna cyaa dun widout rice an peas.
English: Sunday's dinner isn’t complete without rice and peas.
Fried plantain
Patois: Mi luv fry plantin wid mi lunch.
English: I love fried plantain with my lunch.
I want to order
Patois: Mi waah ordah curry chicken an rice.
English: I want to order curried chicken and rice.
Give me a takeout meal
Patois: Gimmi waah box food wid stew peas.
English: Give me a takeout meal with stew peas.
What do you have today?
Patois: Wah yuh hav todeh? Mi feel fi sum'n spicy.
English: What do you have today? I am feeling for something spicy.