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Patois: Peace to di idren.
English: Peace to the brethren.
Patois: Peace to di idren.
English: Peace to the brethren.
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Get the Bundle(patois) Idren, Babylon deh roun di corner, hide di weed
(english) Brethren, the police is around the corner, hide the weed
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The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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