yuh
Jamaican Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjʌ/, /ˈjʊ/
- Hyphenation: yuh
Pronoun
yuh
- (in the singular) you
- Yuh nuh have nuh sense. ― You're silly.
- 1998, Kevin O'Brien Chang, Wayne Chen, Reggae Routes: The Story of Jamaican Music (in English), →ISBN, page 66:
- “Meck me get it straight Mass Charlie
For me no quite undastan,
Yuh gwine kill all English dialect
Or jus Jamaica one? […] ”- Let me get it straight Mr. Charlie
Because I don't quite understand,
Are you going to kill all English dialects?
Or just Jamaica's? […]
- Let me get it straight Mr. Charlie
- (in the singular) your
- Keep yuh hands a yuh side. ― Keep your hands by your side.
- 2017, Marcia Layne, Off Camera, →ISBN:
- “PASSION: Yu wud trus me wid yuh wheels?
RAS SIMI: Boss, me wud trus yu wid me life. […] ”- PASSION: Would you trust me with your wheels?
RAS SIMI: Boss, I'd trust you with my life. […]
- PASSION: Would you trust me with your wheels?
Usage notes
- Jamaican Creole marks a distinction between singular yuh and plural unnu.
Further reading
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 621
- yuh – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /juh/
Interjection
yuh
- (vulgar) Interjection expressing surprise
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