text: Negative Negatives are achieved by modifying the tense indicator of the sentence to end in n, or by adding ain before the verb in the past tense, present continuous or in place of the copula, or in front of the indicator in the present perfect tense. Here is a list of indicators and their negative form.
  "I ain" is usually contracted to "Ah'n". e.g "Ah'n see she dis evening" means "I didn't see her this evening".
  Proverbs
  Some of the common Bajan proverbs are listed below.
  African words in Bajan
  Although most words in Bajan dialect are English in origin, many words are borrowed from West African languages. The largest portion contributed to Bajan is from the Igbo language.
  wunna You all from the Igbo word , which means you (plural).
  obeah From Igbo , 'doctoring, mysticism, or oracle'.
  Bim From Igbo , 'my place, people, kindred', common nickname for Barbados
  de, deh From Igbo , 'present in'
  eye-water calque from  (eye + water), tears
  duppy From Twi .
  Cou-cou Part of the local national dish, but comes from "Fou Fou" in Africa.
  nyam (Pronounced "ng-yam" or "yamm") Means to eat ravenously or greedily, as in "Don't yamm the food like that boy!" – In Manjaku (language spoken in Guinea-Bissau) and in Pulaar it means 'to chew' (pronounced "nyam"); it also means 'chew' in Luo (language spoken in East Africa).
  jook/juk From the Fula word  'poke, spur'
  soso From the Igbo language word  'only'
  hard-head From , (head + hard, strength), 'obstinate'