Why Dancehall Music Should Be Part of Your Learning How to Speak Jamaican!Posted by Dancehall Flex on February 16th, 2022 Listening to Jamaican Music is so important as you are learning to Speak Jamaican or any other language really. Music might be one of the most over looked methods in learning a language and a culture, but if you think about it, music is a form of education available to all. Often times, musicians come from humble beginnings and as a result speak the language of the people. Learning to speak Jamaican Patois is not different. Reggae music, especially dancehall videos gives the non-native speaker some insight into how people talk, the speed at which they talk and the words most frequently used. I remember when I first started learning how to speak Jamaican Patois and I listened to Sean Paul\'s first album Stage One almost everyday. In the song, \"Haffi Get de Gal Ya\", Sean Paul says \"Mi haffi mek a try, Haffi get a bligh\". Although the song contains many great vocabulary words and phrases, this phrase was immediately cataloged into my Jamaican Patois language database. As a result of hearing this song, I added a new phrase to my patois and heard a native speaker pronouncing the phrase. Like it? Share it!More by this author |