You speak patwa?
{LOL} Let's just say I understand it better than I speak it.
If I study it for a bit I can, but it doesn't flow naturally for me. I never really heard it growing up.
I can speak it when Louise Bennett monologues, because she writes phonetically, otherwise it comes out as phony as Malik Yoba in "Cool Runnings". He was passable, but someone with an ear for it can pick it up. In the past, I've always just run my pronunciation through Jamaican friends. They let me know where I have to stretch or place extra emphasis. car vs. keeyaar (all one syllable)