from mi bawn

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• from me born

Etymology

Literally, “since I was born”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹam ˈmɪ ˈbɑːn/
• Hyphenation: from‧mi‧bawn

Prepositional phrase

from mi bawn

1. all my life; since birth

   From mi bawn mi neva see nuhbady nyam patty wid knife an' fork.

   In all my life I've never seen anyone eat a Jamaican patty with a knife and fork.

   • 1983, Valerie Bloom, Touch Mi, Tell Mi, →ISBN, page 28:

     “Mi dis know sey sinting no too right. Far im a bawl like im soon dead. Mi dis run fi come tell yuh, Mek yuh know bout wha' deh gwan, Far im mud-up, mud-up from head to foot. Mi neva see nutten soh from mi bawn.”

     I just knew that something wasn't quite right, because he was crying as if he was about to die. I just ran over to come tell you, to let you know what was happening. He was full of mud from head to toe. I've never seen anything like it in all my life.

Descendants

• → English: from me born