Meaning
'I miss you' — an expression of longing for someone who is absent. Patois builds it on the same base verb as English but keeps 'mi' for both 'I' and 'me', so the pronoun does not change, giving the plain, tender 'mi miss yuh'. It is said to a loved one far away — a partner, a parent, a child, above all across the distances of migration that separate so many Jamaican families — and it carries simple, direct affection and the ache of separation.
Examples
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Mi miss yuh bad since yuh travel.
I've missed you terribly since you travelled.
'bad' again intensifies, meaning 'a lot'.
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Call mi tonight, mi miss yuh voice.
Call me tonight, I miss your voice.
'yuh' also serves as the possessive 'your'.
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A whole week now mi nuh see yuh, mi miss yuh.
It's been a whole week now that I haven't seen you, I miss you.
'nuh' is the negator; 'A whole week now' fronts the time reference for emphasis.
Origin
From English 'I miss you'; 'mi' is the first-person pronoun used for both subject and object in Patois, derived from English 'me'.
How it’s used
An everyday expression of affection used with partners, family and close friends. Warm and sincere; not vulgar or overly formal.