Weh Wi Ga Fi Seh: Myoozik Liriks

Tudeh wi mos seh wahn big big BIG tank yu tu Mista Yacine Coly. Mista Coly tek di taihn (taim) fu rait wi fu taak bowt sohn bifoa-taihn [bifoa-taim] Kriol way fi seh sohn a di wod dehn. Hihn aalso gi wi sohn moa wod wi ku ad eena di Kriol dikshineri, ahn sohn wi need fu chek owt moa. Soh … wi di bigin tudeh day di shyaa wid unu sohn a weh Mista Yacine Coly eemayl wi. TANK YU!

 

1. Di nayzal song /hn/ fu ad tu moa wod:

 

Noatis dat wi don put eena di fos edishan a di dikshineri dat wi ga di nayzal song pahn sohn wod (sohn/som; pahn/pan; wahn/wan; ahn/an; hihn; kohn/kom; nayhn/naym; taihn/taim...). Mista Yacine Coly noatis seh dat wi du dis wid lat moa wod dan wi shoa eena di dikshineri. Hihn shyaa:

 

KRIOL: difrahn (noh jos “difrant”)
INGLISH: different

 

2. Di bifoa-taihn [bifoa-taim] wod “datira”:

 

KRIOL: Da datira mek hihn kohn bak soh layt.
INGLISH: It is that which caused him to come back so late.
or > That is why he came back so late.

 

Memba... yu ku geh yu oan kapi, haad kapi, a di Kriol dikshineri fahn di Nashanal Kriol Kongsl eena Bileez Siti, er da Angelus Press er Brodies er Image Factory eena Bileez Siti er Daker’s Bookstore er Angelus Belmopan Branch eena Belmopan! PLOS: yu ku chek owt di Kriol dikshineri fu FREE ryt ya!

 

Er if yu noh waahn bada wid di kapi aal a dat dong, jos GOOGLE saach bai di yooz di wod dehn Belize Kriol dictionary online ahn di websait wahn kohn op.

 

Silvaana Udz, Ed.D da fahn Bileez. If yu waahn tel shee bowt sohnting speshal fu put eena dis Kriol aatikl, eemayl: [email protected] or Vizit: www.nationalkriolcouncil.org



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Kriol is the language spoken by many Belizeans, especially the Creole people of Belize. Although it is often perceived as a dialect of English, it is indeed it's own language with grammar and spelling rules. The National Kriol Council of Belize was created to promote the culture and language of the Kriol people of Belize, as well as harmony among all the ethnic groups of Belize. Please visit the website of the National Kriol Council of Belize for lots of good information about the Kriol language and the Creole people.


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