Nof Lov ahn Rispek fi Septemba

Aagas mont wahn seh gudbai direkli ya … ahn Septemba wahn step
een! Yu redi? Memba fi jrink nof waata az yu salibrayt dis Septemba.
Pahn tap, memba  eena di migl a aal di jomp op ahn bram fi shoa lov
ahn gi rispek tu evribadi … nof lov ahn rispek deh fi goh rong! 
 

lov   v. love. Mai onkl oanli lov fi hihn waif. My uncle really loves his wife.
See: chek, kay fi, laik.    Bileez pipl lov chikin soh moch, Ah noh noa
how dehn noh staat tu groa feda yet. Belizeans love chicken so much
that I don’t know why they haven’t started sprouting feathers.
— n. love. Lov noh ga no frayvrit. Love has no favourites.
 

lov op  v.phr. pet (fondle Enitaim yu si dehn too, dehn di lov op. Whenever
you see those two, they are fondling each other. See: hoal op; fingl 
hoal...op. Mi bwaifren laik hoal mi op. My boyfriend likes to pet me up. Noh
mek dehn bwai hoal yu op laik dat. Mek dehn ga rispek fi yu. Don’t let
those boys paw you like that. Make them have respect for you. See: fingl,
lov op.
 

rispek v. respect.  Rispek yu eldaz! Respect your elders!
— n. respect. Dehnya yonga jenarayshan noh ga no rispek fi oalda pipl. This
younger generation doesn’t have any respect for older people. Yu hafu
laan fi ga rispek fi oalda foaks. You have to learn to respect older folks.
rispektabl  adj. respectable. Shee noh goh da klob ahn halari op ihself kaaz
shee da wahn rispektabl laydi. She doesn’t go to clubs and act loud and
unruly because she’s a respectable woman.

 

Chek owt yu Kriol fi free:
www.sil.org/.../BelizeKriol_EngDic_49337_2009.pdf

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