Wahn Chek Pahn di Kriol “a” ahn “aa”

Dis week, wi di chek op pahn yu Kriol spelin, bot jos bowt too a di lang vowilz song: di lang “a” (ay) ahn di dobl shaat “aa” song. Bowt wan yaa abak, wi mi shyaa dehnya roolz wid unu. Memba, di Kriol aa da wahn song weh Inglish noh yooz, eksep eena wan er too wod, laik “aardvark” weh kohn fahn Afrikaans langwij eniway! Eena Kriol, dis aa song kaman kaman (da laik wahn lang dreg pahn di shaat “a” song… it is like a long dragging sound of the short “a”). So…mek wi si if unu memba bowt di /ay/ song ahn bowt di /aa/ song ahn how fu yz dehn.

 

KRIOL ENLISH
baybi baby
ch__ __n chain
jr__ __n drain
kr __ __ zi crazy
mikays hurry up
sotay until

 

Noatis seh dat eena “drain” di “dr” fahn Inglish da “jr” eena Kriol. Plos neks ting fu noatis: eena “baby” ahn “crazy” di “y” da di en eena Inglish bikom “i” eena Kriol. Dehnya da too kansanant roolz weh difrant fahn Inglish ahn weh wi wahn taak bowt eena wahn neks aatikl wahn neks taim.

 

KRIOL ENLISH
faada father
__ __ na honor
d__ __ ta daughter
kr__ __ nai a kind of river fish
w__ __ tamilan watermelon
waahn want

 

Noatis seh dat “waahn” weh da “want” difrant frahn “wahn.” Wahn” meen “one” or “a” plos da wahn shaata song dan “waahn.”

Silvaana Udz, Ed.D da wan a di peepl weh di risaach bowt wi priti priti Kriol langwij. If yu waahn shyaa bowt di Kriol langwij, 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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