Wan Moa Week...Salabrayt!

Wel, Septemba 10, 2018 don gaahn lang. Kaanival 2018 don gaahn lang.
Bot ges wat? Wi deh ya now di luk fi welkom Indipendans Day, Septemba 21, 2018.
Yu ku imajin? Da don 37 yaaz sins Bileez brok weh fahn Inglan. Yes, da mi eena
1981 wen Bileez geh ih indipendans. Soh tideh, wi di shyaa sohn wod weh hafu
du wid di salabrayt dis:

 

Kriol                                                                      English

brok weh                                                                  left; break away; be free from

Indipendans Day/Indipendens Day                       Independence Day

freedom                                                                   freedom

jres op                                                                      dress up

jres op no pus bak fut                                            dress up in one’s best (an idiom)

jronk                                                                        drunk

kaanival                                                                   carnival

nais op                                                                    a good feeling from drinking liquor

pumpum                                                                 very short shorts

salabrayt/ selibrayt                                                celebrate

 

Kriol sentens wid “jres op”

Mi lee gyal dehdeh aal jres op no pus bak fut eena ih Septemba dandan, ahn dehn
kohn pik ahn op da mi hows eena wahn oal pemperem!

 

English translation:

My little girl was all dressed up in her nicest September clothes, and they came to
pick her up at my house in a junky old car!

 

         Enjai disya Septemba 2018 evribadi…Enjai ahn stay sayf.

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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