Kriol-Inglish dikshineri: https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/10602
deh v. am, is, are. Di hows deh eena bad shayp afta di harikayn. The house is in bad shape after the hurricane. See: da.
— adv. there. Put di rayjo op deh pahn di shelf. Put the radio up there on the shelf. See: dehdeh.
eh rong adv.phr. around there. Yu wahn geh fraitn ahn nobadi noh wahn deh rong fi help yu. You’ll get frightened and nobody will be around there to help you.
deh soh adv.phr. there, right there. Di pen deh rait deh soh pahn di taybl. The pen is right there on the table.
deh ya v.phr. (Present tense of v. with locative complement stated or implied) am, is, are. Aal a dehn ting mi deh ya fahn bifoa King Hachit woz a hama. All of those things were there from before King Hatchet was a hammer. See: bee, stan.
deh-aan adj. very, extremely (good or bad). Intensifier. Da jres weh Glorya midi wayr mi deh-aan! That dress that Gloria was wearing was really something! Ah dowt Ah paas da tes kaa dat mi deh-aan! I doubt that I passed that test because it was very difficult! See: kohn, wap.
dehdeh adv. there. Ah gaahn da Soozi hows, bot ih neva dehdeh. I went to Susie’s house but she wasn’t there. See: deh