POP QUIZ: go to Belize and you may hear...
Pull out your pen and paper and translate the following Kriol questions and statements. Answers are below. NO CHEATING!
1. Weh paat di bos stayshun?
2. Weh paat Ai kud kech du bos tu Dangriga**?
3. Du unu gat eny rooms free?
4. How moch fi ah singl room?
5. Kud yu tell mi weh paat wahn baatroom da?
6. Ai gat sohn doty kloaz fi wash.
7. Weh paat wah reschurant nyaa by dat saav Kriol food?
8. Kud yu tell mi weh paat wahn shop der dat sells sonskreen an bog spray?
9. Weh Ai cud exchanj mony?
10. Weh Ai kud fine di cloazes kole Beliken?
11. Tank yu fi aal di help.
**3 Bonus points to anyone who can tell me what Dangriga is without looking it up.
No Cheating...
Answers
1. Where is the bus station?
2. Where can I catch the bus to Dangriga?
3. Do you have any rooms free?
4. How much for a single room?
5. Can you tell me where a bathroom is?
6. I have some dirty laundry for washing.
7. Is there a restaurant near here that serves Creole food?
8. Can you tell me where there is a store that sells sunscreen and bug repellent?
9. Where can I exchange money?
10. Where can I find the closest cold beer?
11. Thank you for all your help.
So, what's your score?? :-)
9 comments:
now you know I had to look ;) can you speak it like that?
read some book on some guys "weeded" adventure in Belize. seemed like a really good place to visit. *added to list, after cuba, egypt, ...*
Dangriga is a Garifuna settlement? My mother will kill me if I get it wrong:)
i got an F.
new coon is still my shit, though.
Girl, I had no idea you were blogging, cool. I have no clue about the Kriol language.
Can you guess who I am?
Clue:
Black Star!:)
@ obi...nope I don't speak like that, but I do read and understand it like that.
@abeni...yep!
@sum...i ain't surpised and my mom is tickeled that you like "new coon" so much.
@anonymous...my guess is either Chamala or Jayde? do tell!
I an I get 10. Di wan bout di beer trow mi aff, still. Dangriga ah wan place... oh, you wah more info dan dat. Ok, den, mi nuh noah.
I got 6. The rest completely stumped a beyotch. It was sort of like being back in German class. Oh, and what's "new coon"?
@saf...new coon is what belizeans call folks who get something new and can't even get it home before they use it. it usually applies to clothes, shoes etc!
not even a challenge sounded lke some stuff i'd hear back in bim lol
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