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Ban Papia! (Let's talk). Nos tur,{us}{all}Ban papia{let's}{<verb> to speak}?Bon dia!"{good}{day}?Despena mi! Bon Tardi!"Excuse me! Good afternoon!. Ban Papia!. Con ta bai?{how}{<helper_verb> be}{<verb> to go}Mi ta bon{I}{am}{good}I bo?{and}{you}?Bon bon!{good}{good}. Pronunciation. A
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1. Bon Bini! {good,well} {<verb> to come}
Welcome!
M. Haney, m-haney@uiuc.edu, GEOL315/415, Dec 2003
2. Ban Papia! (Lets talk) Nos tur,
{us}{all}
Ban papia
{lets}{<verb> to speak}
Bon dia!
{good}{day}
Despena mi! Bon Tardi!
Excuse me! Good afternoon!
3. Ban Papia! Con ta bai?
{how}{<helper_verb> be}{<verb> to go}
Mi ta bon
{I}{am}{good}
I bo?
{and}{you}?
Bon bon!
{good}{good}
4. Pronunciation A = like a in mama, or o as in hot
= uh
E = a, as in cake
= a, as in hat
= eh (I think)
I = e, as in eat
ie = eya, ia = eyah, io = eyo, iu = eyu
ai = i, ei = ae,oi = oe, ui = ue
O = o, as in hope
= o as in hot
U = u, as in flute
ua = wah, ue = wa,ui = we, uo = wo
Au = ow, eu = au,
Iu = eu, ou = ou
C = K, K = C
Ci = she (mostly :-)
Dj = J
= ny where the y is a consonant. Bao is bahnyo or bonyo
Zj = french j, chinese zh(?)
5. Pronouns(Boso a mira esaki You have see this) Mi
I, me
Bo
You
E
He, she, it Nos
Us
Boso
(all of) you
Nan
They
Mi ta pensa nos tur mester ta bozos riba e bs aki
6. Prepositions Den
in
Di
of
E
the
Ku
with
Na
at
Pa
to Riba
on
Un
a, one
Aki, ei
Here, there
E buki aki, e buki ei
{the}{book}{here/there}
This book, that book
Esaki, esei
This, that
Mi dese esaki!
{I}{wish}{that}
7. Interogatives Dikon
{of}{how}
Why
Kn (or Knde)
Who
Kiko (or Ki)
What
Ki ora
{what}{hour}
When Kon (Con)
How
Ku
Which
Kuantu
How much
Kuantor tin
{what time}{have}
Unda
Where
8. Important quickies Si, no
Yes, no
Hopi bon!
Very good
Masha danki
Thank you very much
Di nada
{of}{nothing}
Youre welcome
Lebrumai
Nevermind :-) Kuantu esaki ta costa?
How much does this cost?
Pakiko? Pasorba!
Why? Because!
Mi no ta komprond
I dont understand
Papia mas poco-poco,
Speak more slowly,
Por fabor
Please
9. Two suffixes (Boso a mira esaki) mentu
{the action of}
Papiamento
{to speak}{action}
Way of speaking nan
{plural}
Only when needed
Bukinan
{book}{plural}
Un Buki
One book, singular
Buki
Could go either way
10. Nos tur, ban papia Mi tin sed
{I}{have}{thirst}
Dos serbes, ku lamunchi, por fabor
{two}{beer}{with}{lemon/line}{please}
Bruce ta paga bo
{<verb> to pay}{you}
Despensa! :-)
Sorry!
11. Numbers(Boso a mira esaki ?) Nada, Nul, Sero, Zero = 0
Un = 1
Dos = 2
Tres = 3
Kuater, Kwater = 4
Sinku = 5
Sies = 6
Shete = 7
Ocho = 8
Nuebe = 9
Dies =10 Diesun, diesdos
11, 12
Binti, binti un
20, 21
Trinta, Kwarenta, Cincuenta, Sesenta, Setenta, Ochenta, Nobenta
30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Cien, Mil
100, 1000
Nuebe mil
9000
12. Nouns Apelsina = orange (fruit)
Awa = water
Karne = meat
Kechi = cheese
Kfi, Koffi = coffee
Kola = cola
Lechi = milk
Pan = bread
Piza = pizza :-)
Suku = sugar Banko = bank
Bao = bathroom
Tualt pa dama,pa kabayero = Bao
Dkter = doctor
Kas = home/house
Kuch, kuchara, forki= knife, spoon, fork
Kpi, Kanika = cup, mug
Plaka = money
Playa = beach
Yabi = keys
13. Adjectives Blanku = white
Brd = green
Blou = blue
Hel = yellow
Kr = red
Lila = purple
Maron = brown
Orao= orange
Pretu = black
Dushi = sweet
Friu = cold (as if)
Kalor = hot
Gran = great/grand
Hopi = very/many
Malu = bad, ill
Sal = well, healthy
Man drechi = right hand
Man robes = left hand
14. Common verb form(Boso a mira esaki) Mi ta bini aki
ta <verb>
I come here
Mi ta papia pa bo
I speak to you
Mi no ta sa Papiamento
I dont know Papiamento
Ma mi ta traha
But I am working
15. Common Verbs Bai = go
Bebe = drink
Biba = live
Bini = come
Costa = cost
Dese = wish/desire
Duna = give
Gusta = like
Haci = do
Huma = smoke
Kome = eat
Landa = swim
Mira = see
Paga = pay
Papia = speak
Skirbi = write
Traha = work
Yama = call
16. Special Verbs Mi tin hamber
{I}{have}{hunger}
I am hungry
Mi tin sed
{I}{have}{thirst}
I am thirsty Mi por <verb>
I can <verb>
Mi sa <something>
I know <something>
Mi ke < >
I want < >
Mi mester <verb>
I must <verb>
17. Verb tense Mi ta yama Mike
I am called Mike
Mi a bai IMPE ayera
I went to IMPE yesterday - (instance, once)
Mi tabata bai IMPE
I have been going to IMPE - (continuous, ongoing)
Lo nos bai Korsou
We will go to Curaao
18. Time Un or, dos or, tres or
1, 2, 3 oclock
Sinkor, ochor
5, 8 oclock
Vowel contraction
Sinku pa ocho
5 to 8
Dies pas di tres
10 after 3
Kuartu pa sies
Quarter to 6
Kuartu pas di shete
Quarter after 7
Mitar di nuebe
Half of 9 (9:30)
19. Masha Danki! References:
http://www.arubatourism.com/arubaandpeople/papiamento.html
Eurotalk; Learn Papiamentu (software)
http://www.geographia.com/bonaire/bonpap01.html
Goilo, E.R. Papiamentu Textbook, De Wit Stores, Aruba, N.A., 5th ed., 1975
http://www.narin.com/papiamentu/lesson1.html
http://www.narin.com/papiamentu/vocab.html
http://www.telearuba.aw/Papiamento/grammar.html
http://www.telearuba.aw/Papiamento/words.html
http://www.telearuba.aw/Papiamento/short_sentences.html
http://www.wordgumbo.com/pc/pap/erpapeng.htm