Krio Flashcards by Lance Burma

gasoline - Krio

pehtrol

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car hood - Krio

bohneht

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We are singing - Krio

we de sing

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You are learning Krio - Krio

una de lan krio

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The children are playing - Krio

dehn pikin de ple

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aw de go do go?

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How far is…from here? - Krio

aw fa…de?

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how foh go…

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How is the work/job? - Krio

aw di wok?

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How is the wife? - Krio

aw di wehf?

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I came here last [November] - Krio

a kam na ya las [November]

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When did you come here? - Krio

ustehm yuk am na ya?

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I am from… - Krio

a kohmoht na…

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I have come to work for agriculture - Krio

a kam wok for agrikohlchoh

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What have you come to do here? - Krio

wetin yuk am du na ya?

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My name is… - Krio

A nem…

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The man whose father has died lives here - Krio

di man we in dadi dai, tap ya

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The same place where I went - Krio

di sem ples we a go

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The day when I came - Krio

di de we a kam

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The man who came - Krio

di man we bin kam

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I was born in… - Krio

a bohn na…

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a mehn na…

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greetings - Krio

kushe

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friend - Krio

padi

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sword - Krio

kohtlas

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floor - Krio

dehk

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excrement - Krio

kaka

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child - Krio

pikin

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bucket - Krio

kitul

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Sierra Leone - Krio

salone

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Stand in a line - Krio

Tinap na lain

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plenty - Krio

bohku

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hope - Krio

abop

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good manners - Krio

gud trenin

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He / she is trying - Krio

I de trai

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Where is my basket? - Krio

We mi baskit?

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cockroach - Krio

kahroch

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soon - Krio

jisnoh

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uneasy - Krio

mohna

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spoil - Krio

poil

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I will play - Krio

A go ple

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To make love - Krio

lohv

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teach - Krio

lan

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to steal - Krio

tif

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conceive - Krio

bohn

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I’m taking it - Krio

A kehr am go

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butter - Krio

sohta

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song - Krio

sing

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to marry - Krio

marid

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to lose - Krio

lohs

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pehtrol

gasoline - Krio

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bohneht

car hood - Krio

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we de sing

We are singing - Krio

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una de lan krio

You are learning Krio - Krio

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dehn pikin de ple

The children are playing - Krio

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aw de go do go?

How are things? - Krio

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aw fa…de?

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how foh go…

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aw di wok?

How is the work/job? - Krio

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aw di wehf?

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a kam na ya las [November]

I came here last [November] - Krio

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ustehm yuk am na ya?

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a kohmoht na…

I am from… - Krio

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a kam wok for agrikohlchoh

I have come to work for agriculture - Krio

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wetin yuk am du na ya?

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A nem…

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di man we in dadi dai, tap ya

The man whose father has died lives here - Krio

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di sem ples we a go

The same place where I went - Krio

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di de we a kam

The day when I came - Krio

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di man we bin kam

The man who came - Krio

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a bohn na…

I was born in… - Krio

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a mehn na…

I was raised in… - Krio

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kushe

greetings - Krio

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padi

friend - Krio

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kohtlas

sword - Krio

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dehk

floor - Krio

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kaka

excrement - Krio

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pikin

child - Krio

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kitul

bucket - Krio

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salone

Sierra Leone - Krio

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Tinap na lain

Stand in a line - Krio

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bohku

plenty - Krio

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abop

hope - Krio

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gud trenin

good manners - Krio

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I de trai

He / she is trying - Krio

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We mi baskit?

Where is my basket? - Krio

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kahroch

cockroach - Krio

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jisnoh

soon - Krio

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mohna

uneasy - Krio

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poil

spoil - Krio

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A go ple

I will play - Krio

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lohv

To make love - Krio

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lan

teach - Krio

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tif

to steal - Krio

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bohn

conceive - Krio

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A kehr am go

I’m taking it - Krio

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sohta

butter - Krio

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sing

song - Krio

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marid

to marry - Krio

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lohs

to lose - Krio

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America - Krio

Amehrika

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They are like you - Krio

Dehn tanlehk yu

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What is the price for the cloth? - Krio

Wetin na di praiz foh de klos?

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I will eat rice - Krio

A go it rehs

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The boy resembles his father - Krio

Di bohboh fib aim papa

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Amehrika

America - Krio

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Dehn tanlehk yu

They are like you - Krio

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Wetin na di praiz foh de klos?

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A go it rehs

I will eat rice - Krio

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Di bohboh fib aim papa

The boy resembles his father - Krio

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Done / finished - Krio

dohn

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to take off / remove - Krio

pul

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tire - Krio

taya

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own - Krio

yon

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everybody - Krio

ohlman

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dohn

Done / finished - Krio

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pul

to take off / remove - Krio

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taya

tire - Krio

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yon

own - Krio

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ohlman

everybody - Krio

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Get back in! - Krio

Go insai bak!

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We are going to …’s house - Krio

Wi de go to … in os

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If you find him/her in the house, greet him/her for me - Krio

We yu mit am na os, grit am foh ni

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When you go to Freetown, send me some cassava bread - Krio

We yu go Frithong, sehn foh me kasada-bred

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Where is your uncle’s house? - Krio

We yu ohnkul in os?

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Go insai bak!

Get back in! - Krio

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Wi de go to … in os

We are going to …’s house - Krio

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We yu mit am na os, grit am foh ni

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We yu go Frithong, sehn foh me kasada-bred

When you go to Freetown, send me some cassava bread - Krio

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We yu ohnkul in os?

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eye glasses - Krio

spehktakul

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pants - Krio

trohsis

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living room - Krio

pala

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underwear - Krio

drohz

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serious - Krio

soba

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spehktakul

eye glasses - Krio

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trohsis

pants - Krio

pala

living room - Krio

drohz

underwear - Krio

soba

serious - Krio

ass - Krio

wes

think - Krio

mehmba

amazing - Krio

wohndaful

good - Krio

behteh

delicious - Krio

swit

wes

ass - Krio

mehmba

think - Krio

wohndaful

amazing - Krio

behteh

good - Krio

swit

delicious - Krio

over there - Krio

yanda

car - Krio

motaka

mirror - Krio

lukinglas

wrench - Krio

spana

mechanic - Krio

fita

yanda

over there - Krio

motaka

car - Krio

lukinglas

mirror - Krio

spana

wrench - Krio

fita

mechanic - Krio

flash light - Krio

tohchlait

in fact - Krio

sehf

repair

mehk

tall - Krio

lohng

throw - Krio

sehn

tohchlait

flash light - Krio

sehf

in fact - Krio

mehk

repair

lohng

tall - Krio

sehn

throw - Krio

Will you be able to launder my clothes? - Krio

Yu go ebul bruk mi klos?

Please don’t waste my time - Krio

Du yaa noh wes me tehm

I left… - Krio

A kohmoht to…

prophylactic - Krio

durehx

We’ve finished - Krio

We dohn dohn naw

Yu go ebul bruk mi klos?

Will you be able to launder my clothes? - Krio

Du yaa noh wes me tehm

Please don’t waste my time - Krio

A kohmoht to…

I left… - Krio

durehx

prophylactic - Krio

We dohn dohn naw

We’ve finished - Krio

neighbor - Krio

neba

for now - Krio

fohs

fall down - Krio

foh dohm

get up - Krio

grap

Come inside! - Krio

Kam insai!

neba

neighbor - Krio

fohs

for now - Krio

foh dohm

fall down - Krio

grap

get up - Krio

Kam insai!

Come inside! - Krio

apartment - Krio

flat

Who is that? - Krio

Udat?

goodbye - Krio

wi go si

Do you know where … lives? - Krio

Yu no usai … tap?

Everybody out! - Krio

Una kam dohn!

flat

apartment - Krio

Udat?

Who is that? - Krio

wi go si

goodbye - Krio

Yu no usai … tap?

Do you know where … lives? - Krio

Una kam dohn!

Everybody out! - Krio

Have we come to …? - Krio

Wi dohn rich …?

driver - Krio

draiva

alright - Krio

olrait

I am resting - Krio

A de sidohn blo

I’m cold - Krio

Kol de kech mi

Wi dohn rich …?

Have we come to …? - Krio

draiva

driver - Krio

olrait

alright - Krio

A de sidohn blo

I am resting - Krio

Kol de kech mi

I’m cold - Krio

elevator - Krio

lift

big eyes (i.e. greedy) - Krio

big yai

rotten belly (i.e. a glutton) - Krio

rohtin behleh

If your yams are white, cover them (i.e. if you are well off, don’t show it off) - Krio

If yu yams wait, kohba am.

It is bigger - Krio

I big pas in kohmpin

lift

elevator - Krio

big yai

big eyes (i.e. greedy) - Krio

rohtin behleh

rotten belly (i.e. a glutton) - Krio

If yu yams wait, kohba am.

If your yams are white, cover them (i.e. if you are well off, don’t show it off) - Krio

I big pas in kohmpin

It is bigger - Krio

That fat woman who lives over there, she is ugly - Krio

Da stawt uman we de yanda, I wohwoh

itself - Krio

sehf

palm wine - Krio

mampana

I’m hungry - Krio

Anggri de kech mi

I am about to get up and take that thing to your house - Krio

A de kam grap kehri de ting go nay u os

I went there - Krio

A bin go de

sacrifice - Krio

sara

onion - Krio

yabas

pierce or stab - Krio

chuck

young girl - Krio

titi

eggplant - Krio

kohbohkohboh

To sweet talk - Krio

behl

washing stick - Krio

pata

palm nut interior - Krio

banga

trouble - Krio

waala

Da stawt uman we de yanda, I wohwoh

That fat woman who lives over there, she is ugly - Krio

sehf

itself - Krio

mampana

palm wine - Krio

Anggri de kech mi

I’m hungry - Krio

A de kam grap kehri de ting go nay u os

I am about to get up and take that thing to your house - Krio

A bin go de

I went there - Krio

sara

sacrifice - Krio

yabas

onion - Krio

chuck

pierce or stab - Krio

titi

young girl - Krio

kohbohkohboh

eggplant - Krio

behl

To sweet talk - Krio

pata

washing stick - Krio

banga

palm nut interior - Krio

waala

trouble - Krio

fried cake - Krio

akara

cassava meal - Krio

gari

welcome - Krio

kaboh

thanks - Krio

tehnki

A little bit - Krio

lilibit

akara

fried cake - Krio

gari

cassava meal - Krio

kaboh

welcome - Krio

tehnki

thanks - Krio

lilibit

A little bit - Krio

…sleeps a lot - Krio

…de slip pasmak

you talk a lot - Krio

una de tohk tumohs

he walks slowly - Krio

I de waka saful

I speak a little Krio - Krio

A de tohk smohl smohl krio

We thank God for… - Krio

We tehl Gohd tahnki foh…

…de slip pasmak

…sleeps a lot - Krio

una de tohk tumohs

you talk a lot - Krio

I de waka saful

he walks slowly - Krio

A de tohk smohl smohl krio

I speak a little Krio - Krio

We tehl Gohd tahnki foh…

We thank God for… - Krio

I’m learning a little bit - Krio

A de lan lili bit

We are dancing - Krio

We de dans

…likes to cause trouble - Krio

…lehk foh chakra

The bottle is full - Krio

Di bohtul doh ful

very soon - Krio

jisohn

A de lan lili bit

I’m learning a little bit - Krio

We de dans

We are dancing - Krio

…lehk foh chakra

…likes to cause trouble - Krio

Di bohtul doh ful

The bottle is full - Krio

jisohn

very soon - Krio

everything - Krio

ohting

The man is very angy - Krio

I vehks bad

…is worried - Krio

…geht yagba

courage - Krio

bia

take care / be cool / take things as they come - Krio

No foh bia

ohting

everything - Krio

I vehks bad

The man is very angy - Krio

…geht yagba

…is worried - Krio

bia

courage - Krio

No foh bia

take care / be cool / take things as they come - Krio

Don’t be discouraged - Krio

Noh poil ya at

Can you show me the road to the… - Krio

Yu kin sho mi di rod foh go na…

see you later - Krio

wi go si bambai

Have you been to…? - Krio

Yu bin dohn go na…?

meet - Krio

mit

Noh poil ya at

Don’t be discouraged - Krio

Yu kin sho mi di rod foh go na…

Can you show me the road to the… - Krio

wi go si bambai

see you later - Krio

Yu bin dohn go na…?

Have you been to…? - Krio

mit

meet - Krio

glad - Krio

gladi

know - Krio

sabi

enjoy - Krio

enjoi

stay - Krio

ste

money - Krio

kohpoh

gladi

glad - Krio

sabi

know - Krio

enjoi

enjoy - Krio

ste

stay - Krio

kohpoh

money - Krio

Why don’t you want it? - Krio

Wetin mehk yum oh want am?

When are you coming? - Krio

Us tehm yu de kam?

Where are you from?

Usai pat yu kohmoht?

Where is my present? - Krio

WE mie sanba?

cloth - Krio

klos

Wetin mehk yum oh want am?

Why don’t you want it? - Krio

Us tehm yu de kam?

When are you coming? - Krio

Usai pat yu kohmoht?

Where are you from?

WE mie sanba?

Where is my present? - Krio

klos

cloth - Krio

cup - Krio

kohp

sauce - Krio

plasas

It’s time to eat - Krio

I dohn tehm foh it

small boy - Krio

bohboh

to iron clothes - Krio

ayehn

kohp

cup - Krio

plasas

sauce - Krio

I dohn tehm foh it

It’s time to eat - Krio

bohboh

small boy - Krio

ayehn

to iron clothes - Krio

That one is nice - Krio

Da wan de fain

I don’t have anything - Krio

A noh geht natin

How did you like it? - Krio

Aw yu lehk am?

It wasn’t too bad - Krio

I noh bin bad

It was very nice - Krio

I bin fain bad

Da wan de fain

That one is nice - Krio

A noh geht natin

I don’t have anything - Krio

Aw yu lehk am?

How did you like it? - Krio

I noh bin bad

It wasn’t too bad - Krio

I bin fain bad

It was very nice - Krio