Seychellois Creole phrasebook
Seychellois Creole is a language of Seychelles. Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase. [edit] Pronunciation guide[edit] VowelsA - a (pronounced ha) E- e (pronounced hay) I - i (pronounced e) O - o (pronounced oh) U - u (pronounced ou) [edit] ConsonantsB = b sounds like bah ; D = d sounds like dah ; F = f sounds like fff ; G = g sounds like guh ; K = k sounds like kuh ; L = l sounds like lll ; N = n sounds like nnn ; M = m sounds like mmm ; P = p sounds like puh ; R = r sounds like rr ; S = s sounds like sss ; T = t sounds like tuh ; V = v sounds like vvv ; W = w sounds like wra ; Y = y sounds like i in ink ; Z = z sounds like zzz ; [edit] Common diphthongs[edit] Phrase listSome phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase.
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[edit] Problems[edit] Numbers
[edit] Time[edit] Clock timemidday - midi pronounced mee jee ; one o'clock - ener(pronounced as anne air); two o'clock - dez er (pronounced as days air); three o'clock - trwazer(as in Trois heure); four o'clock - katwer(pronounced as cat were) ; five o'clock - senker(pronounced as sank air); six o'clock - sizer(pronounced as seas air); seven o'clock - set er (pronounced sayt air); eight o'clock - wit er ( pronounced as weet air); nine o'clock - nef er (pronounced knave air); ten o'clock - dis er (pronounced jeez air); eleven o'clock - onz er(pronounced onzair); midnight - minwi (pronounced mean wee);
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[edit] MonthsJanuary - Zanvye Febuary - Fevriye March - Mars April - Avril May - Me June - Zen July - Zilyet August - Out September - Septanm (pronounced Sep-tombre) October - Oktob November - Novanm (pronounced No-vombre) December- Desanm (pronounced Day-sombre) [edit] ==Writing time and date[edit] Colorsrouz - red prounounced as woo ooze ; blan - white as in blunt, the n is silent ; ver - green pronounced as vair ; ble - blue as in blay ; zonn - yellow pronounced as zohn ; nwar - black pronounces as nou argh ; gwri - brown pronounced as gwir ; somon - pink prononced as so mon with a silent n ; owranz - orange pronounced as owanz [edit] Transportation[edit] Bus and train'Where is the bus stop?Oli bus stop?' 'Which bus goes to....?Ki bus al......?' ('bus' pronounced almost like 'bis') [edit] Directionsest - east ; ouast - west ; nor - north ; sid - south ; [edit] Taxi'I want to go to....Mon le alle....' (pronounced mo-lay-al) 'How much is it to.....Comien pou alle.....' (pronounced com-ye pu-allay) [edit] Lodging[edit] Money[edit] Eating'Where is a good restaurant?Cote ki anan en bon restaurant?' (pronounced cotay-ki ana eh bon restauruh) 'What restaurant would you reccomend?Ki restaurant ou recomande?' (restaurant pronounced as 'restauruh' and recomande as rekomanday) [edit] Bars'Where is the ........ bar?Oli bar ......?' (you'd insert the name of the bar) 'Is there a local bar?' 'I anan en bar locale?' (pronounced ee-ana eh bar lokal) 'Where is it?' 'Cote i ete?' (pronounced cotay-yetay) [edit] Shoppinglaboutik - shop Mon pe al laboutik - I am going to the shop [edit] DrivingCars drive on the left side of the road. Bus seem to have the right away most of the time. Try not to get in its way. [edit] Authority[edit] Learning more{Go there - they virtually all speak English!}
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