Language/Upper-guinea-crioulo/Vocabulary/Basic-Phrases

• Guinea-Bissau Creole, also known as Kiriol or Crioulo, is a creole language deriving from Portuguese.
• It is spoken in Guinea Bissau, Senegal and The Gambia. It is also called by its native speakers as guinensi, kriyol, or portuguis.

Here are some basic survival phrases:

Basic phrases

Creole	Translation
Bu ta papia inglés?	Do you speak English?
Algin li ta papia inglés?	Does anyone here speak English?
Diskulpa	Excuse me (begging pardon)
Consensa	Excuse me (getting attention)
Sta bom, obrigado	Fine, thank you
Feliz noite	Good night (to sleep)
Tchau	Goodbye
Ami na bai	Goodbye (informal)
Judan!	Help me!
Kuma ku bu mansi?	How did you sleep?
N'ka ta papia kriol [bem]	I can't speak creole [well]
N'ka persibi (or) N'ka intindi	I don't understand
N'mansi bem, obrigado	I slept well, thank you
Diskulpa	I'm sorry
Quidado!	Look out!
Nha nome i ______	My name is ______
Sim	Yes
Não	No
di fabur	Please
Obrigado	Thank you
Kuma ku bu nome?	What is your name?
Nunde kasa de banho?	Where is the toilet?
de nada (or) i ka nada	You are welcome

Greetings

See this lesson 😀

Sources

• https://wikitravel.org/en/Creole_phrasebook

Other Lessons

• How to Say Hello and Greetings