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<div style="font-size:280%;">🤗 '''Papiamento''' Greetings for Everyday Life</div> | <div style="font-size:280%;">🤗 '''Papiamento''' Greetings for Everyday Life</div> | ||
Hi Papiamento learners! 😃 | Hi Papiamento learners! 😃 | ||
Papiamento is spoken in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao, which are Dutch territories located in the southern Caribbean. | |||
The people in these islands are generally very friendly and welcoming. When meeting someone for the first time, it is customary to shake hands and make eye contact. | |||
Papiamento is a language that has been influenced by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and African languages, so you might notice similarities to those languages as well. | |||
Let’s get started! 🤗 | Let’s get started! 🤗 | ||
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🤗 Papiamento Greetings for Everyday Life
Hi Papiamento learners! 😃
Papiamento is spoken in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao, which are Dutch territories located in the southern Caribbean.
The people in these islands are generally very friendly and welcoming. When meeting someone for the first time, it is customary to shake hands and make eye contact.
Papiamento is a language that has been influenced by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and African languages, so you might notice similarities to those languages as well.
Let’s get started! 🤗
Useful Greetings in Papiamento
| English | Papiamento |
|---|---|
| general greeting | Kon ta bai? |
| reply to Kon ta bai | Bon |
| morning greeting | Bon dia |
| afternoon greeting | Bon tardi |
| evening and nighttime greeting | Bon nochi |
| welcome greeting | Bon bini |
| hello, hi | hallo, ki tin |
| How are you? | Con/Kon ta bay ? |
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| sleep well | drumi dushi |
| goodbye | ayo |
| see you later | te aweró,
te despues |
| good luck | suerte |
| please | por fabor, sea asina di |
| thank you | danki [NL: dank u] |
| (you're welcome) | di nada |
| don't mention it | na bo ordo |
| yes | si |
| no | no |
| I am sorry | Despensa mi |
| Excuse me | Despensa |
| Help! | Auxilio! Yuda mi! |
| a more casual way to say “Good morning” | Moro |
| How is life? | Con ta c’e bida? |
| Everything is alright | Tur cos ta bon |
| What’s your name? | Con yama bo? or Con bo nomber ta? |
| My name is… | Ami yama… or Mi nomber ta… |
| Where are you from? | Di unda bo ta? |
| I come from… | Mi ta bin(i) di… |
| I live in… | Mi ta biba na… |
| See you later | Te mas awero (Te’ oro) |
| Till the next time | Te despues |
Videos
Learning Papiamento in a few minutes
Learn Papiamento - Introducing Yourself
Learn Papiamento - Useful words and Greetings
Dialogue
Here's an example dialogue using some of the words we just learned:
- Bon dia!
Good day!
- Con ta bai?
How are you?
- Mi ta bon, danki.
I'm good, thank you.
- Bon tardi!
Good afternoon!
- Te otro biaha!
See you later!
Related lessons
Here are some other vocabulary lessons in Papiamento you might find interesting:
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiamento
- https://www.omniglot.com/writing/papiamento.htm
- https://www.listenandlearnusa.com/papiamento/phrases/basic-greetings/
- https://www.learn-papiamento.com/papiamento-phrases/
- https://www.speakpapiamento.com/common-papiamento-phrases/
- http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/
- https://nerdcoremovement.com/basic-phrases-in-papiamento/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN8mkQVE6AE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqX_Xrt8HSQ
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjSEnmtT8wQ