Kriul

Overview

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=Basic Grammar=

Vowels
5 monophthongal vowel sounds


 * In order to denote a long/stressed vowel, the ltter is doubled: sa 'word', saa 'time, hour, clock'

Consonants
21 consonant sounds written with 20 letters and 1 letter combination


 * The second column shows possible, but less frequent, pronunciations.
 * Ng can be spelt as Ŋ ŋ as well.

Nouns
Nouns do not have grammatical gender or cases in Kriul. The can end in any sound that's allowed word-finally in Kriul.

At the most a noun can have 6 different forms that are made by adding prefixes to the nominal root.

All nouns are inflected the same way although not all nouns have all the 6 forms in common use.

Declesion

Other words derived from nouns

Verbs
Verb stems never change their form. Tenses and moods are expressed by grammatical particles and prefixes placed before the verb.

When stressed the negation particle can sometimes be lo.

kuta - to be, being

kuta na (Or: kutana) - to have, having, possession

kuja - to come, coming, arrival

kuanda - to go, going, departure

kukaa - to live, living (kaa 'life')

kukaya - to inhabit, to live, to stay (kaya 'home, house')

kujama - to station, to park (from jama ' station').

Numbers
For other numbers Arabic, Spanish or English numbers are used (often with simplified pronunciation).

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=Example text= Yonrixon Monday

Yonsibi Tuesday

Yontatu Wednesday

Yonoku Thursday

Yonqanu Friday

Yontufa Saturday

Yonhobi Sunday

Oi Hello, Hi

Ayo Hey, Bye, Goodbye

'''Kemo boja? How are you?'''

'''Nija mo zuri. I am fine.'''

'''A bo? And you?'''

'''Zuri, xukran. Fine, thank you.'''

'''Kege bokaya? Where do you live?'''

'''Be Paris. In Paris.'''

'''Nikaya be San José. I live in San José. '''

 

'''Ken heta? Who is he/that? '''

'''Heta Juan. He/That is Juan. '''

'''Ken ta Juan? Who is Juan?'''

'''Juan ta aqu yani. Juan is my brother.'''

'''Ke botaka bwa? What do you want to drink?'''

''' kawa, xukran. (some) Coffee, please.'''

'''Bobwa ye winu? Do you drink wine?'''

'''Lo, ni ha bwa y’alkool. No, I do not drink (any) alcohol.'''