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Sranan Tongo[edit]
Sranan Tongo phrasebook
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Etymology[edit]
Literally "how for you?"
Pronunciation[edit]
Phrase[edit]
- how are you?
- ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies][1], page 107:
- Baſſia hoe fafi maſtra gi permiſſi fo pree.
- Basya, how are you? Did master give permission to play?