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Pronunciation guide
[edit]Vowels
[edit]A - a (pronounced like the a in cat) E- e (pronounced like the a in date) I - i (pronounced like the i in kit) O - o (pronounced oh) U - u (pronounced like oo in zoo)
Consonants
[edit]B = b as in bait ; D = d as in date; F = f as in fate ; G = g as in gate ; K = k as in Kate ; L = l as in late ; N = n as in nate (unless preceded by a vowel and not followed by a vowel or another n in which case sounds like French nasal n) ; M = m as in mate ; P = p as in paste ; R = r as in rate ; S = s as in sate ; T = t as in Tate ; V = v as in vacate ; W = w as in wait ; Y = y as in Yate ; Z = z as in xylophone ;
Common diphthongs
[edit]Phrase list
[edit]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.
Basics
[edit]- Good morning
- "Bonzour"
- Goodnight
- "Bonnwit"
- Good evening
- "Bonswar"
- Hello.
- . "Alo"
- How are you?
- "Koma sava?"
- Fine, thank you.
- "Byen mersi, ?"
- What is your name?
- "Ki mannyer ou apele?"
- My name is [name] .
- "Mon apel [name]"
- Nice to meet you. [Pleasure]
- "Plezir"
- Please.
- "Silvouple" Silvouple is pronounced Seelvooplay
- Thank you.
- "Mersi"
- Yes.
- "Wi"
- No.
- "Non"
- Excuse me.
- "Eskiz mwan" Mwan is pronounced bluntly, similar to mwuh
- I'm sorry.
- "Pardon" Pardon is pronounced bluntly, not like pardonn
- Goodbye
- "Orevwar"
- Goodbye (informal)
- "Bye"
- I can't speak Seychellois Creole [well].
- "Mon pa konn koz kreol [byen]"
- Do you speak English?
- "Eski ou konn koz Angle?" Angle (English) is pronounced as Anglay
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- "Eski i annan en dimounn la ki konn koz Angle?"
- Help!
- "Ed mwan!"
- Look out!
- "Atansyon!"
- Have a good evening.
- "Pas en bon sware." Sware is pronounced swaray
- I don't understand.
- "Mon pa konpran"
- Where is the toilet?
- "Oli twalet?"
- What's up?
- "Ki dil?"
- What are you doing?
- "Ki ou pe fer?"
- Okay
- "O.K"
- Why?
- "Akoz?"
- What?
- "Kwa?"
- Who?
- "Lekel?"
- Where?
- "Oli/kote?"
- When?
- "Kan" like cuh sound in cousin, not like can.
- Wait for me.
- "Esper mwan"
- How much is this?
- "Konbyen sa?"
- Hospital
- "Lopital"
- Hotel
- "Lotel"
- I'm sick
- "Mon malad"
- I got hurt
- "Mon'n ganny blese" Blese is pronounced blaysay
- Don't touch me!
- "Pa tous mwan!" Tous is pronounced Toos
- I'm lost.
- "Mon'n perdi."
- I don't want that.
- "Mon pa le sa." Le like "la" in late.
Problems
[edit]Numbers
[edit]- 1
- Enn
- 2
- De
- 3
- Trwa
- 4
- Kat
- 5
- Senk
- 6
- Sis
- 7
- Set
- 8
- Wit
- 9
- Nef
- 10
- Dis
- 20
- Ven
- 50
- Senkant
- 100
- San
- 200
- Desan
- 500
- Senksan
Time
[edit]Clock time
[edit]midday - midi pronounced mee jee ; one o'clock - enn-er(er pronounced like air); two o'clock - dez-er (pronounced as days air); three o'clock - trwaz-er(as in Trois heure); four o'clock - kat-er(pronounced as cat were) ; five o'clock - senk-er(pronounced as sank air); six o'clock - siz-er(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 oz air); midnight - minwi (pronounced mean wee);
bomaten - morning pronounced beau-mah-ten (blunt n); apremidi - afternoon pronounced ah-pray-me-dee ; aswar - night pronounced ass-waar ; lannwit - night time pronounced la-nou-hit ; lizour - daytime pronounced lee-zoor ; gran maten - early morning pronounced gran-mah-ten(blunt n)
Duration
[edit]Days
[edit]- Lendi
- Monday
- Mardi
- Tuesday
- Merkredi
- Wednesday
- Zedi
- Thursday
- Vandredi
- Friday
- Sanmdi
- Saturday
- Dimans
- Sunday
Months
[edit]January - Zanvye
February - Fevriye
March - Mars
April - Avril
May - Me
June - Zen
July - Zilyet
August - Out
September - Septanm (pronounced Sayp-tum)
October - Oktob
November - Novanm (pronounced No-vum)
December- Desanm (pronounced Day-sum)
Writing time and date
[edit]Colors
[edit]rouz - red pronounced as wooze ; blan - white as in blunt, the n is silent ; ver - green pronounced as vair ; ble - blue pronounced blay ; zonn - yellow pronounced zohn ; nwanr - black pronounced nou arh ; gri - brown ; somon - pink prononced as so mon with a silent n ; oranz - orange pronounced as owanz
Transportation
[edit]Bus and train
[edit]'Where is the bus stop?' 'Oli bus stop?'
'Which bus goes to....?Ki bis ki al......?'
Directions
[edit]l'es - east ; was - west ; nor - north ; sid - south ;
Taxi
[edit]'I want to go to....Mon le al....' (pronounced mo-lay-al)
'How much is it to.....Konbyen pou al.....' (pronounced comb-ye poo al)
Lodging
[edit]Money
[edit]- 1 Coin- "en roupi"
- 5 Coin- "senk roupi"
- 10 Coin- "dis roupi"
- 25 - "vennsenk roupi"
- 50 - "senkant roupi"
- 100 - "san roupi"
- 500 - "senksan rpupi"
Eating
[edit]'Where is a good restaurant?Kote ki annan en bon restoran?' (pronounced cotay-ki ana eh bon restowuh)
'What restaurant would you recommend?Ki restoran ou rekonmande?' (restaurant pronounced as 'restowuh' and 'rekommuhday')
Bars
[edit]'Where is the ........ bar?' 'Oli bar ......?' (you'd insert the name of the bar)
'Is there a local bar?' 'I anan en bar lokal?' (pronounced ee-ana eh bar lokal)
'Where is it?' 'Kote i ete?' (pronounced cotay ee aytay or cotay-yaytay)
Shopping
[edit]laboutik - shop Mon pe al laboutik - I am going to the shop
In side the shop (If you want to know the price for anything just ask them) konbyen sa?- how much is this?
Dir mwan? - Tell me
Mon bezwen sa enn,de - I need this one, two.
Donn mon en kouver - Give me a cover
Mersi - Thank you..
Ou kav fer moi en bon pri? - Could you make me a good pricing offer?
Driving
[edit]Cars drive on the left side of the road. Bus seem to have the right of away most of the time. Try not to get in its way.
Authority
[edit]Learning more
[edit]{Go there - they virtually all speak English!}