PAPIAMENTU MADE EASY

PAPIAMENTU LESSONS
Intro to the Papiamentu language - Beginner level
*If you're visiting Aruba, Bonaire or Curaçao and wish to immerse yourself in our culture, or planning to move to one of the beautiful islands.



LESSON TRANSCRIPTS
Sweet / Sweetheart / Sweetie / Tasty - Dushi
Sweet potato - Batata dushi
Eat your veggies sweetie - Kome bo berdura dushi
The meal was tasty - E kuminda tabata dushi
Sweetheart - Dushi

How are you? (informal) - Kon ta?
How are you doing? (Formal) - Kon ta bai ku bo?
I am well - Ami ta bon
Thank you - Danki
You’re welcome (it’s nothing) - Di nada
Have a lovely day - Pasa un dushi dia
Have a pleasant afternoon - Pasa un felis atardi

Greetings - Kumindamentu
Good morning / good day -  Bon dia
Good afternoon - Bon tardi
Good evening: - Bon nochi
Goodbye - Ayó

Proverb - Proverbio
“A fool may ask more than a hundred wise men can answer”:
“Un bobo por hasi mas pregunta ku shen sabí por kontesta”

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:47 History lesson
1:43 Various uses of Dushi
3:03 Beginner phrases
5:01 Palabra i Dicho
5:37 Outro

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