Getting Around the Islands in Papiamentu: A Phrasebook for Travelers and Newcomers
Getting Around the Islands in Papiamentu: A Phrasebook for Travelers and Newcomers
Publisher: Lockwood, Dammers, Dovale | 2005 | ISBN: N/A | English | PDF | 89 pages | 1.99 Mb
Publisher: Lockwood, Dammers, Dovale | 2005 | ISBN: N/A | English | PDF | 89 pages | 1.99 Mb
“Impress Your Friends. Amaze the Islanders. Startle Yourself.” Those words announce this fascinating and useful little phrase book for Papiamentu, the Creole spoken locally on Bonaire, Curacao, and Aruba. For visitors to the islands, speaking some Papiamentu is more a matter of sociability than survival; they can get by in English almost anywhere they go. But getting to know people’s language is a good way to get to know them and their culture. The book gives essential dialogues of everyday life, such as how to buy food, how to have a really good gossip, and how to give comfort in times of sorrow. Geared exactly to life on the ABC islands, it gives the island road signs, the Dutch and Spanish words for foods sold in the grocery stores and off the Venezuelan fruit boats, as well as the sentences that are commonly exchanged day to day. It is also a cornucopia of interesting information about the history and grammar of the language, as well as the practices and beliefs of the people who live in Netherlands Antilles.
Getting Around the Islands in Papiamentu: A Phrasebook for Travelers and Newcomers
