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#16Sranan Tongo by Fuseteam
Sranan TongoEnglish

wan maskita biti mi
wantentitu uru na ing mi gi a dosering
mi gi tu moro baka seibidei
Als mi teki a dosering aladei, mo betre snel.

a mosquito bit me
twelve hours afterwards i give it a dose
after seven days i gave it two more
if i take the doses everyday i'll heal faster

wortubuku (dictionary):

  • edenen (nouns):
    • Maskita: mosquito
    • uru: hour
    • dosering: dose
    • dei: day
  • ferba (verbs):
    • biti: to bite
    • gi: to give
    • teki:to take
    • betre: to get better
  • trasani (other):
    • baka: after
    • moro: more
    • Als: if
    • ala: every
    • binnenkort: soon
  • nummers (numbers):
    • wantentitu: twelve
    • tu: two
    • seibi: seven
  • Adıllar (pronouns):
    • mi: I
    • yu: you (s.)
    • ing: he/she/it/that
    • unu: we
    • july: you (pl.)
    • ing: They/Those

Grammatica (you understand what it means):


Sranan tongo word order is SVO. Adjectives come before nouns, there are mostly postpositions and adverbs come before verbs.

sranantongo is an analytical language Without conjugation, this makes it a very easy language to learn most people learn it in a few months

sranantongo has particle to indicate tense

  • ben is the past tense particle.
  • e is the present continuous tense particle
  • o is the future tense particle