Example Words and Phrases
- a go do it - 'I will do it'
- dem a waan sting yu waan bil - 'they usually want to take money from you'
- evri de mi a ron a raisfil - 'Every day I hurry to the ricefield'
- i bin get gon - 'he had the gun'
- i wuda tek awi lil taim but awi bin go kom out seef - 'it would have taken us a little time but we would have come out all right'
- mi a wok abak - 'I'm working further inland'
- suurin - a form of courtship
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