Text Samples
(Lord's Prayer)
- Ou, nou papa ki dan lesyel,
- Fer ou ganny rekonnet konman Bondye.
- Ki ou renny i arive.
- Ki ou lavolonte i ganny realize
- Lo later parey i ete dan lesyel
- Donn nou sak zour nou dipen ki nou bezwen.
- Pardonn nou pour bann lofans
- Ki noun fer anver ou,
- Parey nou pardonn sa ki n ofans nou.
- Pa les tantasyon domin nou,
- Me tir nou dan lemal.
49 fables of La Fontaine were adapted to the dialect around 1900 by Rodolphine Young (1860–1932) but these remained unpublished until 1983.
(see also Koste Seselwa)
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