Seychellois Creole phrasebook
Seychellois Creole (kreol or seselwa) is a language of the Seychelles.
Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase.
Pronunciation guide[edit]
Vowels[edit]
A - a (pronounced ha) E- e (pronounced hay) I - i (pronounced e) O - o (pronounced oh) U - u (pronounced ou)
Consonants[edit]
B = b sounds like bah ; D = d sounds like dah ; F = f sounds like fff ; G = g sounds like guh ; K = k sounds like kuh ; L = l sounds like lll ; N = n sounds like nnn ; M = m sounds like mmm ; P = p sounds like puh ; R = r sounds like rr ; S = s sounds like sss ; T = t sounds like tuh ; V = v sounds like vvv ; W = w sounds like wra ; Y = y sounds like i in ink ; Z = z sounds like zzz ;
Common diphthongs[edit]
Phrase list[edit]
Some phrases in this phrasebook still need to be translated. If you know anything about this language, you can help by plunging forward and translating a phrase.
Basics[edit]
- Goodmorning
- "Bonzour"
- Goodnight
- "Bonswar"
- Hello.
- . "Allo"
- How are you?
- "Koman sava?"
- Fine, thank you.
- "Byen mersi, oumenm?"
- What is your name?
- "Ki mannyer ou apele?"
- My name is [name] .
- "Mon apel [name]"
- Nice to meet you. [Pleasure]
- "Plezir"
- Please.
- "Silvouple" Silvouple is pronounced Seelvooplay
- Thank you.
- "Mersi"
- Yes.
- "Wi"
- No.
- "Non"
- Excuse me.
- "Eskiz mon" Mon is pronounced bluntly, not as mohnn
- I'm sorry.
- "Pardon" Pardon is pronounced bluntly, not as pardohnn
- Goodbye
- "Orevwar"
- Goodbye (informal)
- "Bye"
- I can't speak Seychellois Creole [well].
- "Mon pa kapab koz ??????[byen]"
- Do you speak English?
- "Eski ou koz Angle?" Angle (English) is pronounced as Anglay
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- "Eski i annan en dimounn la ki koz Angle?"
- Help!
- "Ed mwan!"
- Look out!
- "Atansyon!"
- Have a good evening.
- "Pas en bon sware." Sware is pronounced swaray
- I don't understand.
- "Mon pa konpran"
- Where is the toilet?
- ? "Oli toilet?"
- What's up?
- "Ki dil?"
- What are you doing?
- "Ki ou pe fer?"
- Okay
- "O.K"
- Why?
- "Akoz?"
- What?
- "Kwa?"
- Who?
- "Lekel?"
- Where?
- "Oli?"
- When?
- "Kan" Kan is pronounced bluntly, not as Kahnn
- Wait for me.
- "Esper mon"
- How much is this?
- "Konbyen sa?"
- Hospital
- "Lopital"
- Hotel
- "Lotel"
- I'm sick
- "Mon malad"
- I got hurt
- "Monn ganny blese" Blese is pronounced blaysay
- Don't touch me! : "Pa tous mon!" Tous is pronounced Toos
- I'm lost.
- "Monn perdi."
- I don't want that.
- "Mon pa le sa." Le is pronounced Lay
Problems[edit]
Numbers[edit]
- 1
- Enn
- 2
- De
- 3
- Trwa
- 4
- Kat
- 5
- Senk
- 6
- Sis
- 7
- Set
- 8
- Wit
- 9
- Nef
- 10
- Dis
- 20
- Ven
- 50
- Senkant
- 100
- San
- 200
- Desan
- 500
- Senksan
Time[edit]
Clock time[edit]
midday - midi pronounced mee jee ; one o'clock - en er(pronounced as anne air); two o'clock - dez er (pronounced as days air); three o'clock - trwaz er(as in Trois heure); four o'clock - kat er(pronounced as cat were) ; five o'clock - senk er(pronounced as sank air); six o'clock - siz er(pronounced as seas air); seven o'clock - set er (pronounced sayt air); eight o'clock - wit er ( pronounced as weet air); nine o'clock - nef er (pronounced knave air); ten o'clock - dis er (pronounced jeez air); eleven o'clock - onz er(pronounced onzair); midnight - minwi (pronounced mean wee);
bomaten - morning pronounced beau-mah-ten (blunt n);
apremidi - afternoon pronounced ah-pray-me-dee ;
aswar - night pronounced ass-waar ;
lanwit - night time pronounced la-nou-hit ;
lizour - daytime pronounced lee-zoor ;
gran maten - early morning pronounced gran-mah-ten(blunt n)
Duration[edit]
Days[edit]
- Lendi
- Monday
- Mardi
- Tuesday
- Merkredi
- wednesday
- Zedi
- Thursday
- Vandredi
- Friday
- Sanmdi
- Saturday
- Dimans
- Sunday
Months[edit]
January - Zanvye
February - Fevriye
March - Mars
April - Avril
May - Me
June - Zen
July - Zilyet
August - Out
September - Septanm (pronounced Sep-tombre)
October - Oktob
November - Novanm (pronounced No-vombre)
December- Desanm (pronounced Day-sombre)
Writing time and date[edit]
Colors[edit]
rouz - red prounounced as woo ooze ; blan - white as in blunt, the n is silent ; ver - green pronounced as vair ; ble - blue as in blay ; zonn - yellow pronounced as zohn ; nwar - black pronounces as nou argh ; gri - brown pronounced as gwir ; somon - pink prononced as so mon with a silent n ; zoranz - orange pronounced as zowanz
Transportation[edit]
Bus and train[edit]
'Where is the bus stop?' 'Oli bus stop?'
'Which bus goes to....?Ki bis ki al......?' ('bus' pronounced almost like 'bis')
Directions[edit]
est - east ; ouast - west ; nor - north ; sid - south ;
Taxi[edit]
'I want to go to....Mon le al....' (pronounced mo-lay-al)
'How much is it to.....Konbyen pou al.....' (pronounced com-ye pu-allay)
Lodging[edit]
Money[edit]
Eating[edit]
'Where is a good restaurant?Kote ki annan en bon restoran?' (pronounced cotay-ki ana eh bon restauruh)
'What restaurant would you recommend?Ki restoran ou rekomande?' (restaurant pronounced as 'restauruh' and recomande as rekomanday)
Bars[edit]
'Where is the ........ bar?' 'Oli bar ......?' (you'd insert the name of the bar)
'Is there a local bar?' 'I anan en bar lokal?' (pronounced ee-ana eh bar lokal)
'Where is it?' 'Kote i ete?' (pronounced cotay-yetay)
Shopping[edit]
laboutik - shop Mon pe al laboutik - I am going to the shop
Driving[edit]
Cars drive on the left side of the road. Bus seem to have the right of away most of the time. Try not to get in its way.
Authority[edit]
Learning more[edit]
{Go there - they virtually all speak English!}
