Out of strength out of energy especially after a long day of work. Ass buss - means you are in over your head or you have failed.Ananci - a spider E.g 'Boi if yuh dis big ananci looking spider meh did see yestaday'.Allah - God in general and more specific God in Islam.Akimbo - A standing body posture with one leg straight while the other is bent and either one or both hands on the hip.Ah want tuh hail out - I would like to 'shout out/big up'.Ah go do fuh yuh - A threat of revenge or retaliation (I'll do for you).Ah dawg - A 20 dollar bill (for example - 'Oo meh g lemme geh a dawg dey nah, ago give yuh back').Agouti - small rodent animal that are related to guinea pigs.Abbatoir - (Pronounced 'Abatwa') an animal slaughter house.A box a dead - a to-go meal (fast-food) containing meat aka a dead animal.Usually used like, 'Well, excuse me!' For example: 'But, A A!' or 'Eh Eh!.Is you here?' 'Suurin, Koocharin, and Grannin in Guyana: Masked Intentions and Communication Theory'. 'The Ordering of Auxiliary Notions in Guyanese Creole'. 'The Habitual Category in Guyanese and Jamaican Creoles'. 'The Pragmaticization of Past in Creoles'. ^ a b 'Guyanese Creole Survey Report David J.^ a b Guyanese Creole at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022).suurin - a form of courtship (from ' suitoring', itself the result of adapting the noun 'suitor' for use as a verb and then applying standard patterns to generate a gerund form).me a wuk abak - Meaning: 'I'm working further inland'.ee wuda tek awi lil time but awi bin go come out safe - Literally: 'it would have taken us a little time but we would have come out safely'.ee bin get gun - Literally: 'He been get gun' - 'he had the gun'.

evri day me a run a raisfil - Literally: 'Every day I run the ricefield' - Meaning: 'Every day I take care of the ricefield'.dem ah waan sting yuh waan bil - Literally: 'they want to sting your one bill' - Meaning: 'they usually want to take money from you'.ah go do it - Meaning: 'I will do it'.

The following phrases are written as they are pronounced: Guyanese Creole is isomorphic with the Jamaican phoneme system.There are several phonological markers that are present in Guyanese Creole: 'Come now now' translates into 'Come right now.' For example, 'Dis wata de col col' translates into 'This water is very cold'. It is common in Guyanese Creole to repeat adjectives and adverbs for emphasis (the equivalent of adding 'very' or 'extremely' in standard British and American English). Mesolect varieties of lower-middle and urban class speakersīasilect speech of illiterate rural laborers Mesolect varieties of speech of middle-class speakers A phrase such as 'I told him' may be pronounced in various parts of the continuum: Speech by members of the upper classes is phonetically closest to British and American English, whereas speech by members of the lower classes most closely resembles other Caribbean English dialects. Ethnic groups are also known to alter or include words from their own backgrounds.Ī socially stratified creole speech continuum also exists between Guyanese English and Standard / British English. They can also be used within a very small group, until picked up by a larger community. WIKITONGUES- Sandra speaking English and Guyanese CreoleĪs with other Caribbean languages, words and phrases are very elastic, and new ones can be made up, changed or evolve within a short period. The Georgetown (capital city) urban area has a distinct accent, while within a forty-five-minute drive away from this area the dialect/accent changes again, especially if following the coast where rural villages are located.

For example, along the Rupununi River, where the population is largely Amerindian, a distinct form of Guyanese Creole exists. There are many sub-dialects of Guyanese Creole based on geographical location, urban - rural location, and race of the speakers. Linguistically, it is similar to other English dialects of the Caribbean region, based on 19th-century English and has loan words from West African, Indian- South Asian, Arawakan, and older Dutch languages. Guyanese English Creole ( Creolese by its speakers or simply Gayiniiz) is an English-based creole language spoken by the Guyanese people. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols.

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