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Lan fɔ rid ɛn rayt Krio izi wan
Masta di langwej we most pipul dɛn de tɔk na Sa Lon bay lɛsin dɛm, wit pipul dɛm we go gi yu di ɛp ɛn sɔpɔt we yu want ɛn mek yu lan plɛnti bɔt Krio pipul dɛn kɔlchɔ.
Lan fɔ rid krio in fayv minit
Mi fambul dɛm, una awdu o! A wan ɛp una fɔ lan fɔ rid krio, in jɛs fayv minit, nɔ mɔ. Di Consonant sawnd dɛm na Krio na the sem as sɔm ɔf di English wan dɛm:
b c d f g h j k l m n p r s t v w y z
If una notis, a nɔ kɔl di lɛta q. Dat na bikɔs Krio nɔ gɛ da lɛta de. Ɛnisay we English yuz lɛta q, na ‘kw’ wi de put. So, Krio de spɛl di English word, queen, kwin; quick na kwik.
Di ɔda lɛta we krio nɔ gɛt na: x. Ɛnisay we English yuz lɛta x, na ‘ks’ Krio de yuz. So, if yu wan wrayt di wɔd axe, na aks.
Wetin Mek Sa Lon Krio Wɛbsayt De
Krio na wan ɔf dɛn local langwej dɛn na di wɔl we go lɔs kpata kpata, if wi nɔ du ɛnitin fɔ kip am. Ivin do na di lingwa franka ɔ langwej we ɔlman na Sa Lon de tɔk, bɛtɛ pipul nɔ sabi aw fɔ rid ɛn rayt am kɔrɛkt wan.
Bikɔs ɔf dat, pipul dɛn de misyus ɛn abyus am wɛn dɛn de tray fɔ rid vɛn rayt am. Fɔ avɔyd ɔl dat, ɛn fɔ mek shɔ se ɔlman insay ɛn awtsay Sa Lon de rid ɛn ray di langwej di sem we, Esmi Jems ɛn sɔm ɔda pipul dɛm disayd fɔ mek ples usay dɛn go yus simplul ɛn izi lɛsin dɛm fɔ tich Krio.
As dat na di men rizin we mek Sa Lon Krio de, dis wɛbsayt, we na salonkrio.com, dizayn fɔ bi di kɔrɛkt ples fɔ ɛnibɔdi we wan no aw fɔ rayt, spɛl ɛn yuz di langwej.
Wi Nyu Buk Dɛm
Sa Lon Krio gladi plɛnti fɔ pul na do dɛn fɔs tu buk ya dɛm fɔ ɛp ɔlman lan fɔ rid and rayt Krio.
Yu jɛs gɛ fɔ lan dɛn tri nyu lɛta dɛm ya:
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Wetin Du Bra Trɔki in Shɛl Makmak So
A humorous tale from the Krio community
Bad bad angri bin de na tↄŋ; natin nↄ de fↄ it. Ɔl di rεs, ↄl di kasada, ↄl di pεtεtε, ↄl tin dↄn dↄn. Ↄl di bif dεn na di tↄŋ, na so dεn ↄl dↄn dray, dεn jↄ dεm dↄn siŋk dεn yay ↄl dↄn go insay. Naim dεn ↄl gεda, dεn ol mitin fↄ no wetin fↄ du bↄt dis angri ya. Wεn ↄlman dↄn tↄk dↄn, dεn gri se dεn ↄl fↄ kil dεn mami, wan bay wan, εn dεn ↄl it dεm. So wan bay wan, Lεpεt o, Dia o, Kↄni Rabit o, dεn ↄl briŋg dεn mami kam, dεn ↄl it dεm. Ↄl, pas Bra Trↄki.
Wεn in yon tεm rich i se, “Bo mi yon mama bin dↄn day lↄŋ tεm wit angri.” Biol, biol, Trↄki dↄn tek in mama go ayd am ↄp klawd.
Wεn angri kech am εn i wan it, i kin go na sↄm fa ples we nↄbↄdi nↄ de, εn siŋg to in mama we de ↄp klawd. I kin siŋg se:
Sεn chen, sεn chen, mama sεn chen
Sεn chen, sεn chen, mama sεn chen
Wεn i dↄn siŋg tu tri tεm, in mama kin sεn wan lↄŋg chen kam dↄŋ εn Trↄki kin εng de. Dεn i kin bigin siŋg:
Drↄ chen, drↄ chen, mama drↄ chen
Drↄ chen, drↄ chen, mama drↄ chen