Sranan
English
Proper noun
Sranan
- Sranan Tongo, the English-based creole of Suriname.
Translations
English-based creole of Suriname — see Sranan Tongo
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Sranan Tongo terms
- Appendix:Sranan Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Sranan
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Sranan, srn
Sranan Tongo
Adjective
Sranan
- Surinamese
- Sranan, pertaining to Sranan Tongo
Proper noun
Sranan
- Suriname (a country in South America)
- 1975, Sonora Paramarera (lyrics and music), “Kondre Nomroe Wan”, in Lobi Dee:
- Mi luku a grontapu nanga en gudu / Nowan kondre mi feni pe mi sa tan / Mi kan teigi yu fu tru, mi gudu / Nowan kondre mi lobi leki mi Sranan
- I look at the world and its riches / I find no country where I'll live / I can truly tell you, my darling / I love no country like my Suriname
- 1975, Mighty Botai (lyrics and music), “Sranang Kong Fri”, in Onafhankelijkheid (Srefidensi) Suriname:
- Atleba ten no sa de moro ini Sranan / Den bakra, den ben hori wi na baka / Den de bow den kondre kon na fesi / Meki wi e pina
- The period of toiling will be no more in Suriname / The Dutch, they held us back / They built up their country successfully / Made us suffer
- Synonym: Sranankondre
- Synonym: Sranangron
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- Sranan Tongo, Sranan
- Synonym: Sranantongo