Author: Hanne-Ruth Thompson Publisher: Hippocrene Books ISBN: 9780781813358 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : cpe Pages : 0
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Krio is a Creole language derived from English and several African languages. It is the lingua franca of Sierra Leone. The only Krio dictionary and phrasebook available, this guide contains the first ever English-Krio word lists, which are essential for foreign learners. Ideal for travelers, medical and aid workers, and students.
Author: Bashiru Turay Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Without practice, your child's Krio and English vocabulary will not grow. My First Krio Dictionary is a picture book for introducing your multilingual child to Krio and English. Users and learners of language will have over 50 every day objects to point at and share to your baby's vocabulary. Grow their knowledge in both Krio and English. Read aloud and get them used to your pronunciation. The boom has illustration of every day object and persons that will help them make the connection with the real world. My First Krio Dictionary: Color and Learn Krio is a perfect gift to get children off to a great start in life by learning two languages at the same time: Krio and English. The book is suitable for multilingual children from ages 0 to 7 years old. This book is careful curated and drafted to make language learning easier for your child and also for you to use a learning guide with them. The book is suitable to use in class to teach Krio-English to young learners.
Author: Selase W. Williams Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 0761874518 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 309
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This book offers a comprehensive, holistic, and systematic description and analysis of the language, culture, and traditions of the Sierra Leone Krio people. The authors bring significant new insights into the establishment of Krio society, a better understanding of the linguistic elements in the Krio language, and greater recognition, use, and role of oral traditions in the everyday lives of the people. The authors celebrate Krio creativity as reflected in their fashion, music, and poetry. Featured here are some previously unpublished Krio poems, as well as Jamaican Patois poems that have been translated for the first time in Krio and English. These latter poems reveal the similarities in the themes, social commentary, and African continuities witnessed across the diaspora. The authors provide concrete evidence that the underlying structure of Krio is based in languages belonging to the Kwa language family. Unique in their analysis of Krio language is the demonstration of substantive linguistic contributions from at least one indigenous local language, Temne, and opens up a whole new area for future research.
Author: Jeff Siegel Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199216665 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 335
Book Description
This book examines the emergence of pidgins and creoles and the controversies surrounding current theories about them. Among the questions considered are why their grammars are simple, at the pidgin-creole-postcreole life cycle, and the causes of grammatical innovation. The analysis is supported with detailed examples and case studies.
Author: Bashiru Turay Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
KASAHOROW's Krio Learner's Dictionary is an essential guide to Krio for beginners. This book is designed for anyone looking to build and deepen connections with Krio speakers while learning useful Krio vocabulary. Take turns reading the words to improve your pronunciation, while spending quality time together. The 2023 edition of our bilingual, bidirectional dictionary includes a new format and updated vocabulary. Learn 2000+ words. Includes check-boxes to mark your progress (new since October 2023) Perfect for anyone who wants to connect with Krio speakers. Compact for travel. At kasahorow, we celebrate differences but promote unity. We currently use the most universal or common translations for a word. We are aware that there are other language varieties that use different translations and we hope that in the future, we can create books that will include all variations. We take all of your reviews and feedback into consideration when we revise each edition. We would love your honest feedback to help us grow. If you find any mistakes or have any concerns, please contact us so we can address the issue as soon as possible. We can fix this book within 14 days. Please email us at [email protected] for your replacement copy.
Author: Rachel C. J. Massaquoi Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449081541 Category : Africa, West Languages : en Pages : 170
Book Description
Foods of Sierra Leone and other West African countries is a unique cookbook focusing on West African foods many of which have a global appeal. It is loaded with overwhelming details about these foods as well as interesting personal food stories that will delight children and adults alike. In addition, the book exposes the reader to many delectably tasty recipes for dishes like joloff rice, various soups and stews, the fascinating groundnut soups and stews, the delicious cassava leaf sauce, okra sauces, beans sauces, other mixed sauces and many more including vegetarian variations of some of the sauces. Food lovers will learn how traditionally Western vegetables like spinach, collard green, swiss chard and many others can be cooked using West African recipes. All these are lavishly presented by a West African national who was born and brought up in the region, and has lived in the region cooking and eating these foods for more than 50 years.
Author: Daphne Barlatt Pratt Publisher: Sierra Leonean Writers Series ISBN: 9789988869762 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
Daphne Pratt presents a medley of Krio folktales, original poems, proverbs and other features of the language, as well as a teaching manual on how to read and write Sierra Leone Krio. From the last quarter of the 18th century, for about 150 years, Krio was mostly only a spoken language, and when attempts were made at writing it, there was no standardised orthography, so writers wrote it differently, each one making up his or her own method. However, since 1984, there has been a standardised Krio orthography recognised and recommended by Sierra Leone's Ministry of Education. A Krio-English dictionary compiled by Clifford N. Fyle and Eldred D. Jones was published by the Oxford University Press in 1980. The new testament of the Bible had been published in the 1980's, and the complete Bible in Krio was published in 2013. Krio has been taught in all government secondary schools since 1996 when the Lekon secondary text books in Krio were published. The Krio dictionary, the Krio text books used in schools, and the Krio Bible are all written in the standardised Krio approved by the Ministry of Education. A guide to reading and writing Krio is included in this publication for those who already understand and speak Krio fairly well, but are not confident in reading or writing the standardised Krio. It is hoped that all who wish to write Krio, will learn and strive to use the approved standardised Krio, to maintain the uniformity which prevails in written languages.
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