HOW TO SPEAK KRIO || PT. 1

Here is the first part on my Krio Tutorial mini series. I go over basic greetings as well as people (mom, dad, children, etc.) If you liked it, GIVE IT A THUMBS UP, COMMENT, AND SUBSCRIBE!
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[@kadiesowa7681]

I’m Liberian and I lived in Sierra Leone for three years and I just love the language

[@michellekanu6971]

Yes a Sierra Leone KZbinr🇸🇱 🇸🇱🇸🇱

[@davionroberts343]

I'm a Jamaican Maroon. This is basically how we speak.

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

Yes! Patois and Krio are very similar.

[@ianfhancock1541]

Davion yu na no seh Maroooon taak com fram sierra leone? Wopm fi yu yaze

[@Tootisepop]

Yes Bc some of the slaves that made Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 were slaves from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and other parts

[@dandesonshowers9260]

Just two words can explain the similarities between Jamaican Patois and Krio. (The Maroons). The maroons from Jamaica arrived in Sierra Leone in 1800. According to linguists, they influenced the emergent Krio dialect more than any other settler group. Thus explains their similarities

[@omggiiirl2077]

​@@dandesonshowers9260really because it is so similar to Gullah and geechee language. I can pretty much understand Krio instantly, it's just a bit faster, but it's the same with patios as well. What is crazy is that I'm not so good at speaking it, but I can understand as many elders in my family kind of talk this way. And the irony is that I have an entry from Sierra Leone!

[@olumuyiwaojo3532]

Thanks, Serene K. This KRIO sound almost the same thing as Nigeria Pigin English. Nice one to Salone people.

[@couponingnoone2532]

I'm Belizean we speak English, Spanish Creole and patoi and many other dialects, I understand well what you're saying in krio..

[@abumarah574]

I'm impressed to see a KZbin channel learning people how to speak krio, i love it👍

[@mohammedjalloh7658]

This was pretty good. Just wanna point out, “How are you” can also be “Aw di bòdi” and the response can be “Di bòdi wèl, tèl gòd tènki”, and also Krio isn’t “broken english” it’s a creole language that has most of its vocabulary come from English. The grammar is completely different though ! Nice work, keep it up ! 😊

[@samuelbangura1847]

In addition, in krio the plural form of words comes with the addition of Dem. like for padi, the singular is Padi and more than one would be Padi dem. singular Plural Pikin Pikin dem Pot pot dem Book book dem the list goes on and on. just add dem and you are fine in most cases.

[@keturahkamara2686]

Tenki me fambul dem o

[@lepearl5391]

Actually it's a dialect. Good translation of alternative phrases though ❤

[@ndavis7403]

hi from a Gullah Geechee in the states. Hearing you speak brings so much joy because it sounds almost identical to how my grandma dem spoke and how the family in South Carolina speak to this day. it's beautiful to see my people and hear my people in my Mother Land ❤ Tenki

[@dandesonshowers9260]

The Nova Scotians from Halifax Canada were born in the southern slave plantations of the USA especially in South Carolina and Georgia. They arrived in Sierra Leone in 1792. According to linguists, their debated influence on the emergent Krio dialect explains the similarities between Krio and the Gullah Dialect.

[@tascrphs]

I was in Sierra Leone for over a month last summer (2020). Beautiful country. Even more beautiful people. Having traveled much of the world and Caribbean isles, I was very impressed. By the way, I thought in krio, how are you / how are you doing? is --> How da badi? As a guy, it was often my favorite greeting to say : ) That and - come naya!! Last point: I notice a bunch of Jamaicans in the comment section are surprised at the similarities of Krio to Jamaican patois. I urge blacks in the diaspora (i.e. outside of Africa) to visit Sierra Leone - take a trip to Freetown (it's call Freetown for a reason)... and spend some time learning about how Freetown came to be. It will open your eyes in helping some of you re-connect your lineage.

[@dandesonshowers9260]

Just two words can explain the similarities between Jamaican Patois and Krio. (The Maroons). The maroons from Jamaica arrived in Sierra Leone in 1800. According to linguists, they influenced the emergent Krio dialect more than any other settler group. Thus explains their similarities

[@sexyshaq31]

I click like before even watching the video as I am trying to support all Salone KZbinrs. Keep it up sis.

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

MemK thank you so much!

[@flerovium7366]

I am half Sierra Leonean, and this helps me a lot. Thank you so much. I greatly appreciate it.

[@rachelsesayrachelseasy3007]

Thank yeah you day do well for we na salons

[@awhite17]

Una Tinkie padi!!! 😊 Mi na sabi Krio small small. Dis na help mi.

[@reginasvoiceovers2826]

My prayer is that people will see how we are connected. Not just that we are similar. Thank you for this channel. 🙂

[@AjaCham-d7q]

❤❤❤

[@jbrummitt]

Your voice is so pleasant! I love it

[@sophia7540]

Some of my family is from Sierra Leone and they speak Krio so, I am now learning to speak Krio through your videos!

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

I’m glad I could help! Thanks for watching! 💜

[@zazilicious]

My dad is from Sierra Leone but unfortunately I never had the chance to learn or more like I was too lazy! Great videos keep it up!

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

I’m glad it could help! My Krio isn’t 100% but I’m trying! Lol

[@ameerahbigo80]

Same

[@AksImpact]

Great job padi👏👍

[@YvieT]

It’s “Gyal pikin” for daughter.

[@qiydarbetts8526]

Loved it. First time trying to learn.

[@nikigracevlogs]

This was so interesting.. Looking forward to part 2 :)

[@juliamuller15]

Very good Video i speak German Englisch and i lern swahili vor over 1year

[@sveyhaniebaculanlan9111]

The book "A long way Gone" by Ishmael Beah (a Sierra Leonean)got me here. 😊 Thanks for this vid.. Another lot of info to absorb.😍really great video!❤💋 Kushe to all Filipinos who's watching out there.💓

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

Thank you! (Tenki) Glad you enjoyed it! ❤️

[@pablosebastian5823]

You are beautiful and very interesting language. First time I hear about it. Love from Argentina ☺️

[@FinahfKoroma]

Am so in love with krio

[@kahuza]

Ty my dad didn't teach me how to speak Krio and now there is someone to teach me!

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

I'm glad I could help! Hopefully you have a few words and phrases in your vocabulary now!

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Wεf! love how easy to read the krio is. If onyl English was written like that it would make more sense ;) When written in JLU orthgoraphy Jamaican creole is very very similar.

[@adrianacastelobranco7225]

I would like to know how to say beautiful in KRIO. Thank You Serena

[@landmark22]

Funny how some these sounds like how we tslk in Alabama especially in the Country area..lol

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

lol really?

[@Leejahstar]

Krios titans

[@yudahel8521]

Yes Sierra Leone was colonized by Black Americans In the 1800’s

[@rioxdex4381]

@@yudahel8521 stop lying! 😂 It was not colonized by black Americans 🤣. Wooow!!! Ok, the Krio ethnic group of Sierra Leone came from Britain and the Americas (North America, South America, and Central America) post-slavery. They didn’t colonize Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone was colonized by the British. Please don’t lie like this again, my stomach hurts 🤣

[@Tootisepop]

@@yudahel8521 they were freed slaves . We are African , they are Africans they went back to their home land . Stop this nonsense

[@patienceessequi8477]

Tenki for teach we Krio Ar gladi toomos for see warch dis video

[@s.mcqueen8149]

Krio reminds me of Jamaican Patois

[@manngurung5714]

Nice thanks to small improve my krio language.

[@starsddwn]

Hi Serena k my name is Emelia and I speak krio and i went to sirrealone with my family

[@Fornahman75]

My father never taught me Krio all so now I have to charge you with the task

[@antonbrown5860]

Thank you for these lessons

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

You're welcome!

[@nicktremblin5935]

Tenki tenki fo de origin na de wod Pikin, mesef dae tok Portuguese but ar nor bin know say de wod camout na de wod pequenino. En ar too lek u lessin

[@Maelani_mymelode]

Love it!

[@wendywilson-fall3973]

I like this yo Krio

[@chocoflan6672]

Thank you for making this video I'm learning krio and there is not a lot of resources

[@kadijatukamara2454]

Great job sis🤝

[@amosculbreth5308]

Thank you so much, just found out my ancestry is Mende

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

Yay! Wonderful!

[@nigerialife2866]

Padi means friend in yoruba language in Nigeria

[@shawnacross7011]

Tanki tanki 🙏🏿🥰

[@bingus6666]

i have to do a project on Sierra Leone and I have to be able to teach at least three phrases in krio. thank you so much for this! 🇸🇱🤍

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

You’re welcome! I’m glad I could help! Hope you get a good grade! 💜

[@salmakamara3250]

🤗🇸🇱❤️

[@musainusa2414]

Krio is similar to Nigerian pidgin English. Greetings from Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@rioxdex4381]

Krio is the progenitor of Nigerian Pidgin English and other pidgins throughout West Africa. The Krios migrated to different parts of West Africa. Sierra Leoneans speak Krio, not pidgin. 🇸🇱 Krio is an actual language with its lexicon and alphabet

[@gauravlakhani3865]

R u from freetown

[@narimembere]

This language is familiar Quite similar to Naijá

[@rauljosegarcia]

I speak Spanish and I see where "pikin" comes from... it means "little". It's interesting to see words from Romance languages left behind in countries that speak other non-Romance languages... the words stay behind and their original meaning is basically not known to the people there, only the specific meaning acquired by the word is known to those who use it. 🤯

[@akindele13]

We got pikin, and we sabi from the Portuguese. And Bocoo from the French

[@johnjackissorryinfrench7777]

@@akindele13 "Pikin" comes from "piccaninny",( which is obviously dated and offensive now,) as does the Jamaican equivalent, "Pikni"

[@akindele13]

@@johnjackissorryinfrench7777 and Portuguese too, and the Portuguese were heavy in Sierra Leone for a minute before the Brits.

[@perla5465]

kushɛ! a noh akchuali tok krio, a jis yus wan translehtor. a rili rili want fɔ lan.

[@goravmaini5463]

Nice explain

[@chimakalu41]

Awesome I have a friend who speaks this language. I wanted to hear how it sounds..ok this is just pidgin english.ok. props from 🇳🇬. Sierra leoneans have another level of pidgin. Oya now represent!!

[@rioxdex4381]

Krio is the progenitor of Nigerian Pidgin English and other pidgins throughout West Africa. The Krios migrated to different parts of West Africa. Sierra Leoneans speak Krio, not pidgin. 🇸🇱 Krio is an actual language with its lexicon and alphabet

[@chimakalu41]

@@rioxdex4381 ok

[@sk6424]

Fun fact. Kushe is a greeting in yoruba language

[@johnjackissorryinfrench7777]

True : Eku-she o! means => Well done o => a typical greeting to a busy person. This is probably from the "liberated" Yoruba sub group of the Krio community who are known as "Aku" because of the way they prefix all greetings with "Eku-..." which stands for "greetings of/for/about ....". So Ekushe is short foe Eku-ishe means "greetings of work" because "ishe" means work"

[@s1r155]

This is similar to Jamaican. They also use pardy as a word for friend, and refer to children as bwoy and girl pickney

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

It is. I understand Jamaican patois pretty well.

[@agnesfornah7563]

Yes dear.. Jamaican patwa has alot in common with Sierra Leone creole..I understand Jamaican patwa very well

[@dandesonshowers9260]

Just two words can explain the similarities between Jamaican Patois and Krio. (The Maroons). The maroons from Jamaica arrived in Sierra Leone in 1800. According to linguists, they influenced the emergent Krio dialect more than any other settler group. Thus explains their similarities

[@manofjesuschrist7351]

i know krio just by watching Nigerian movies, i never officially learned it

[@angelsheriff6624]

im liberia and I some of the thing you said we say the same thing my mom spells kpelle so it kind of the same

[@mariatu1575]

A de lan Krio smol smol bot a de look for teacher and was wandering if you do one one lessons?

[@fatmatamattieblankenship8350]

I’m from Sierra Leone and I will help if you want me to

[@AjaySharma-sl9je]

I want to learn Krio language

[@shonn1415]

🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@samuelpratt1081]

The mamy na power how u dae do from salone borbor

[@mamalie10]

Is there still more than lesson 3?

[@henringallikingue910]

In southern cameroon which is the english cameroon the speak cameroonian pidgin and we say also pikin to refer to an small person. I french cameroonian that's why my english is so weak 😀. Your video was very interessting. Between african and african descent we sould be more connect each other. And tolerant regardless to ours cultures.

[@queene9684]

Mama can also be for your grandma

[@fyabun]

Sis! If dey "doesn't really mean anything" well why is it there? "Dey" in this case is "are". Everything has a meaning otherwise it's nonsense and not a language. Krio is definitely a language and not "just a pidgen" Krio has English and African words structured in African grammar. Please do us proud... Do us right. Check out "langfocus" channel. It really breaks down krio.

[@kingjabster]

Great content

[@WiggilyWorm1]

thats krazy

[@doreenonekalit9888]

Na small for teach dem ooo but you do well

[@blairevaldez]

Only thing wrong I noticed in the video is the way you explained the auxiliary "de" like. You presented as a commonly used word that doesn't mean anything... You were wrong girl. De is the krio (Pidgin) substitute of "am, are, is" that you can use in the continuous form. For example: " a de go for I'm going. Mi padi de came for my friends are coming... But the overall project is good

[@sorbahmansah9790]

Na so make you continue the good wok

[@doreenonekalit9888]

Wow you try😄

[@Queensabatutu]

How do you say make my wish come true?

[@Tootisepop]

Bo make me wish come tru

[@saadjalloh2819]

Me padi em de kam

[@JaRosez]

Padi isn’t that Jamaican patois as well?

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

It might be. I'm not sure how Jamaicans say it.

[@Tootisepop]

Yes Bc some of the slaves that made Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 were slaves from Jamaica 🇯🇲 and other parts

[@dandesonshowers9260]

@@Tootisepop Just two words can explain the similarities between Jamaican Patois and Krio. (The Maroons). The maroons from Jamaica arrived in Sierra Leone in 1800. According to linguists, they influenced the emergent Krio dialect more than any other settler group. Thus explains their similarities

[@BigA_DaTrucka]

I can't speak krio but I understand it🇸🇱🇸🇱

[@christophershreiner5114]

1:39 starts the greetings

[@michaelshelton1289]

Hi I just would like to ask Serena K to PLEASE speak LOUDER....😊 Your voice is very soft ....and I don't want to miss pronouns something that will force me to grow wings and flee🤣🤣 Thanks

[@frankieesmond1057]

Titi noto di pyoh Krio wey yu dey tok. Na di nyu af-af English watawata Krio. Ef yu wan kip di yoyo Krio go listin to yu grani.

[@alimichael3420]

🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱

[@kamleshpunjabi7911]

Nice

[@marcusburton621]

How do you say "forgive me" and have "mercy on me"

[@abduljalloh513]

It's just the same forgive me

[@ericajoe163]

Forgive mi u can say,please or r beg or sorry

[@ericajoe163]

U can say,1 plz r beg 4 God or 2 doya papa or mama r sorry e nr go b again 3 doya mi na beg r dae beg 4 God and hanabi

[@Tootisepop]

A beg you

[@she2kel660]

You all are welcome to check on d KZbin Chanel(young in Freetown)if you’ll like to see what Sierra Leone looks like.

[@malickmarvel6689]

🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🇸🇱🔥🔥🔥👏🏾👏🏾

[@isrealwilliams9628]

Sierra Leone 🇸🇱

[@rebeccamitchellsinger]

An English-lexifier creole isn't 'broken English': this is a very out-dated notion. Creoles are languages in their own right.

[@kingmus8271]

When I hear other people who aren’t Sierra Leone try to speak Krio I laugh 😂😂😂😂

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

King Mus 🤣🤣🤣 If they’re trying I’ll give them an A for effort lol.

[@millions2nette]

@@Sincerely_SerenaKemba Was he referring to you? I'm wondering.

[@deldan9287]

Sameee

[@carmenpierce3692]

I’m part Gullah Geechee and I wanted to learn my grandfathers dialect so I can speak it

[@ebonyn8901]

if they're trying to learn that's great and people should appreciate that others are trying to learn about different cultures and languages instead of not bothering and expecting others to cater to them 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@ekinematics]

This is almost same as Nigerian/Cameroonian pidgin.

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

eKinematics yep

[@rioxdex4381]

Krio is the progenitor of Nigerian Pidgin English and other pidgins throughout West Africa. The Krios migrated to different parts of West Africa. Sierra Leoneans speak Krio, not pidgin. 🇸🇱 Krio is an actual language with its lexicon and alphabet

[@mubarakolayinka1781]

Kushe is Nigeria yoruba word

[@arifatupayne2544]

Once she said broken English I went left because Krio is never considered broke English

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

Then what would you consider it as? Genuinely asking.

[@lifejourney5859]

It kinda sound like people who live northern jamaica

[@johnjackissorryinfrench7777]

That's true. I watched a documentary where some old Jamaicans used the terms "waka" for "walk", "taka" for "talk" and "sabi" for "know". I don't hear this in the patois spoken by most Jamaicans nowadays. I also came across these terms in transcripts of the Baptist War "kangaroo" trials in the aftermath of Sam Sharp's uprising. Coincidentally, that uprising took place in North Western Jamaica.

[@satiyakiese5032]

Is patois the same as krio?

[@Sincerely_SerenaKemba]

I think they are similar but I'm not completely sure.

[@lifechoices4749]

NO!!

[@dandesonshowers9260]

@TwinMommy: SoRaya😍 Just two words can explain the similarities between Jamaican Patois and Krio. (The Maroons). The maroons from Jamaica arrived in Sierra Leone in 1800. According to linguists, they influenced the emergent Krio dialect more than any other settler group. Thus explains their similarities

[@spodenet]

Dude you have every quality. But you do yourself analyze for every quality . And yourself Observer your weaknesses

[@ianfhancock1541]

Na Kringlish yu de tok. Tide Krio don pwel

[@mohniratuadamananakargbo3796]

U try but u nr gt d accent fine

[@saidusesay1452]

Do you have a Facebook account

[@Fornahman75]

I understand Krio but can’t speak it

[@rydensandy8600]

how de da

[@frankieesmond1057]

"girl pikin"???? Na gyal pikin. A wan tro op.

[@frankieesmond1057]

Yu fine, mine.

[@KAMARAFAMILY1]

you need to learn krio yourself .you have lot of error

[@thegigadykid1]

Liberians don't spspeak krio