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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Florence Depondt-Sachdev (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #7) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 9:53 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Does anyone out there teach Papiamento? Would like to learn the basics of the language. Thanks!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2544) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 10:17 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

There are dozens of people on island that give courses..as for a online course, it may be a plan in the making...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Florence Depondt-Sachdev (New BonaireTalk Poster - Post #8) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 10:45 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Do you know how I could contact one of them?

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tribs, AKA Jah-neen (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #4151) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 10:47 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Michael...an online course would be wonderful!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2547) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 10:50 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Can ask a few folks if they would be interested in putting something together...

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Susan (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #1802) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 10:57 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

That would be very cool!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jon (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #229) on Sunday, April 8, 2007 - 11:02 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Bon Dia, Mi Duschi. (crud, I can never get that right)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim McPeak (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #668) on Monday, April 9, 2007 - 10:57 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

My favorite is Konta Bai. That's the Philadelphia equivalent to, "Yo, what's up?"

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By john merriner (BonaireTalker - Post #63) on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 8:41 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Check out this web site to learn a few phrases of the local language

http://www.donamaro.nl/papiamentu/

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Victor Mena (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #121) on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 - 5:08 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

I saw the video clip in that web site,very happy song,it sounds like salsa,is that folk bonairean music?

 


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