#kriolu

[tumblasha]

Hi :D

Just curious, how much English do they use in CV, and how are your non-Portuguese speaking co-workers doing?

hi anon! good question

i think that english is used in businesses that deal with international customers / co-workers. because tourism is the main economic activity, that means that there's always a good chance that someone speaks english near you. every restaurant has at least one english-speaking waiter and my non-portuguese-speaking cohort work at either a university or an org w international advisors, so they've been okay (worst case scenario, taking turns on a phone with google translate always does the trick)

also i feel like praia is a city where a lot of people have a cousin in the united states [1] so it's not uncommon to have someone walk up to you in the street and speak english [2] so they can meet you and practice (usually not creepy according to english-speaking pals)

lots of admiration to my roommate bc i feel like she knows the most kriolu out of all of us and took lessons while still in the boston area :))

also the mormon church has been ... increasing their presence across different pockets of africa, cabo verde being one of those places. any book-carrying white guys in a button-down shirt and dress pants will speak english. there's also americans / european union members who do missionary work here :(

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[1] if you visit, u can make a day-drinking game out of the number of boston celtics, los angeles lakers, and chicago bulls jerseys you see. i've also seen the "wicked smahhht" shirt and a boston medical center tote bag lol

[2] shoutout to that old man that said that ppl from boston don't know how to speak english correctly (pronouncing "boston" as "bost-in", etc.) lol

[languagexs]

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[lesbienneanarchiste]

My grandmother speaking in mumbling Kriolu: [unintelligable] bu sabé?

Me: no sabé.

Her: bu sabé "sabé" so no "no sabé" [continues in mumbling Kriolu]

Me: 🫠

[velveteen-vampire]

i need to get more aggressively cape verdean

[that-one-queer-poc]

i LOOOOOOVE different creole cultures having different spellings of ‘creole’ i LOVE you kreyol vs kriolu i love you

[blackprivilege]

Let’s goooooooo one of the Independence Days that actually matters is here Happy 5th to the Kriolus!!!!

Also match my donations if y’all got money cuz if my people got independence I wanna help others with their own (and I’ve done more too if anyone who see my post got cash like that)

[kutyozh]

nice!! these are my recs:

spanish: resumen de noticias (silvio rodríguez), playa girón (silvio rodríguez)

italian: la notte (arisa)

serbian: idemo do hodnika (buč kesidi)

arabic: holm (emel)

vietnamese: ngồi tựa mạn thuyền (hali)

portuguese: frevo mulher (amelinha), céu azul (ana gabriela)

greenlandic: soralumma ujatsiutai (arnannguaq høegh), nujarsui (mariina)

oh also, i think the song "longi di bo" (grupo pilon) in the portuguese playlist is actually in kriolu!

thank you so much!! i will listen through these asap <3

as for longi di bo, i haven't been able to find the lyrics, so if any portuguese or krioulo speakers would be able to check that I'd be eternally grateful 🙏🏻

[armatofu]

¿Cuál es la mejor epoca para viajar a Cabo Verde?

En cuanto al clima, la mejor época para visitar Cabo Verde son los meses de junio y julio, y de septiembre a noviembre. Durante agosto y parte de septiembre es la temporada de lluvias. Las lluvias no son tan abundantes como para cancelarte los planes de viaje, porque suelen ser fuertes pero cortas.

¿Cuántos días se necesitan para ver Cabo Verde?

Si quieres conocer las islas más importantes, lo recomendable es que te tomes al menos 7 días. De esta manera, tendrás tiempo para visitar las principales ciudades, realizar actividades acuáticas y explorar las playas más populares

¿Cuál es el idioma oficial de Cabo Verde?

Portugués

Cabo Verde / Idioma oficial

Idioma: La lengua oficial de Cabo Verde es el portugués, pero los caboverdianos hablan normalmente en criollo (“kriolu”), que es la lengua materna, utilizada cotidianamente en las relaciones interpersonales.

¿Dónde está Cabo Verde España?

La Republica de Cabo Verde, independiente desde 1975, está situada en África occidental en el océano Atlántico, al suroeste de las islas Canarias y al oeste de la costa de Senegal.

¿Qué se necesita para vivir en Cabo Verde?

Parte de los requisitos necesarios para vivir en Cabo Verde es tener tus documentos en regla: pasaporte y visa que avale tu estadía en el país, como la On Arrival que puedes tramitar en aeropuertos de Sal, Santiago, Boa Vista o São Vicente por 30 días y luego concretar tu residencia ante alguna embajada.

¿Qué compañías vuelan a Cabo Verde?

Las aerolíneas que usualmente vuelan a Cabo Verde son TAP Portugal, Iberia, Royal Air Maroc, Air Europa TUifly, Binter Canarias, Cabo Verde Airlines, Neos, Luxair entre otras; ya que esto depende tanto del punto de salida como el aeropuerto de destino dentro de este archipiélago.

¿Cómo se paga en Cabo Verde?

La moneda oficial es el Escudo caboverdiano, que equivale aproximadamente a 0,0092€, es decir, 1€ son aproximadamente 110 escudos. Es mejor cambiar dinero en efectivo directamente a la llegada a cualquiera de las islas de Cabo Verde. Recomendamos hacer el cambio a la llegada en Praia, Mindelo o Sal.

¿Cuántas horas hay de España a Cabo Verde?

El vuelo más rápido de Madrid a Cabo Verde tarda 4h 40m

¿Cómo ir de Canarias a Cabo Verde?

No hay vuelos directos desde Tenerife a ninguna de las islas de Cabo Verde. Desde otras islas de Canarias como Lanzarote, sí puedes encontrar vuelos a Cabo Verde. Por lo que tus opciones de conectar Cabo Verde – Tenerife, deben ser por transporte marítimo o tomando un avión desde otra ciudad Canaria.

¿Cómo se llama la capital de Cabo Verde?

Praia

Cabo Verde / Capital

Praia es una ciudad y la capital de Cabo Verde, un archipiélago nación situado en el Océano Atlántico, al oeste de Senegal.

[pensamentoshistoriaspoesia]

Um historia 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[tumblasha]

dash dict 004: fixe (kriolu kabuverdianu)

just realized that i keep forgetting to add on to this tag oops

but in my journey of trying to learn cabo verdean creole, i've come across a lot of portuguese that's spelled phonetically (which is nice ig) but !! i will always appreciate learning slang that is less directly related to europe <3

i'm not sure about the origins of "fixe!" (pronounced FEE-sh-ee), but it generally means "cool!". below are examples

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me, seeing a cool shirt: ey! tua camisa é fixe! (hey! your shirt is cool!) random guy on the street, learning that i lived in brazil: aaaa, brasil é fixe! (ohhhh, brasil is cool!) the waiter, after hearing us tell the new student about "fixe" and other slang: e aí, comida é fixe? caipirinha fixe? kkkkkk (what's up, y'all's food good? the caipirinha good? hahahaha)

[kandjulado]

Txuputin N’ Kontou - Vídeo oficial! Disponível agora no YouTube.

[lesbienneanarchiste]

If I start biting raving maiming know that it is bc my dad insisted on his mom visiting for two weeks and less than 24 hrs after her arrival she is already driving him crazy. I was originally going to dodge a few bullets but I have been called in by my mother to help her not go insane so now we All have to go crazy.

[velveteen-vampire]

oh right so btw all of my human designs for bots are cape verdean bc i am. bass, blues, rock, and roll all speak portuguese creole/kriolu. X knows a lot less but is taking classes in standard portuguese to help. zero only knows how to say insults.

[that-one-queer-poc]

i literally had a boyfriend FROM cape verde at one point and he spoke kriolu and all he taught me how to say was obrigadu