#Liberian pidgin english interpreter free#

“That woman got belly” (That woman is pregnant.) Also standard term for stomach.īe so : Let it be as it is! Or, “Is that so?”īook : to know book literate. “I have to be behind you all the time!” (I have to be after you constantly to make you do it.) “He is running behind me to get some money” (He is nagging me for money.) “He is running behind that woman” (He is chasing after that woman.)īelly : pregnant. “I beg you” (Pleaded) “I begged him” (I pleaded with him.) “He came to me with a beg” (He came to make a request of me.) Many times they will tell you they will hold your foot, that is a very humble type of a beg.īehind : to run behind, or to be behind one nag keep after insist. “I can’t do that again” (I don’t do that any more.) “She was here again” (She was here already.) “She is here again” (She is still here.) “Has she come again?” (Has she come yet?)īeg : solicit plead a request.

#Liberian pidgin english interpreter free#

Please speak as much Liberian English as possible! The more you practice, the more local folks will understand you! And feel free to ask lots of questions, most people are happy to help you learn to speak “goo English”.Īgain : still yet, already. For example, the question “When did you take the exam?” becomes “What time you took the exam?”. Word order is often quite different as well, so that question sentences are phrased differently than in standard English. At the end of a word, “th” is often pronounced as an “F” (i.e., ‘truth’ becomes “truf”, and “Ruth” becomes “roof”). “Th” is often pronounced like a “T”, and so “think” becomes “tink”, and “Thank You” becomes “tank you”. Pronunciation tends to drop the final consonant of words ending in consonants, so that “Jared” sounds just like “Jerry”. It has some archaic American expressions held over from the “pioneers” of the 1800s (like “vexed” for angry), but also has some British and other diverse expressions. Liberian English is quite distinct from British or American usage.