Creole words: Everyday Words
The small Mauritian Creole words you use all the time: question words, linking words, pronouns and adverbs, with audio and example sentences.
- absolimanabsolutely
- akoz or parskibecause
- an partipart (of)
- an-ordneatly
- ankorstill
- ansamtogether
- ar or avek or ekwith
- aseenough
- atraverthrough
- bienwell
- dakoragree
- deorout
- dezaalready
- direktemandirectly
- enn koutsudden
- expresemandeliberately
- exsepteexcept
- extra or mariextremely
- fasilmaneasily
- kanwhen
- kapavmay (be able to)
- kiwhat
- ki sann-lawho
- kiferwhy
- kitfwamaybe
- konpletmancompletely
- koumahow
- lapliparmost
- limemoneself
- lotother
- mo bannmy (plural)
- momem or mwamyself
- nanyenothing
- natirelmannaturally
- ninport ki zaferanything
- nonno
- nou or pou nouour
- ofisielmanofficially
- okennnone
- ouswa or swaor
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