Mauritian Creole

Mauritian Creole

Essentials
1. Greetings/ Goodbyes
  1. 1. Hello / Good day - Bonzour
      1. Hello - Allo
        Goodbye - Aurévoir / Allé bye
        (Respectful Hindu greeting) - Namaste
        Good evening - Bonsoir
        Good night - Bonne nuit
Pronouns
1. 1. Me - Moi
    1. You / Your - To / Toi (familiar)
      1. He / It - Lu
        She - Lui
      2. You / Your - Ou (singular, formal)
        You (plural) / They - Zot
        We / Us - Nou
    2. I - Mo
    3. (Add 'mem' to the end for reflexive e.g. momem, tomem, zotmem, oumem etc.
  2. Possessive
    1. 1. my / mine - mo / pou moi
        his / hers / its - so / pou li
        your - to/ pou toi (singular, familiar)
        your (plural) - zot/ pou zot
        Our - nou / pou nou
        your - ou/ pou ou (formal)
        their - zot/ pouzot (plural)
      2. For/ Belonging to - pou
  3. He/ She is with us - Li are nou
  4. Using formal pronouns
  5. They / Them - Bann-la
2. Addressing people
  1. visitors/ strangers/ elders/ superiors - misié (M), madame (F) or mamzel (F)
    1. Using formal pronouns
  2. Family
    1. Mother's side (Hindu)
      1. Grandmother- Nani
        Grandfather - Nana
        Uncle - Maamou
        Aunty- Maami
    2. Father's side (Hindu)
      1. Grandfather- Dada
        Uncle - Chacha
        Aunty - Chachi
        Grandmother - Dadi
    3. 1. Mum - Ma
      2. Dad - Papa
      3. My Son/ Daughter - Beta/ Beti
      4. Your Son/ Daughter - To Garcon/ Fille
      5. Brother - Frére
      6. Sister - sér
Verbs
1. To have- énan
  1. To not have- Pénan
    1. Mo pénan cigarett
    2. Pénan also means 'There isn't/ aren't'
      1. Pénan nannié ici - There's nothing here
  2. Mo énan enn plim (pen)
  3. Enan also means 'There is/are'
    1. énan bann restoran laba - There are some restaurants over there
2. Rules
  1. No Conjugation!
  2. Long Form vs. Short form
    1. When verb used on its own
    2. At the end of a sentence
    3. When verb relates to an object
    4. When verb is followed by another verb
3. 1. kozé / koz - to speak
  2. allé/ al - to go
    1. manze / manz - to eat
      1. gete / get - to look at
        panse / pans - to think
        trouve / trouv - to see/find

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