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local Wednesday 14 May 2025

Fred de Jong presents the Aruba Frank Sinatra Show live at The Cinemas

(Oranjestad)—Take advantage of ers of all time, Frank Sinatra. Join
your chance to lounge back and fellow Sinatra fans for a charming
delight in the memorable melodies evening of music and entertain-
of one of the greatest entertain- ment LIVE at The Cinemas!

Presented by tribute artist Fred de De Jong invites you to be a part of
Jong, enjoy his beautiful rendi- a classy, beautiful evening of jazzy
tion of some of Sinatra’s best hits, swing classics each Thursday from
including fan favorites from the 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM at The Cinemas
legend like “Fly Me To The Moon”, in Paseo Herencia. Seating is lim-
“My Way”, “New York – New York” ited.
and more! Sing along to some of
Sinatra’s rendition of classic Christ- Book your seat now at arubasina-
mas songs and take in the experi- tra.com/book. Food and drink not
ence in The Cinemas VIP lounging included. q
theater for only $40 per person.

Papiamento words and phrases you may want to know!

(Oranjestad)—Aruba is a melting least, not officially. We often just and Spanish, some of these phras- Yes…no…maybe?
pot of different nationalities, cul- use the English “hello” or “hey”, or es may look very familiar. The affirmative and negative ex-
tures and languages. Primarily for Dutch “hallo” to greet someone. pression is very simple in Papia-
this reason, the average Aruban We do however, always follow it up 1. Bon dia is used in the morn- mento. Just like Spanish, our yeses
can understand and speak Dutch, with “con bay?” or “con ta?” Con ing, up to about noon. Bon dia es- are “si” and our no’s are “no”. Pret-
English and Spanish relatively well. bay is a shortened version of “con sentially means good morning. The ty easy right? If you want to gain
However, as much as we pride ta bay?”, which essentially means word “bon” means “good”, and some extra points from younger lo-
ourselves in being able to com- “how are you?” while “dia” does not directly mean cals, you can also say “se”, which
municate with almost everyone, “morning” in English, it is used often is a more casual affirmative used
we cherish our native tongue Pa- The word “con” in Papiamento to refer to the morning time. mostly by the younger generation.
piamento above all else. Want to means “how?” and is pronounced 2. Bon tardi. In the afternoon However, do note: some older
learn some common words in our with a rounder “o” sounds, like in to early evening hours, we use generations may find this improper
language? Here are a few basic the English word “cone”. “Ta bay” “bon tardi” to greet people, which and not respectful, so keep that in
words and phrases that can get refers to how you are doing. means “good afternoon”. “Tardi” mind.
you a hat tip from an Aruban. actually comes from the word “at-
When we say goodbye, we use ardi”, which directly translates to Thanks man…
When you arrive at the airport in the word “ayo” (not like the Ayo “afternoon”. However, the short- Lastly, a word that we can also
Aruba, one of the first words in Pa- Rock Formation, but also…kinda?). ened “tardi” is used to keep the say more often is “danki”, which
piamento you may encounter is We may also use “te oro”, which rhythm on the phrase. And the means literally “thank you”. “Dan-
“Bon bini.” Bon bini in Papiamento means “see you later”. same could be said for our last ki” is derived from the Dutch word
means welcome, and is probably greeting of the day. “bedankt”. Though we don’t really
the most famous Papiamento Greetings during the day 3. Bon nochi. You guessed it, have a translation for “I appreci-
word for tourists. Most, if not all, languages have dif- “bon nochi” means “good night”. ate it” in English, we do use “masha
ferent ways to greet according to Just like “tardi”, “nochi” is actually danki” to convey the message.
Hi! Bye! the time of day, and Papiamento the shortened version of the word “Masha” means “a lot” or “very”,
To be fair, there is no unique way is no different. Since Papiamento is “anochi”. so “masha danki” means “thank
to say “hello” in Papiamento. At heavily influences from Portuguese you very much”. q