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Papiamento words and phrases you may want to know!

(Oranjestad)—Aruba is a melting pot of different which means “good afternoon”. “Tardi” actu-
nationalities, cultures and languages. Primar- ally comes from the word “atardi”, which di-
ily for this reason, the average Aruban can un- rectly translates to “afternoon”. However, the
derstand and speak Dutch, English and Spanish shortened “tardi” is used to keep the rhythm on
relatively well. However, as much as we pride the phrase. And the same could be said for our
ourselves in being able to communicate with last greeting of the day.
almost everyone, we cherish our native tongue 3. Bon nochi. You guessed it, “bon nochi”
Papiamento above all else. Want to learn some means “good night”. Just like “tardi”, “nochi”
common words in our language? Here are a is actually the shortened version of the word
few basic words and phrases that can get you “anochi”.
a hat tip from an Aruban. When we say goodbye, we use the word “ayo”
(not like the Ayo Rock Formation, but also…kin- Yes…no…maybe?
When you arrive at the airport in Aruba, one of da?). We may also use “te oro”, which means The affirmative and negative expression is very
the first words in Papiamento you may encoun- “see you later”. simple in Papiamento. Just like Spanish, our yes-
ter is “Bon bini.” Bon bini in Papiamento means es are “si” and our no’s are “no”. Pretty easy
welcome, and is probably the most famous Pa- Greetings during the day right? If you want to gain some extra points from
piamento word for tourists. Most, if not all, languages have different ways younger locals, you can also say “se”, which is
to greet according to the time of day, and Pa- a more casual affirmative used mostly by the
Hi! Bye! piamento is no different. Since Papiamento is younger generation. However, do note: some
To be fair, there is no unique way to say “hello” heavily influences from Portuguese and Span- older generations may find this improper and
in Papiamento. At least, not officially. We often ish, some of these phrases may look very famil- not respectful, so keep that in mind.
just use the English “hello” or “hey”, or Dutch iar.
“hallo” to greet someone. We do however, Thanks man…
always follow it up with “con bay?” or “con 1. Bon dia is used in the morning, up to Lastly, a word that we can also say more often
ta?” Con bay is a shortened version of “con ta about noon. Bon dia essentially means good is “danki”, which means literally “thank you”.
bay?”, which essentially means “how are you?” morning. The word “bon” means “good”, and “Danki” is derived from the Dutch word “be-
while “dia” does not directly mean “morning” dankt”. Though we don’t really have a transla-
The word “con” in Papiamento means “how?” in English, it is used often to refer to the morning tion for “I appreciate it” in English, we do use
and is pronounced with a rounder “o” sounds, time. “masha danki” to convey the message. “Ma-
like in the English word “cone”. “Ta bay” refers 2. Bon tardi. In the afternoon to early eve- sha” means “a lot” or “very”, so “masha danki”
to how you are doing. ning hours, we use “bon tardi” to greet people, means “thank you very much”.