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Feeling parched? Grab refreshments by the side of the road!

(Oranjestad)—Touring the family outings around the
island in the blistering heat island, these stands can be
can leave one feeling rath- found in the following loca-
er thirsty and looking to tions:
cool off. Luckily there are a - Near the red An-
few stands along the roads chor in San Nicolas
of Aruba that can offer you - On the Linear Park
just what you need: a nice, in Oranjestad (in front of
refreshing beverage! airport runway)
- At the California
These “coconut stands” Light House hill
can be found at several - Bushiribana Gold
locations on the island, Mill Ruin
where you can cool off with - Bushiribana Beach
delicious smoothies, drinks, (Near the Ling & Song Su-
snacks, and of course, fresh permarket)
coconuts! Perfect during

Papiamento words and phrases you may want to know!

fer to the morning time. ally the shortened version and not respectful, so keep
2. Bon tardi. In the af- of the word “anochi”. that in mind.
ternoon to early evening
hours, we use “bon tardi” to Yes…no…maybe? Thanks man…
greet people, which means The affirmative and nega- Lastly, a word that we can
“good afternoon”. “Tardi” tive expression is very sim- also say more often is “dan-
actually comes from the ple in Papiamento. Just like ki”, which means literally
word “atardi”, which direct- Spanish, our yeses are “si” “thank you”. “Danki” is de-
ly translates to “afternoon”. and our no’s are “no”. Pret- rived from the Dutch word
However, the shortened ty easy right? If you want “bedankt”. Though we
“tardi” is used to keep the to gain some extra points don’t really have a transla-
rhythm on the phrase. And from younger locals, you tion for “I appreciate it” in
(Oranjestad)—Aruba is “con bay?” or “con ta?” the same could be said for can also say “se”, which is English, we do use “masha
a melting pot of different Con bay is a shortened our last greeting of the day. a more casual affirmative danki” to convey the mes-
nationalities, cultures and version of “con ta bay?”, 3. Bon nochi. You used mostly by the younger sage. “Masha” means “a
languages. Primarily for which essentially means guessed it, “bon nochi” generation. However, do lot” or “very”, so “masha
this reason, the average “how are you?” means “good night”. Just note: some older genera- danki” means “thank you
Aruban can understand like “tardi”, “nochi” is actu- tions may find this improper very much”.
and speak Dutch, Eng- The word “con” in Papia-
lish and Spanish relatively mento means “how?”
well. However, as much as and is pronounced with a
we pride ourselves in be- rounder “o” sounds, like in
ing able to communicate the English word “cone”.
with almost everyone, we “Ta bay” refers to how you
cherish our native tongue are doing.
Papiamento above all
else. Want to learn some When we say goodbye, we
common words in our lan- use the word “ayo” (not like
guage? Here are a few ba- the Ayo Rock Formation,
sic words and phrases that but also…kinda?). We may
can get you a hat tip from also use “te oro”, which
an Aruban. means “see you later”.

When you arrive at the air- Greetings during the day
port in Aruba, one of the Most, if not all, languages
first words in Papiamento have different ways to
you may encounter is “Bon greet according to the time
bini.” Bon bini in Papiamen- of day, and Papiamento is
to means welcome, and is no different. Since Papia-
probably the most famous mento is heavily influences
Papiamento word for tour- from Portuguese and Span-
ists. ish, some of these phrases
may look very familiar.
Hi! Bye!
To be fair, there is no unique 1. Bon dia is used in
way to say “hello” in Pa- the morning, up to about
piamento. At least, not of- noon. Bon dia essentially
ficially. We often just use means good morning. The
the English “hello” or “hey”, word “bon” means “good”,
or Dutch “hallo” to greet and while “dia” does not
someone. We do howev- directly mean “morning” in
er, always follow it up with English, it is used often to re-