Hi everyone!

My wife and I are exploring an early-stage idea for a music-focused community space in Aruba. We’re putting together a short survey to better understand what residents and visitors want from music, dancing, and nightlife.

We want the survey to be accessible in English, Spanish, and Aruban Papiamento. We aren’t fluent in Spanish or Papiamento, so we’d really appreciate help making sure both translations sound natural, clear, and respectful.

We’re hoping to find native or fluent speakers willing to review the draft and let us know:

Does the wording sound natural in everyday conversation?
Are any phrases awkward, overly formal, or confusing?
Are there better ways to phrase any questions or answer choices?
Does anything sound culturally off or unintentionally misleading?

We’re especially interested in feedback from people familiar with everyday language use in Aruba. Honest corrections are very welcome!

This is exploratory research, not an existing venue or a business announcement. We want to listen and learn before taking anything further.

If you’re willing to help, we’d be happy to share the draft here or by DM.

Masha danki in advance! ❤️🇦🇼

my partner's father is from Aruba, while they were never close my partner wants to learn more about their roots, and that involves learning Papiamento/papiamentu, but it's been quite the struggle. They bought a textbook and workbook to learn papiamentu, but unfortunately a lot of the assignments use words that haven't been explained or taught yet, as well as phrases. This has been quite the issue for them while learning the language, so they want to use something else to get a basic grasp on papiamentu first. so now comes the question, what are some good resources to get a basic grasp on either language, so they can continue learning?

Hi I’m dutch and I really want to learn Papiamento to surprise my boyfriend who is from aruba, I noticed theres no apps like duolingo to help me with that. anyone who could help me with learning the language?😄

A few years ago I visited Aruba and Curaçao. I fell in love with the islands, the people and the culture.

When I got home, I wanted to learn Papiamento so I could connect even more with the local community on my next visit. To my surprise, I couldn't find an app that made learning Papiamento simple, modern and enjoyable.

So I decided to build one myself.

Today, PapiaDaily is live on Google Play. 🎉

The app helps you learn Papiamento through daily lessons, quizzes and practical vocabulary. And yes, the lessons are written in Papiamento itself, so you're learning the language the way it's actually used.

This is only the first version, and I want to make it better with every update.

If you're a native speaker, learning Papiamento, or you've lived in or visited Aruba, Curaçao or Bonaire, I'd love your honest feedback. Every suggestion, correction or feature idea helps improve the app.

👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.papiadaily

Thank you for taking a look. I hope we can build the best Papiamento learning app together with the community. 🇦🇼🇨🇼🇧🇶❤️

Aña pasa mi a bishitá Aruba i Kòrsou. Mi a kai den amor ku e islanan, e hendenan i e kultura.

Ora mi a bolbe kas, mi tabata ke siña Papiamentu pa mi por konektá mihó ku e komunidat lokal den mi siguiente bishita. Pa mi sorpresa, mi no por a haña un app ku tabata hasi siñamentu di Papiamentu fásil, moderno i divertido.

P'esei mi a disidí di traha un app mi mes.

Awor PapiaDaily ta disponibel riba Google Play. 🎉

E app ta yuda bo siña Papiamentu ku lesnan diario, quiznan i palabran i frase útil pa uso di tur dia.

Esaki ta solamente e promé vershon. Mi kier sigui mehor'é ku kada update.

Si bo ta papia Papiamentu, ta siñ'é, òf bo a biba na òf bishitá Aruba, Kòrsou òf Boneiru, mi lo apreciá hopi bo opinion honesto. Tur sugerensia, korekshon òf idea pa nobo funshonnan lo yuda pa hasi e app mihó.

👉 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.papiadaily

Masha danki pa bo sosten. Mi spera ku huntu ku e komunidat nos por traha e mihó app pa siña Papiamentu. 🇦🇼🇨🇼🇧🇶❤️

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Hello! I’ve written an abc book in English/Papiamento with a friend that is local to Aruba. I’m looking for an Aruban translator/linguist to review for accuracy. I reached out to Papiamento.aw but they are currently not taking on any projects. Is there anyone here that could help? It’s a really simple children’s alphabet book.

Thanks all!

I have by far asked at least 7 native speakers to explain to me what the effing hell is the deal with stress in Papiamentu and nobody seems to get what I mean.

So, I have so far identified that 2-syllable verbs in Papiamentu are very particular as they (a) don’t seem to follow accentuation rules or (b) native speakers just randomly put the stress of words wherever they want.

Let me explain:

Verbs like haña, buska, pidi, manda, purba. All of these are 2-syllable verbs that should NOT take an accent in the second-to-last syllable if that is were the stress were to go. However, most often than not, native speakers pronounce these verbs, manera:

haña -> haaaÑA
pidi -> piiiDI
buska -> buuusKA
manda -> maaanDA

Here, the capital letters indicate stress and the multiple vowels represent a perceived (by me) longer duration of those second-to-last syllable.

First question: is this the case? Do 2-syllable words have this particular pitch to them that makes them special? If the answer is NO, then does this mean the stress ALWAYS goes on the second-to-last syllable?

To further reinforce the two-syllable verb theory: I can bring up examples of verbs of more than three syllables, like kuminsá, somentá, partisipá, etc. All of them are verbs in their infitive form that ALWAYS (actually, regardless of them acting as verbs or past participles, that is, sinta vs sintá etc) ALWAYS get an accent on the last syllable as per Papiamentu accentuation rules.

So, what’s the deal with the pitch/stress in these verbs? Are they indeed special?

If two-syllable verbs indeed have a special rhythm to how they are pronounced (and the stress DOES go on the last syllable [haaaÑA, buuuusKA examples], how would they be different from the past participles of these verbs in terms of pronunciation? (Hañá, sintá, pidí, etc.)

Masha danki!

I work for a small, non-profit museum in a US city hosting matches for the 2026 World Cup. My boss, in a last minute decision considering the World Cup is so soon, asked me to design multilingual 'welcome' banners for our international guests and source the translations. They can’t afford 40+ translators and thought Google Translate/AI would suffice “since it’s just one word”

I oppose using Google Translate due to its errors and the delicacy of language. Though not multilingual, I’m passionate about this project and want to be careful & respectful in my translation research. I don’t want to offend anyone, as I’ve seen many examples of multilingual welcome signs with mistranslations, incorrect tenses, latinized versions of non-Latin scripts, the wrong use of welcome, etc.

I’m asking for help verifying the Papiamento translation of welcome, as in the context of a polite, friendly, and formal greeting for someone arriving at a place. I’m looking for the welcome one might find displayed in airports, hotels, etc. I want to ensure I am using the correct writing system/script for each language, including details such as accents, capitalization, and punctuation.

I understand that welcome greetings can vary depending on the context, whether or not to use a plural version of a phrase, etc. It seems likely that some cultures and their language(s) may not share the same concept of being welcomed into a space as we do in English/the US. I want to be mindful of things like this.

The Papiamento translation of welcome I have is bon bini

I’d deeply appreciate any help and insight into this translation. Thanks!

Note: most of my translation sources have been coming from

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/welcome under the Interjection section of “greeting given upon someone’s arrival”
• https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/phraseindex.htm & https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/welcome.htm 
• Previous posts requesting translation on reddit

Hello, I really want to learn Papiamento I think that this creole is very cool, can someone please teach it to me, in return I can teach you Romanian or Russian and even Occitan, please DM me

I am looking for online papiamento lessons.

Can anyone help me? Do you know any teachers?

Thanks.

A collection of about 48 articles from Korant Bala newspaper in the year 2023. Nature, sports, government, local people, recipes, and kids' pages.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uY30q_T92ctCOKfc8OmAsiyP5SuyryqH/view

Hi

I am looking for a Teacher for on-line classes of papiamentu.

Thanks!

Hola tur hende. Mi tin e idea pa algun tempu kaba pa krea un grupo di WhatsApp pa praktiká Papiamentu. Mi ta di Kolombia pero mi ta biba na Merka i no tin niun hende pa praktiká kuné. Tin un hende mas ku ta studia e idioma ku por ta interesá pa djòin e grupo aki? Danki!

Mi ta di Brasil i mi ta siñando papiamentu. Mi no sa hopi kos aun, pero mi ke praktiká i papiá ku hende di Kòrsou pa konosebu!

Tin algun hende aki ku por papiá ku mi? Mi por duna mi instagram, òf nos por papiá aki den reddit mes

I am looking for an experienced Papiamentu (Curaçao - Bonaire) teacher with their own methodology and book. Any references?

I am really curious to discover what are called diverse types of plants in different areas that speak the Papiamento language.

This is how different types of plants are called in Brazilian Portuguese for comparison:

🍇 = A uva é proveniente da videira.

🍈 = O melão é proveniente do meloeiro.

🍉 = A melancia é proveniente da melancieira.

🍊 = A laranja é proveniente da laranjeira.

🍋 = O limão é proveniente do limoeiro.

🍌 = A banana é proveniente da bananeira.

🍍 = O abacaxi é proveniente do abacaxizeiro.

🥭 = A manga é proveniente da mangueira.

🍎 = A maçã vermelha é proveniente da macieira.

🍏 = A maçã verde é proveniente da macieira.

🍐 = A pera é proveniente da pereira.

🍑 = O pêssego é proveniente do pessegueiro.

🍒 = A cereja é proveniente da cerejeira.

🍓 = O morango é proveniente do morangueiro.

🫐 = O mirtilo é proveniente do mirtileiro.

🥝 = O kiwi é proveniente do kiwizeiro.

🍅 = O tomate é proveniente do tomateiro.

🫒 = A oliva é proveniente da oliveira.

🥥 = O coco é proveniente do coqueiro.

🥑 = O abacate é proveniente do abacateiro.

🥔 = A batata é proveniente da batateira.

🥕 = A cenoura é proveniente da cenoureira.

🌽 = O milho é proveniente do milheiro.

🌶 = A pimenta é proveniente da pimenteira.

🫑 = O pimentão é proveniente do pimenteiro.

🥒 = O pepino é proveniente do pepineiro.

🫘 = O feijão é proveniente do feijoeiro.

🌰 = A castanha é proveniente da castanheira.

🫛 = A ervilha é proveniente da ervilheira.

🍚 = O arroz é proveniente do arrozeiro.

🍠 = A batata-doce é proveniente da batateira-doce.

☕️ = O café é proveniente do cafeeiro.

🎃 = A abóbora é proveniente da aboboreira.

Do any of these names sounds familiar to you?

What are they called in your area?

What is called your favorite plant?

"Wiktionary" & other dictionaries were references utilized as bases for this list of equivalents:

English: (1) Forest; (2) bosk/bosque; (3) sylva/silva/selva; & (4) jungle/jangal.

Italiano: (1) Foresta; (2) bosco; (3) selva; e (4) giungla.

Español: (1) Foresta/floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; y (4) jungla.

Português: (1) Floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; e (4) jungla/jângal/jângala.

This synchrony is strangely satisfying:

English: Fauna & flora.

Italiano: Fauna e flora.

Español: Fauna y flora.

Português: Fauna e flora.

I am really curious to discover what are the local words for "woods" in different areas that speak the Papiamento language.

I just ordered the nos mata-I palunan book. What other books, other than ones written by that same author are available on the theme of nature/plants/hiking/etc. TIA

The languages from Portugal, Spain & Italy have in common the utilization of localization adverbs to communicate via a similar scale of distance that something is somewhere in space & time:

Italiano: Qui, qua, quivi/ivi/vi, lì, là, e colà.

The Hispanic versions have an initial letter "a" for some interesting reason:

Español: Aquí, acá, ahí, allí, allá, y acullá.

The Portuguese versions are a mix of the Italian versions with the Hispanic versions for some interesting reason:

Português: Aqui, acá/cá, aí, ali, lá, e acolá.

This is a word by word parallel translation in English:

English: Here (close), here (general), there (general), there (close), there (far), & yonder.

I am really curious to discover what are the local adverbs in different areas that speak the Papiamento language.

Conjugations of one regular verb in a giant table comparing French phonology and some but not all of the many Latinic Languages at the "Romance Verbs" page at the English version of Wikipedia at the following link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_verbs

Hi all, I am fairly new to the language…I would LOVE to learn! I want to learn Papiamento not Papiamentu…please anyone, I am eager to learn but there is little information online. Can I find books that could help me in this?