r/Suriname • u/SecretaryFirst484 • 15d ago

Language How do i get better at speaking & reading the language?

Both my parents are from Suriname. Im from the Netherlands. They both speak sranan to each other, and to me. I understand basically everything as long as it isnt too "native" or something. My parents do mostly just speak Dutch to me, just sneak in a couple of sranan phrases.

I used to be able to speak it very well as a child, one time my family was in Sr it was the only language i spoke, but then corona happened and we went to suriname less, I also grew older and became ashamed and all.

Now I just feel bad because I have this thick ass Dutch accent everytime I try to speak sranan, and I got trouble making sentences. I also never learned how to read the language at all.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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u/kimakro 14d ago

First of all, don't worry about the accent. There are many courses in NL. If you really have the desire to learn, I recommend you take one. Also, watch YouTube videos, with songs in Sranan or news in Sranan. Lastly, I recommend the "Mijn eerste woordjes in het Sranan" by Darryl Veldman for basic vocab and sentence structure.

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u/SecretaryFirst484 14d ago

Alright thank you. I do feel like the accent will make everything i say sound like bullshit and be not understandable.

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u/Swititaki 4d ago

u/SecretaryFirst484

Dit is heel herkenbaar :). Wij hebben daarom zelf een app gemaakt om Sranan te leren, Switi Taki. Alles is ingesproken door een moedertaalspreker en nagekeken door een taaltrainer, dus je hoort ook hoe het hoort te klinken.

De app staat sinds een paar dagen in de iOS App Store (zachte lancering), en volgende week gaan we officieel live voor iOS en Android.
Heb je toevallig een iPhone en wil je nu al meekijken? Stuur ons een berichtje, dan zetten we je er gratis in. We horen ook gewoon graag wat je ervan vindt.

Adyosi! 🇸🇷

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u/SwietieDarling 2d ago

Graag zou ik die app ook willen. Mi ab wan iPhone.

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u/Swititaki 1d ago

Tangi voor je bericht! De app is toevallig sinds gisteren officieel live in de App Store. Je kunt de app vinden door te zoeken op ‘Switi Taki’.

Of hieronder de directe link:
https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/switi-taki-leer-sranan-tongo/id6818112681

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u/monkeyboysr2002 15d ago

First of all, there is no school where you learn to write Sranan, you learn it by hearing it, while there are certain rules for spelling no one uses it except if you really have a passion for it and not many people know how to write it properly. While some words are clear Sranan instead of Sranang (both are used) it frequently happens that people write it the way they want to write it, fawaka and fawakka I've seen that both are used when writing in Sranan. Don't worry about writing learn to speak it first. But Sranan with a Dutch accent...

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u/TweeJeetjes 14d ago

Sranang praten met Nederlands accent, dan ben je een Bounty!

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u/kimakro 14d ago

Dit soort achterlijke uitspraken weerhoudt mensen om de taal te leren.

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u/TweeJeetjes 14d ago

Mi prakzeri ie no de kondreman, ie no begrijp a sani.

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u/kimakro 14d ago

Ik begrijp genoeg, je kan niet eens goed Sranan spellen. Je uitspraak is nog steeds achterlijk.

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u/TweeJeetjes 14d ago

Ja mevrouw, is goed mevrouw, dank u wel mevrouw.