fa yu tan

Sranan Tongo

Sranan Tongo phrasebook

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Etymology

Literally "how do you abide?"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faj.tãŋ/

Phrase

fa yu tan

1. how are you?
   • ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies]‎^[1], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, retrieved 20 March 2021:

     Odi mijn heer hoe fa joe tan gran tanki fo myn heer a komi ja fo loeke da pranasie wan trom.

     Good day, Sir, how are you? Many thanks to Sir, (that) he has come here to look at the plantation on this occasion.