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Peace Corps Krio Language Manual
Revised January 1978
Table of Contents
Introduction
Pages ii-vi
Krio Vowel Sounds
Page 1
Lesson 1 - Basic Greetings
Pages 2-5
Lesson 2 - Introducing a Friend
Pages 6-7
Lesson 3 - Bargaining
Pages 8-10
Lesson 4 - How to Get to Makeni
Pages 11-13
Lesson 5 - Back from Makeni
Pages 14-16
Lesson 6 - How to Get to the Peace Corps Office
Pages 17-19
Lesson 7 - Visit to the Bar
Pages 20-22
Lesson 8 - Looking Out for Good Restaurant
Pages 23-25
Lesson 9 - The Tailor
Pages 26-27
Lesson 10 - Travelling by Lorry
Pages 28-29
Lesson 11 - Inviting a Friend to a Meal
Pages 30-32
Lesson 12 - Dining Hall Situation
Pages 33-35
Lesson 13 - At the Post Office
Pages 36-40
Lesson 14 - Begging
Pages 41-43
Lesson 15 - Sickness
Pages 44-47
Lesson 16 - Job Hunting
Pages 48-50
Lesson 17 - The Dating Game
Pages 51-53
Lesson 18 - Asking for the Chief
Pages 54-55
Lesson 19
- Visiting a Prospective Farmer
Pages 56-57
Lesson 20 - Useful Farm Situations
Pages 58-64
More Idiomatic Expressions
Page 65
Some Krio Proverbs
Page 66
Some Krio Songs
Pages 67-68
Krio Vocabulary
Pages 69-71