Sranan

English Proper noun Sranan Tongo, the English-based creole of Suriname. Translations English-based creole of Suriname Sranan Tongo See also srn Further reading srn en Languages Dutch Alternative forms nl Sranang <qq:dated> Etymology nl srn Sranan Suriname Pronunciation nl nl-Sranan.ogg nl /sraːˈnɑn/ /sraːˈnɑŋ/ Proper noun n nl chiefly Netherlands nl Languages Suriname nl Sranantongo Sranan Tongo nl chiefly Suriname nl Suriname Suriname nl 1993 Swietie Sranang. Kan me nog meer vertellen. Herinneringen aan een rot jeugd Sweet Suriname. Tell the marines. Recollections of a lousy childhood nl Walther Donner Don Walther Donner Southend on Sea/Noravia/Rotterdam Laetitia Boeken 6 https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/walt004swie01_01/walt004swie01_01_0001.php Toen kwam die andere Joop -meneer Joop den Uyl- op de proppen die vond dat het land zonodig onafhankelijk moest worden. Hij en zijn medestanders zowel in Sranang als in Blanda bekommerden zich weinig om de eisen die men pleegt te stellen aan een levenskrachtige democratie [...]. Then came along that other Joop – Mr Joop den Uyl – who thought it urgently necessary for the country to become independent. He and his supporters both in Suriname and in the Netherlands cared little for the requirements commonly seen as essential to a viable democracy [...]. https://web.archive.org/web/20250531125524/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/walt004swie01_01/walt004swie01_01_0001.php 31 May 2025 Sranan Tongo Alternative forms srn Sranang superseded spelling Etymology srn Pronunciation Adjective srn adjective en Surinamese en Sranan, pertaining to Sranan Tongo Proper noun srn proper noun srn Suriname Q730 srn Sranankondre Sranangron srn 1855 Neger-Engelsch woordenboek Negro English Dictionary Hendrik Charles Focke P.H. van den Heuvell Leiden https://books.google.com/books?id=zB5KAAAAcAAJ Sranám-kondre da hási-tére: tide a wai so, tamara a wai so. Suriname is like a horsetail: today it's blown this way, tomorrow it's blown that way. srn De Kolonist 4 July 1869 4 advertisement https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011211049:mpeg21:a0006 Da soema dissi teeken dia na ondro, habi da eer nanga wan respekki fasi, foe meki dem soema foe Sranam sabi taki a de doe da wroko dati, foe tjari da njoen Wet foe so farra de foe ibri wan borgroe soema moesoe sabi na Sranam tongo {...}. A sma di teken dya na ondro, abi a eer nanga wan lespeki fasi, fu meki den sma fu Sranan sabi, taki a e du a wroko dati, fu tyari a nyun wèt, fu so fara de fu ibriwan borgu sma musu sabi, na Sranantongo . The undersigned has the honour to respectfully inform the people of Suriname that he's undertaking the work of translating the new law, as far as it is necessary for every citizen to know, into Sranan Tongo . srn Eddy Vervuurt Lied [Parbo-Mambo] https://www.discogs.com/release/5016647-Orkest-Eddy-Vervuurt-Lied Orkest Eddy Vervuurt; nl Big Jones c. 1955 Now di Sranan e meki en biri / ala tra biri kan tan tiri Now that Suriname is making its own beer / all other beers can keep quiet srn w:nl:R. Dobru 1968 1970 wan One Wortoe d'e tan abra. Bloemlezing uit de Surinaamse poëzie vanaf 1957 Words that remain. Anthology of Surinamese poetry since 1957 w:Shrinivási Paramaribo Bureau Volkslektuur 48 Wan Sranan / someni wiwiri / someni skin / someni tongo / Wan pipel. One Suriname / so many hair [types] / so many skin [colours] / so many tongues / One people. https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/shri001wort01_01/shri001wort01_01_0014.php https://web.archive.org/web/20260906001608/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/shri001wort01_01/shri001wort01_01_0014.php 6 September 2026 srn 11 March 1970 nl De Vrije Stem (Suriname) Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname P. Marlee Lees: Sranan, moks'alesi 1 https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011187157:mpeg21:a0041 gwe foe Afobaka, go na hé / dan te na sibiboesi krin joe kra / fas joe roetoe tap tafra-bergi lek wan boa / opo wan makti kankantri-sten / gi na njoen Sranan brokodé away from Afobaka, go upwards / until a cloudburst cleanses your soul / fasten your roots on the table mount like a boa / raise a mighty cotton tree voice / for the dawn of the new Suriname srn 1975 w:nl:Sonora Paramarera Lobi Dee Kondre Nomroe Wan Mi luku a grontapu nanga en gudu / Nowan kondre mi feni pe mi sa tan / Mi kan teigi yu fu tru, mi gudu / Nowan kondre mi lobi leki mi Sranan I look at the world and its riches / I find no country where I'll live / I can truly tell you, my darling / I love no country like my Suriname srn 1975 w:nl:Mighty Botai Onafhankelijkheid (Srefidensi) Suriname Sranang Kong Fri Atleba ten no sa de moro ini Sranan / Den bakra, den ben hori wi na baka / Den de bow den kondre kon na fesi / Meki wi e pina The period of toiling will be no more in Suriname / The Dutch, they held us back / They built up their country successfully / Made us suffer srn w:Thea Doelwijt 1981 Prisiri stari. De pretster. Wan komedi-pré gi pikin. Een theaterspel voor kinderen The star of joy. A theatre play for children Paramaribo Eldoradoboek 60 9991451013 Opo mi pikin, opo. J'o tron wan Stari. Wan Stari d'e brenki ini a Firmamenti. En m'o gi joe wan kondre. Wan heri kondre nanga foeroe libisma. En a kondre disi sa nen A njoen Republiek Sranan! Rise, my child, rise. You will become a star. A star that shines in the firmament. And I will give you a country. A whole country, with many people. And this country will be called: the new Republic of Suriname! https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/doel004pris01_01/doel004pris01_01_0005.php https://web.archive.org/web/20251124111851/https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/doel004pris01_01/doel004pris01_01_0005.php 24 November 2025 en Sranan Tongo, en Sranan srn Sranantongo Descendants nl 1 Sranan en 1 Sranan