Learn Guyanese English in Georgetown
Georgetown speaks Caribbean English with British spelling and words of its own: you lime with friends, have a gaff, and sit out in the gallery. Now and then you'll hear a touch of Creolese.
In Solvelingua you move to Georgetown, find a home in Main Street, and learn Guyanese English the way people there speak it: by talking with the baker, your landlord, your boss and your friends, by voice or by typing. Everyone remembers you, and gentle feedback after each conversation shows what to say next time.
What you'll hear in Georgetown
Answering the phone
Hello?
Polite and friendly “you”
you, with Mister, Miss, Auntie or Uncle with strangers, you with friends
Courtesies
excuse me, morning, please and thank you, darlin'
Money
Guyana dollars
Local words and slang
- all right
- no problem
- me darlin'
- lime (hang out)
- gaff (chat)
- wha' happenin'
- bottom house
- pot hound
- too sweet (great)
Where you'll live
- Main Street: Casas brancas de madeira com venezianas, um canteiro central de flamboyants, a catedral de madeira e o Promenade Gardens ali perto.
You can play in Spanish and Portuguese: menus, feedback, lessons and translations come in the language you pick.
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