Cape Verdean Creole	English
olá / oi	hello
bon dia	good morning
boa tardi	good afternoon
boa noti	good night
modi ki bu sta?	how are you?
tudu dretu?	is everything okay?
N sta dretu	I'm fine
tudu bon	all good
obrigadu / obrigada	thank you (m/f)
sin	yes
nau	no
pur favor	please
diskulpa	sorry / excuse me
di nada	you're welcome
te logu	see you later
te dipôs	see you afterwards
bon-vindu	welcome
modi ki bu nomi?	what's your name?
nha nomi e ...	my name is ...
N / mi	I / me
bu / bo	you (sing.)
el	he / she
nu / nos	we
nhos	you (plural)
es	they
ómi	man
mudjer	woman
mininu	child
mai	mother
pai	father
fidju	son
fidja	daughter
irmon	brother
irma	sister
avó	grandparent
amigu	friend
família	family
agu	water
kume	to eat
kumida	food
pon	bread
pexi	fish
karni	meat
arrós	rice
leti	milk
kafé	coffee
asúkar	sugar
sal	salt
katchupa	cachupa (national dish)
vinhu	wine
un	one
dôs	two
três	three
kuatu	four
sinku	five
sais	six
séti	seven
oitu	eight
nóvi	nine
dés	ten
vinti	twenty
sen	hundred
mil	thousand
sta	to be (state)
ten	to have
ba	to go
ben	to come
fla	to say
papia	to speak
odja	to see
obi	to hear
sabe	to know
kré	to want
pode	to be able
bebe	to drink
durmi	to sleep
lê	to read
skrebe	to write
trabadja	to work
mora	to live
gosta	to like
konxe	to know (a person)
da	to give
bon	good
mau	bad
grandi	big
pikinoti	small
kenti	hot
friu	cold
bunitu	beautiful
nobu	new
bedju	old
dretu	right / fine
kuzê?	what?
ken?	who?
undi?	where?
kandu?	when?
modi?	how?
kantu?	how much?
pamodi?	why?
i	and
ku	with
ma	but
oji	today
manhan	tomorrow
onti	yesterday
gósi	now
li	here
la	there
kasa	house
mar	sea
sol	sun
txuba	rain
sodadi	longing / saudade
morabeza	Cape Verdean hospitality