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Colours in Saint Lucian Kwéyòl
The eight colour words of Saint Lucian Kwéyòl confirmed in the dictionary, each with a colour swatch and tips for remembering them.
By Nigel Shomari Nicholas, founder of Jwé Kwéyòl
Colour words are some of the most useful early vocabulary in any language. They show up constantly in casual description, and Saint Lucian Kwéyòl has a compact set of eight confirmed in the dictionary: six in everyday use, plus two (blue and grey) that carry a documented secondary meaning in the dictionary, which is why they're introduced slightly later in the games on this site.
| Swatch | Kwéyòl | English |
|---|---|---|
| wouj | red | |
| blan | white | |
| nwè | black | |
| jòn | yellow | |
| vèt | green | |
| kako | brown | |
| blé | blue | |
| gwi | grey |
Tips for learning the colours
- Name what you see. Colours are all around you. Name the colour of cars, clothes and fruit in Kwéyòl as you go about your day.
- Pair colours with things you know. A ripe mango, a green lime, the blue sea: linking each colour to a picture in your mind makes it stick.
- Go further with the other lessons. Combine colours with words from our food and animals lessons.
To practice recognizing these as a word, a swatch, and (for a real challenge) a picture of an everyday object, try the Color Game, which has all three modes in one place.