Guyanese Creole

I wanted to address the language questions many people have posed....Guyana's official lanaguage is English. The majority of people also know "proper" English but Creole (Guyanese) is spoken in the home and with friends. Guyana is considered to be a part of the Caribbean community and the Creole English spoken here reflects that. It is a Creole not too unlike what you'd hear in Jamaica, but also pretty different. It is, from what I can understand, English with a few grammar rules changed or simplified. There are two kinds of Creole; Meselect and Basilect, the latter being the hardest to understand. I can understand a lot of what people say but some accents and harder than others and it really can seem to be a foreign language. If it is a child, forget about it! They can be hard to understand. Many people will take mercy on a foreigner and speak slowly. The Peace Corps Volunteers who have been here a year already seem to have no problem understanding even the hardest of accents, and those who have made the effort can speak it themselves.
To give you an idea, here are some phrases in Guyanese:
1. Me nah undastand a word of wha yeh seh, nuh! : I don't understand a word of what you're saying!
2. Waam, bai? or Wappenin, gurl? : What's up, man, girl?
3. Wa ya name? : What's your name?
4. Me goin to da market dis marning. : I'm going to the market this morning.
5. She nah walk wit she foot, she walk wit she mouth : This is basically saying that this girl likes to gossip- she "walks with her mouth".
6. And the inspirational quote we all need sometimes: "Turle can't walk if he nah push he head outta he shell" : You can't move forward and make progress unless you are willing to take risks.