Samples
These sentences are examples of how Gullah was spoken in the 19th century:
| Uh gwine gone dey tomorruh. | "I will go there tomorrow." |
| We blan ketch 'nuf cootuh dey. | "We always catch a lot of turtles there." |
| Dem yent yeddy wuh oonuh say. | "They did not hear what you said." |
| Dem chillun binnuh nyam all we rice. | "Those children were eating all our rice." |
| 'E tell'um say 'e haffuh do'um. | "He told him that he had to do it." |
| Duh him tell we say dem duh faa'muh. | "He's the one who told us that they are farmers." |
| De buckruh dey duh 'ood duh hunt tuckrey. | "The white man is in the woods hunting turkeys." |
| Alltwo dem 'ooman done fuh smaa't. | "Both those women are really smart." |
| Enty duh dem shum dey? | "Aren't they the ones who saw him there?" |
This story, called Brer Lion an Brer Goat, was first published in 1888 by story collector Charles Colcock Jones, Jr.:
- Brer Lion bin a hunt, an eh spy Brer Goat duh leddown topper er big rock duh wuk eh mout an der chaw. Eh creep up fuh ketch um. Wen eh git close ter um eh notus um good. Brer Goat keep on chaw. Brer Lion try fuh fine out wuh Brer Goat duh eat. Eh yent see nuttne nigh um ceptin de nekked rock wuh eh duh leddown on. Brer Lion stonish. Eh wait topper Brer Goat. Brer Goat keep on chaw, an chaw, an chaw. Brer Lion cant mek de ting out, an eh come close, an eh say: "Hay! Brer Goat, wuh you duh eat?" Brer Goat skade wen Brer Lion rise up befo um, but eh keep er bole harte, an eh mek ansur: "Me duh chaw dis rock, an ef you dont leff, wen me done long um me guine eat you". Dis big wud sabe Brer Goat. Bole man git outer diffikelty way coward man lose eh life.
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