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Sidney Joubert

Sidney Joubert
Sidney Joubert

(Curaçao, 1939) got his degree in Spanish at the University of Amsterdam. He fololowed a course in Papiamentu by drs Raúl Römer. From 1965 to 1985 he was a teacher of Spanish at a secondary school in Curaçao. For some years he worked at the Sede di Papiamentu, later the Curaçao language-institute Fundashon di Planifikashon di Idioma. Hij was a teacher at the first course of Papiamentu on Curaçao in the early seventies; secretary of the spelling-committee Maduro en Jonis en chairperson of the subcommission Curaçao of the Standardisationcommikttee of Papiamentu; he is the chairperson of the Stichting Raúl Römer, that last year - in co-operation with Zirkoon Publishers - published the bilingual book Kon Nanzi a nèk Shon Arei.../ Hoe Nanzi de koning beetnam... . His most important works are Papiaments op Reis, written with his wife Debbie Joubert; Stemmen uit het verleden (Indian words in Papiamentu) with drs. G. van Buurt and a Dutch-Papiementu dictionary, published both in print and electronically.

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    Winternachten 2006 – WINTERNACHT 2

    The Papiamento dictation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

    It does not come as a surprise that very few speakers of Papiamento and Papiamentu can also spell in their mother tongue. Although the spelling has been officially established, teaching spelling has only for some years been part of the official school system. In this first public dictation we will evaluate the state of affairs. Visitors to Winternachten were invited to join in: choose Papiamentu or Papiamento and test your knowledge. They needn't worry about the results, only the number of faults that the winner makes was revealed. The prize: a recent copy of the Papiamentu-Dutch complete dictionary (2005). The dictation was put together by the FPI (Foundation for language planning) from Curaçao. Chairman of the jury was the director of FPI, Ronald Severing. Gilbert Wawoe, member of the State Council, dictated the Papiamentu, and children's book writer Olga Orman the Papiamento. You can try your Papiamento and Papiamentu by listening to the dictation on this recording. The correct spelling can been seen in this document (PDF). Dutch and Papiamento spoken.