#kriolu

Just curious, how much English do they use in CV, and how are your non-Portuguese speaking co-workers doing?

hi anon! good question

i think that english is used in businesses that deal with international customers / co-workers. because tourism is the main economic activity, that means that there's always a good chance that someone speaks english near you. every restaurant has at least one english-speaking waiter and my non-portuguese-speaking cohort work at either a university or an org w international advisors, so they've been okay (worst case scenario, taking turns on a phone with google translate always does the trick)

also i feel like praia is a city where a lot of people have a cousin in the united states [1] so it's not uncommon to have someone walk up to you in the street and speak english [2] so they can meet you and practice (usually not creepy according to english-speaking pals)

lots of admiration to my roommate bc i feel like she knows the most kriolu out of all of us and took lessons while still in the boston area :))

also the mormon church has been ... increasing their presence across different pockets of africa, cabo verde being one of those places. any book-carrying white guys in a button-down shirt and dress pants will speak english. there's also americans / european union members who do missionary work here :(

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[1] if you visit, u can make a day-drinking game out of the number of boston celtics, los angeles lakers, and chicago bulls jerseys you see. i've also seen the "wicked smahhht" shirt and a boston medical center tote bag lol