The Horse Before the Cart

Sranan Tongo is a language spoken by around 670,000 people in Suriname, a country on the northern coast of South America. Much of its vocabulary is based on English. For example, the Sranan Tongo word kaw is borrowed from English cow. It is also heavily influenced by various African languages and by Dutch, as Suriname is a former colony of the Netherlands.

You came across a Sranan Tongo calendar for this month, January 2026. A portion of the calendar is pictured below. It may be helpful to know that January 29, 2026 is a Thursday.

Notes. An airstrip is a strip of land where airplanes land and take off. A gadfly is a fly that feeds on the blood of large animals. A uvula is the small, teardrop-shaped piece of tissue that hangs at the back of the mouth.