The Verbs Have It

In a class where English language learners are thinking of personal experience topics to write about, the verbs have it. The verb is crucial when you are trying to convert a whole experience into a topic of a few words. These class 4 and 5 children know the verb in Krio, but not in English:

skrap (cut) wun / bɔs (injured) ros (burnt) balans (swerved to avoid) fɔdɔm (fell) tif (stole)

ledɔm (lay) fɛt (fought) bang (hit) pat dɛn (stopped the fight) wan day (almost died) bɔk mi fut (stubbed my toe)