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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Exercise 38 - Answers to Exercise 37

These are the answers to multiple choice question from Doing The Laundry exercise.
1.b 2.a 3.b 4.c 5.c 6.a 7.b 8.a 9.c 10.a
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Also, about 5 people have told me that this exercise was quite hard. So I have translated the other answers. Hopefully you'd add them to your Haitian Creole vocabulary bank. Thanks!

1. How many pieces of clothing did I wash by hand today?
a. senk - five
b. sèt - seven
c. sis - sis

2. Where did I go wash my clothes in Haiti?
a. nan rivyè a - at the river
b. nan lanmè a - in the ocean
c. nan sous la - at the spring

3. On what day was the laundry done in Haiti?
a. Vandredi - Friday
b. Samdi - Saturday
c. Jedi - Thursday

4. How were the clothes dried?
a. Sou yon pye bwa - on a tree
b. Sou tèt yon machin- on top of a car
c. Sou yon pil ròch - on a pile of rocks

5. The Haitian Creole translation for 24/7 is
a. vennkat sou sèt - 24 on 7
b. sèt sou sèt - 7 on 7
c. vennkat sou vennkat - 24 on 24

6. Where did some students study at night during exam times?
a. Anba yon poto limyè - under a light pole
b. Nan yon magazen - in a shop
c. Nan yon bato - in a boat

7. Why were some students studying under a light pole?
a. yo pa te gen kay - they didn't have houses
b. yo pa te gen limyè -they didn't have light
c. yo pa te gen liv - they didn't have books

8. What was Michel studying?
a. Lwa - law
b. Edikasyon - education
c. medsin - medicine

9. What is Michel's profession now?
a. doktè - doctor
b. pwofesè - teacher
c. jij - judge

10. In which part of Haiti does Michel live now?
a. Sid - south
b. Nò - north
c. Lwès - west

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    1. Ki jan ou di "nevermind" an kreyol? lol. M konprann kounye a :)

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