Mandaly, I'm still searching the Haitian Creole word 'chat'. How popular is its usage? Is the pronunciation tha same as the English word 'chat'?

First of all, "chat" is a French word. It means "cat" in English.

Chat - French pronunciation is "sha"
Chat - Haitian Creole pronunciation is "shat"

In Haitian Creole this word is used in many proverbs and idioms. I'm listing the few that i can remember here.

1. Chat mawon - wild cat
2. Chat mawon - someone who commits white collar crimes
3. lage chat la - let the cat out of the bag
4. Tèt chat - being of poor quality, being unreliable, not authentic
5. fè pa chat - cheating on your significant other
6. chat pa la, rat pran kay - cat's away, mice will play
7. viv tankou chen a chat - living a cat and dog life
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