How Old Are You?

The Haitian Creole translation for 'How old are you?' is 'Ki laj ou?'

-Ki laj ou?
-Mwen gen 7 tan. (I am seven years old.)

-Ki laj ou?
-M gen 28 tan. (I am twenty eight years old.)

-Ki laj ou?
-M gen 30 tan. (I am thirty years old.)

-Ki laj li?
-Li gen 100 tan. (He is one hundred years old.)

Did you know...?

Did you know that one year is synonymous with one coffee harvest?
In Haiti, when people talk about their age, they'd often describe one year as one "coffee harvest".
If you are 7 years old, then you've seen 7 coffee harvests.
If you are 40 years old, then you've seen 40 coffee harvests.

Often, instead of 'Ki laj ou?', Haitians will ask:
Konbyen rekòt kafe ou genyen? or
Konbyen rekòt kafe ou genyen sou tèt ou?
Which translates as: How many coffee harvests have you seen?

To which you will answer:
M gen 40 rekòt kafe.   or
M gen 40 rekòt kafe sou tèt mwen.
(I have seen 40 coffee harvests.)


*Konbyen rekòt kafe ou gen sou tèt ou? literally means How many coffee harvests do you have on your head?
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Konbyen rekòt kafe ou genyen?