Krik? krak!
Riddle: Tou won san fon. (bottomless loop.)
Answer: yon bag! (a ring!)
Riddle: Pase la pase isit, na rankontre. (you go here, I go there. We''ll meet up.)
Answer: sentiwon! (a belt!)
Riddle: Men m la pran m. (Catch me if you can.)
Answer: lonbraj! (a shadow!)
Riddle: Ti piti fè lonè prezidan. (the tiny one honors the king/president.)
Answer: zegwi! (a needle!)*
* It is because of a tiny sewing needle that even a great man covers his nakedness.
Riddle: Ouvè wa, fèmen wa. (open the king, shut the king.)
Answer: tiwa! (a drawer!)*
*This makes sense as 'wa' and 'tiwa' do rhyme. And 'ti wa' also means 'little king'
Riddle: De bò chemen. (a fork on the road.)
Answer: pantalon! (a pair of pants!)
Riddle: Piti piti plen kay. (little one, little one, fill up the house.)
Answer: lanp! (a lanp, or a light bulb)
Riddle: Dlo kanpe. (Upward water.)
Answer: kann! (sugar cane!)
Riddle: Lè m chita, m pi wo ke lè m kanpe. (When I sit I'm taller than when I stand.)
Answer: on chyen! ( a dog!)
Riddle: Abiye san sòti. (All dressed up and nowhere to go.)
Answer: kabann! ( a bed!)
Riddle: What's the safest place to put your hat to prevent it from falling on the floor?
Answer: on the floor.
Tongue twister:
And, a tongue twister that children sometimes use as a password to enter, say a... , treehouse:
Peti Pyè pati pou Pari pou peche pwason pou prezidan Petion.
Little Peter went to Paris to fish for President Petion. (Can you say that fast five times?)
Riddle: Tou won san fon. (bottomless loop.)
Answer: yon bag! (a ring!)
Riddle: Pase la pase isit, na rankontre. (you go here, I go there. We''ll meet up.)
Answer: sentiwon! (a belt!)
Riddle: Men m la pran m. (Catch me if you can.)
Answer: lonbraj! (a shadow!)
Riddle: Ti piti fè lonè prezidan. (the tiny one honors the king/president.)
Answer: zegwi! (a needle!)*
* It is because of a tiny sewing needle that even a great man covers his nakedness.
Riddle: Ouvè wa, fèmen wa. (open the king, shut the king.)
Answer: tiwa! (a drawer!)*
*This makes sense as 'wa' and 'tiwa' do rhyme. And 'ti wa' also means 'little king'
Riddle: De bò chemen. (a fork on the road.)
Answer: pantalon! (a pair of pants!)
Riddle: Piti piti plen kay. (little one, little one, fill up the house.)
Answer: lanp! (a lanp, or a light bulb)
Riddle: Dlo kanpe. (Upward water.)
Answer: kann! (sugar cane!)
Riddle: Lè m chita, m pi wo ke lè m kanpe. (When I sit I'm taller than when I stand.)
Answer: on chyen! ( a dog!)
Riddle: Abiye san sòti. (All dressed up and nowhere to go.)
Answer: kabann! ( a bed!)
Riddle: What's the safest place to put your hat to prevent it from falling on the floor?
Answer: on the floor.
Tongue twister:
And, a tongue twister that children sometimes use as a password to enter, say a... , treehouse:
Peti Pyè pati pou Pari pou peche pwason pou prezidan Petion.
Little Peter went to Paris to fish for President Petion. (Can you say that fast five times?)
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