Saturday, May 28, 2011

When a person uses that's it.. define that's it..do not vocalize the 'n' sound)

That's it. (as in 'that's the one') - Se li menm.
That's it. (as in 'that's all') - se tout.
Vocalizing the n sound as in the English word 'man' does not occur in Creole.
'an' is a nasal vowel and is pronounced like 'uh'. Example: manman (muh-muh)You would vocalize the 'n' sound when you have a double consonant as in 'mann', pronounced 'muh-n'.

Examples:
pann - hang

rann - render, regurgitate

tann - wait

fann - cut through, rip open

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