Kè grenn → expression for jealous (as in: covet, green-eye, envious)
the word "Kè" → heart
the word "grenn" → (in this expression) might have originated from the English word "green"
Kè ou grenn → you're jealous.
Kè li grenn → He/she's jealous.
*You cannot use the expression kè grenn to translate jealous (as in being protective)
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another way to say "jealous" in Creole is jalou or jalouzi
Jealousy (n.) → jalouzi
Jealous (adj.) → jalou
To be jealous (v.) → fè jalouzi or jalou
Examples:
He's jealous. (three ways to say this in Creole)
Li jalou.
L'ap fè jalouzi.
Li gen kè grenn.
I'm so jealous of you.
Mwen jalou.
M'ap fè jalouzi.
Kè m grenn.
I'm so jealous of you! I wish I was the one going to Paris.
Kè m grenn wi! Mwen swete se mwen ki ta prale Pari.
He is a jealous man.
Li jalou.
or
Li se yon nèg ki jalou.
(Can't use "kè grenn" for this translation :)
She's being jealous.
L'ap fè jalouzi.
the word "Kè" → heart
the word "grenn" → (in this expression) might have originated from the English word "green"
Kè ou grenn → you're jealous.
Kè li grenn → He/she's jealous.
*You cannot use the expression kè grenn to translate jealous (as in being protective)
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another way to say "jealous" in Creole is jalou or jalouzi
Jealousy (n.) → jalouzi
Jealous (adj.) → jalou
To be jealous (v.) → fè jalouzi or jalou
Examples:
He's jealous. (three ways to say this in Creole)
Li jalou.
L'ap fè jalouzi.
Li gen kè grenn.
I'm so jealous of you.
Mwen jalou.
M'ap fè jalouzi.
Kè m grenn.
I'm so jealous of you! I wish I was the one going to Paris.
Kè m grenn wi! Mwen swete se mwen ki ta prale Pari.
He is a jealous man.
Li jalou.
or
Li se yon nèg ki jalou.
(Can't use "kè grenn" for this translation :)
She's being jealous.
L'ap fè jalouzi.
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