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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Talking nonsense (Creole)

Radote (v.) → to talk nonsense, to ramble, to talk aimlessly.

Sispann radote.
Stop talking nonsense.
Stop rambling.

Mwen t'ale tande diskou li a.  Men se radote li t'ap radote.
I went to hear his speech.  But all he did was talking nonsense.



Radòt (noun) → foolish talk, gibberish, gossip, crap
Also called radotay

Tout sa se radòt!
All of this is crap (gibberish or nonsense talk)

Ki radòt sa?!
What kind of a foolish talk is that?!

Ala radòt mezanmi!
What a load of  nonsense!


Radotè (noun) → someone who talks nonsense.

Ah! pa koute li.  Li se yon radotè.
Ah don't listen to her.  She's full of it.

Radotè!
Motormouth!
Chatterbox!
Jokester!

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