Thursday, March 22, 2012

"fraz" -- Is there an easy way to distinguish between "sentence" and "phrase"? (e.g. "Fix the second phrase of the sentence.")

Haitian Creole "fraz" is a "sentence"

Haitian Creole "fraz" does not have the same definition as English "Phrase"

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4 comments:

  1. I understand. What does have the same definition as "phrase"?

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  2. A phrase, I believe, can be an expression, an idiom, a prose. It is a group of words, or just one word that expresses something.
    A phrase does not need to be a complete sentence.
    Whereas a sentence must be complete with a subject and a verb.

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  3. That's correct. Is there a Creole word for what you've described?

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  4. English "sentence" is translated in Creole as "fraz".
    and
    English "phrase" can be translated in Creole as tèm, dizon, ekspresyon, pawòl

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