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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Have you ever heard the word TANMEN before? e.g. Si li sispann fe mal epi li TANMEN mache dwat, n ap lage l nan prizon an.

Tanmen (from the French entamer) → to begin, to commence, to initiate, to inaugurate, to cut into 


Lè mwen te wè koulèv la, mwen tanmen kouri.
When I saw the snake, I started running.


Elèv yo tanmen pale lè pwofesè a te soti. deyò a.
The students started talking when the teacher stepped out.

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