Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Did you have any visitors over the weekend?

visitors (guests) can be translated as envite, vizitè, or etranje

1. Did you have any visitors over the weekend?
    Eske ou te gen vizitè nan wikenn nan?

2. Where did they stay?
    Ki kite yo te desann?

desann (or fè ladesant) can also mean to stay temporarily.
example:
3. While I'm in Haiti, I'll stay at my brother's house.
    Pandan m Ayiti, m'ap desann lakay frè m nan.
    Pandan m Ayiti, m'ap fè ladesant lakay frè mwen an.

also, 
bay ladesant  → accomodate a guest, to receive someone as guest temporarily.

Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words

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