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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

"Enben, di m a ki le ou ta renmen manje yon bagay avek mwen menm e madanm mwen aswe a". Is there anything wrong grammatically? Forgive me for not having grave accents. Mesi, Kreyol Lwiziyen

"Enben, di m a kilè ou ta renmen manje yon bagay avèk mwen menm ak madanm mwen aswè a."

I would rather say "mwen menm AK madanm mwen". Other than that, there's nothing wrong with it.

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4 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 26, 2012 at 2:17 PM

    Madanm Mandaly,

    Thank you! I should have remembered that Kreyol
    uses "ak (avek)" instead of "e" when linking. I
    tend to be influenced by Spanish and French in this area. But, for the record, if one used "e"
    instead of "ak" would it sound uneducated?

    Mesi anpil,

    Kreyol Lwiziyen

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    1. MandalyDecember 26, 2012 at 2:25 PM

      No, not at all.
      In this case, I was thinking that "e" sounds too "French". You'll see that Haitians tend to say:
      mwen menm ak ou
      mwen menm ak madanm mwen
      mwen menm ak ti fi sa.
      Mwen menm ak tout moun

      It flows better than "e", in Creole.

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    2. UnknownDecember 26, 2012 at 2:30 PM

      Madanm Mandaly,

      DAKO!!!!!

      Mesi

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    3. MandalyDecember 26, 2012 at 2:32 PM

      ANFÒM!!!

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