èdtan (from French heures de temps)
1. inèdtan
inè-d-tan
one hour
2. dezèdtan
dezè-d-tan
two hours
3. Mwen te travay pou douzèdtan ayè.
I worked for twelve hours yesterday.
4. Nou te jene pou vennkatrèdtan (vennkatèdtan).
We fasted for twenty-four hours.
5. Dabitid yon fim dire inèdtan edmi.
Usually a movie lasts one and a half hours.
6. Nenpòt moun ki fè yon diskou ki dire plis pase demi èdtan pa gen konpasyon pou oditè l yo.
Anyone that makes a speech longer than half an hour has no compassion for his audience.
7. Mwen fatige paske m te dòmi yon kadè sèlman yèswa.
I'm tired because I only slept for a quarter of an hour last night.
8. Konbyen èdtan ou travay pa semèn? Mwen travay karantèdtan pa semèn.
How many hours you work per week? I work forty hours per week.
9. Pran medikaman an chak twazèdtan.
Take the medicine every three hours.
10. M te gen tranche pou trannsizèdtan anvan m akouche.
I was in labor for thirty-six hours before giving birth.
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1. inèdtan
inè-d-tan
one hour
2. dezèdtan
dezè-d-tan
two hours
3. Mwen te travay pou douzèdtan ayè.
I worked for twelve hours yesterday.
4. Nou te jene pou vennkatrèdtan (vennkatèdtan).
We fasted for twenty-four hours.
5. Dabitid yon fim dire inèdtan edmi.
Usually a movie lasts one and a half hours.
6. Nenpòt moun ki fè yon diskou ki dire plis pase demi èdtan pa gen konpasyon pou oditè l yo.
Anyone that makes a speech longer than half an hour has no compassion for his audience.
7. Mwen fatige paske m te dòmi yon kadè sèlman yèswa.
I'm tired because I only slept for a quarter of an hour last night.
8. Konbyen èdtan ou travay pa semèn? Mwen travay karantèdtan pa semèn.
How many hours you work per week? I work forty hours per week.
9. Pran medikaman an chak twazèdtan.
Take the medicine every three hours.
10. M te gen tranche pou trannsizèdtan anvan m akouche.
I was in labor for thirty-six hours before giving birth.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
I like sentence number seven. I just learned a new word, 'kadè' to mean a quarter of an hour. What about "I only slept a half of an hour last night." or "I only slept at three-forth of an hour."? What is a word for 'a half an hour'? What is a word for 'a three-fourth of an hour'?
ReplyDeletehalf an hour → demi èdtan
Deletethree quarters of an hour → twaka èdtan