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Friday, March 8, 2013

"HOW MANY TIMES PER ....DAY/WEEK/YEAR"..... (AUDIO)

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Bonswa zanmi.  Kouman ou ye? (Good evening friend.  How are you?)
Nou la. (We're there.)
Konbyen fwa pa semèn ou fè egzèsis? (How many times a week do you workout?)
M fè egzèsis twa fwa pa semèn. (I workout 3 times a week)
Dakò mèsi! (Great thanks!)

Bonjou zanmi m.  Kouman w ye?
Bonjou Mandaly.
Kesyon mwen pou ou se, konbyen fwa pa jou ou lapriyè?
(My question for you is how many times a day do you pray?)
Mwen lapriyè de fwa pa jou. (I pray twice a day)
Dakò mèsi.

Bonswa zanmi.
Bonswa Mandaly.
Konbyen fwa pa jou ou manje? (How many times a day do you eat?)
M manje de fwa pa jou.  M pran dejene.  M pran dine.  M pran soupe. 
(I eat twice a day. I take breakfast.  I take dinner.  I take supper)
Si ou pran dejene, ou pran dine, e ou pran soupe, sa pa fè de fwa.  Sa fè twa fwa pa jou!
(If you take breakfast, you take dinner, and you take supper.  That's not twice.  That's three times a day!)

Bonswa zanmi m.
Konbyen fwa pa semèn ou fè makèt? (How many times a week you grocery shop?)
Mwen se Ameriken.  Mwen fè makèt chak jou.
(I am american I do grocery shopping everyday)

Konbyen fwa pa semèn ou lave cheve w? (How many times a week do you wash your hair?)
Mwen ta di de fwa konsa. (I would say about two times)
Dakò mèsi.

Konbyen fwa pa ane ou vwayaje? (How many times a year do you travel?)
Zewo bare! Mwen pa vwayaje ditou. (Zilch! I don't travel at all.)

Konbyen fwa pa jou ou bwose dan w? (How many times a day do you brush your teeth?)
Mwen bwose dan mwen de fwa pa jou. (I brush my teeth twice a day.)

Konbyen fwa pa semèn ou manje bannann fri?
(How many times a week do you eat fried plantains?)
Mwen ta di de oubyen twa fwa. (I would say two or three times.)
O! O! mezanmi. Ou se yon Ayisyen natifnatal total kapital! (Wow! you're 100% Haitian!)

Konbyen fwa pa jou ou lapriyè? (How many times a day do you pray?)
Pitit o! Mwen lapriyè vennkat sou vennkat.  Chak è, chak minit, chak segonn. Oke Mèsi dakò!
(Child! I pray 24/7.  Every hour, every minute, every second.  Good Thanks.)

Bonswa zanmi m.
Bonswa Mandaly.
Konbyen fwa pa semèn ou fè lanmou? (How many times a week do you make love?)
Yon sèl fwa!  (Only once!)

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