franse mawon (franse sirèt) → bad French
From a Haitian Creole perspective, speaking bad French is speaking French without verb accord, pronouncing the French "e" like the Creole "e", pronouncing the French "i" like "u", and vice versa. It sounds like "tamed" Creole. But as you know Creole can't be tamed. So the "franse mawon" comes out sounding bad. ...laughable bad.
It's the same as "franse sirèt", it's spoken as if you have a sweet candy in your mouth, but the words sounds a little "sour". Sirèt is Haitian Creole for candy.
Many Haitian comedians at one time or another will present some materials in "franse mawon" or "franse sirèt". It' always very funny.
FYI: Some people do think that Haitian Creole can be an explicit language sometimes. That's when you'll hear people call it Kreyòl rèk crude or vulgar Creole (you tell it like it is). I do remember my dad asking me to swap some words with "gentler" ones when I was a child. And I'm pretty sure you'll find that some Haitians will tell you that they had trouble using some H. Creole words in front of a respectable adult. No wonder we try to sweeten it up to make it sound more sophisticated :)
So, "Kreyòl Ayisyen pa franse mawon" "Haitian Creole is not bad French".
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presize → to give details, to tell exactly
presi, presize → precise
presizeman → precisely
Regarding your question, I would say:
"Èske w ta eksplike m siyifikasyon li egzakteman
"Eske ou te ka presize sou sa "mawon" vle di?"
Other examples with "presize":
1. Eske w te ka presize sou sa?
Could you be clear on that?
Could you give more details about that?
2. Yo di nou pou n vin nan reyinyon an, men yo pa't presize sou lè nou te dwe reyini an.
They said we needed to come to the meeting, but they didn't give an exact time for us to meet.
3. Yo pat presize dat maryaj la.
They did not give an exact date for the wedding.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
From a Haitian Creole perspective, speaking bad French is speaking French without verb accord, pronouncing the French "e" like the Creole "e", pronouncing the French "i" like "u", and vice versa. It sounds like "tamed" Creole. But as you know Creole can't be tamed. So the "franse mawon" comes out sounding bad. ...laughable bad.
It's the same as "franse sirèt", it's spoken as if you have a sweet candy in your mouth, but the words sounds a little "sour". Sirèt is Haitian Creole for candy.
Many Haitian comedians at one time or another will present some materials in "franse mawon" or "franse sirèt". It' always very funny.
FYI: Some people do think that Haitian Creole can be an explicit language sometimes. That's when you'll hear people call it Kreyòl rèk crude or vulgar Creole (you tell it like it is). I do remember my dad asking me to swap some words with "gentler" ones when I was a child. And I'm pretty sure you'll find that some Haitians will tell you that they had trouble using some H. Creole words in front of a respectable adult. No wonder we try to sweeten it up to make it sound more sophisticated :)
So, "Kreyòl Ayisyen pa franse mawon" "Haitian Creole is not bad French".
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presize → to give details, to tell exactly
presi, presize → precise
presizeman → precisely
Regarding your question, I would say:
"Èske w ta eksplike m siyifikasyon li egzakteman
"Eske ou te ka presize sou sa "mawon" vle di?"
Other examples with "presize":
1. Eske w te ka presize sou sa?
Could you be clear on that?
Could you give more details about that?
2. Yo di nou pou n vin nan reyinyon an, men yo pa't presize sou lè nou te dwe reyini an.
They said we needed to come to the meeting, but they didn't give an exact time for us to meet.
3. Yo pat presize dat maryaj la.
They did not give an exact date for the wedding.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
Sa ede m anpil wi. M tap panse 'mawon' tankou nan fraz 'nèg mawon' la. Sa se poukisa m pa t ka konprann li konplètman.
ReplyDeleteMèsi pou presize sou sa pou mwen. :)
Dakò. Mwen kontan sa ede w.
DeleteGreat use for PRESIZE. You're right on the money :)
"Mawon", in "nèg mawon" means "run away"
IN Creole, the word "mawon" can be a verb that means to run away, to escape, to shy away, to avoid, etc...
You can use it as in these sentences:
1. M wè ou mawon'm.
I see you're avoiding me.
2. Ou p'ap jwenn li, li mawon.
You won't find him, he ran away.
3. Poukisa w'ap mawon nou la a?
Why are you avoiding us?
Èske mwen kapab itilize 'mawon' olye pou 'move' avèk lòt non? Pa egzamp èske m ka di 'fim mawon' oubyen 'manje mawon'?
ReplyDeleteNo...Not really.
DeleteMen, ou kapab di "makawon" olye w di "move"
yon fim makawon
a bad movie (as in botched movie)
Dakò :)