Heads up: Swearing and cursing may happen
unintentionally – not just with dirty words but with some Creole terms that you
put together and chances are you will offend no one because you are
learning. Haitians will most likely
correct you and teach you better word choices.
As far as things that you should not say is concerned, it can be
a long list. It may as well be innocent
words translated from a dictionary such as “granmoun”
means “adult” in Creole, and some people may prefer to be called “pèsonaj” (which is a translation for “mature
person” or “adult” in English). Or you
may be seeing “jenès” which is
Haitian Creole for “youth”, but it also translates “prostitute”. So learning to say the right words (or not to
say the wrong words) is definitely a learn-as-you-go type of thing.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
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