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Most requested translations added here for your convenience: I love you → Mwen renmen w. I miss you → Mwen sonje w. My love!Lanmou mwen!

Friday, May 20, 2016

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Sunday, May 15, 2016

sèjousi meaning?

sèjousi - these days, lately

M pa wè w sèjousi. Kote w ye konsa? Sa w ap regle?
I haven't seen you lately. Where have you been? What are you up to?

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

How do you say sides in kreyol? Like if I was getting a haircut and I wanted to say to the barber "Cut the sides" how would I say that?

sides - bò, kote, arebò

cut the sides (haircut) - taye arebò yo

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How do you say "I'm confused"?

I'm confused - Mwen twouble
I'm confused - Lespri m bwouye.

I was so confused - M te fin gaga nèt.

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How do you say ... or disturbance in creole. And also could you .......

disturbance (ruckus)  - lòbèy, deblozay, lobo, or kabouya

Jean caused a lot of disturbance at work when the boss fired him.
Jean te fè yon bann lobo nan travay la lè patwon an te revoke l.

2.
disturbance (illness) - twoub
emotional disturbance - twoub mantal

This doctor also treats people with mental disorders.
Doktè sa a trete moun ki gen twoub mantal tou.

3.
disturbance (shaking) - soukous, sakaj

We experienced a lot of disturbance during the flight today.
Avyon an te ban n yon bann soukous pandan vòl la jodi a.

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How do you refer to someone's height in creole? Like if I said "He's 5'10", how is that said?

What is your height?
Ki wotè w?

I am 5'10".
Wotè m se 12.7 cm. (cm is preferred)

5 feet - senk pye
10 inches - dis pous

I am 5 feet 10 inches.
Wotè m se senk pye, dis pous.



How much do you weigh?
Konbyen w peze?

I am 145 pounds.
Mwen peze san karannsenk liv.

You gained weight.
Ou gwosi. or
Ou pran pwa.

You lost weight.
Ou megri. or
Ou kase. or
Ou pèdi pwa.


What size clothes do you wear?
Ki gwosè rad ou mete?
Ki lajè rad ou mete?

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How do you say "I'm not sure" and the word cleanse

I'm not sure .
Mwen pa sèten.

I'm not so sure.
Mwen pa fin twò sèten.


to cleanse (to clean)
netwaye

to cleanse (to purge)
fè yon lavaj

a body cleanse
yon lavaj

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How do you say disturb or disturbance in creole. And also could you show the way the word "pete" is used?

disturb - annuiye, deranje

I'm very busy. Please don't disturb me.
Mwen okipe anpil. Tanpi pa deranje m.

Sorry to disturb you, but did you order ten boxes of pizza?
Eskze m si m deranje w, men èske w te kòmande dis bwat pizza?

Why do you keep disturbing me? I told you I was busy. Don't disturb me  again, you hear?.
Poukisa w ap pede annuiye m konsa? Mwen di ke m okipe. Pa deranje m ankò tande?
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pete - to fart
pete - to explode, to pop
pete - to break out (the news)

I can't eat pizza, it makes me fart too much.
Mwen pa ka manje pizza, li fè m pete twòp.

You shouldn't fart in public like that. You should do that in private.
Ou pa dwe pete sou moun konsa. Ou dwe fè sa an prive.

Also, we say fè van for to fart

Li renmen fè van sou moun - He likes to fart in public
Pandan li t ap dòmi, li te fè yon bann van. - While he was sleeping, he farted a lot.


Pete - to explode, to pop

He popped the ballon. 
Li pete blad la.

To pop a pimple. 
Pete yon bouton.

Don't pop pimples on your face. It will leave a mark if you do.
Pa pete bouton nan figi w. Li va fè yon mak si w fè sa.

The car caught fire, and we got out just before it exploded.
Machin nan te pran dife e nou gentan soti anvan li pete.

Li pete bow!
It exploded boom!





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Wednesday, May 11, 2016

How do you say tasty in kreyol? Also how do you say "He has arthritis"

tasty - gou
It's tasty - Li gou.
It's tasty - Li gen bon gou.
Se kou dwèt! - It's finger-licking good!

athritis - atrit
arthritis - maladi atrit

He has arthritis - Li soufri maladi atrit.
He has arthritis - Li fè maladi atrit.
He has arthritis - Li fè atrit.


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Monday, May 9, 2016

Question: I'd like to know these phrases in kreyol:

I want to be a doctor - Mwen vle vin yon doktè
I want to sudy medicine - Mwen vle etidye lamedsin

That's amazing - Se mèveye
That's amazing - Se bèl bagay

That's a big commitment - Se yon gwo angajman

to be committed - devwe, gen devouman

I admit.... - Mwen admèt....

I'll bring you to him - M ap mennen w kote li.
I'll bring you to him - M ap mennen w ba li.

I was thinking of you - Mwen t ap panse a ou.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

kijan mwn ka kree yon username pou yonaplikation job

Dabitid si w bezwen yon non itilizatè (yon username), w ap bezwen yon modpas tou.

Donk chache yon non ki ap fasil pou sonje, enpi chache yon modpas ke ou p ap bliye fasil.

Gen non itilizatè ki egzije pou gen yon nimewo tankou 1 a 9, yon karaktè tankou !$*, ak yon lèt majiskil, chache rantre tou egzijans sa yo nan non itilizatè a. Pa egzanp mwen kapab itilize yon non itilizatè ki genyen tout egzijans sa yo tankou 3Tanbou!, li genyen yon nimewo, yon lèt majiskil, lèt miniskil, ak yon karaktè. Bòn chans :)

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how do you say "it's required"

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

This isn't a question because so far I am finding almost all of the answers I am looking for already on this site. I am amazed at the resources in this blog. Thank you very much!

M pa konprann espresyon "Te fè tè fè"? Pa egzanp .. chak pa l te fè te fè l vin pi pre vil Niniv. E m pa konprann espresyon "fè n fè tèl ou tèl" Pa egzanp "Pou rezon sa a, li posib pou yo pa konprann rezon k fè n fè tèl ou tèl bagay" Mesi pou Ed.

fè yon pa is an expression which means to take a step.
for example we can say.
Mwen p ap fè yon pa. - I will not take a step. (I won't move).
chak pa mwen - each step I take
chak pa nou - each step we take
chak pa li - each step he takes
chak pa li te - each step he took (this is the form used in your sentence, with a contracted 'l' for 'li')

and then, is also a verb that means to do, to make, to help, to fabricate, to produce, ...


Chak | pa   | li te fè   | te fè   | l      |  vin   | | pi      | pre   | Niniv
Each  | step | he took | made  | him | come | more   | near | Niniv

for the second question,
tèl means such 
and you have to remember that the verb fè may be translated as to make, or to do.

fè      |  n   | fè   | tèl     | ou     | tèl    | bagay
made | us | do   | such | or      | such  | thing

Pou rezon sa a, li posib pou yo pa konprann rezon ki fè nou fè tèl ou tèl bagay.
For this reason, it is possible that they do not understand the reason that made us do such or such things.

You'll see this form a lot:

Fè nou fè volonte ou. (or in the contracted version Fè n fè volonte w) - Make us do your will or Help us to do your will.
or sometimes you will hear fè nou fè sa - make us do this
Se li ki te fè m fè sa. It is him that made me do this (or He made me do this)

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Mwen renmen anpil mizik de gwoup Djakout Mizik, men kisa vle di "djakout"?

Dyakout or djakout is a bag made out of straws. It may be carried by hand or on the shoulder.

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