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Showing posts with label tet kale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tet kale. Show all posts

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Tet kale?Tet chaje?Tet panye?Will you go out tonight? How's nightlife in haitian capital?yes, really how's nightlife in Port-au Prince Mandaly...

What is tèt panye anyway ☺

In Port-au-prince, you’ll find plenty of excitement.

You might want a tourist’ point of view of Port-au-Prince’s nightlife for visitors.
For travelers who wants to play it safe, the fun is concentrated in the areas of Kenscoff, Petionville, and Delmas (generally in downtown Port-au-Prince) where the hotels, restaurants, night clubs are alive with a mixture of Konpa, Twoubadou, and Merennge music. You can also have as much Barbancourt, Guiness, and Heineiken as you want while sampling the many varieties of spicy Caribbean dish offered.  Movies in theaters are played in French or they might be dubbed in French mostly.

But the areas where tourists are cautioned not to approach at night have a charm of their own.
Whether there’s electricity or not, the fun goes on. On the big streets, you can count on finding a fritay stand in each corner where the fried plantains, fried fish, patat, griyo and pikliz smell so good that you’d have to stop and get a dish for yourself.

If you’re not into fried foods there are plenty of wine colored sugar cane in the street corners, and the vendors always peel off the husks.

Radios from the shops are always blasting some konpa music. You’ll hear the music whatever street you’re on.
And if you’ve ever been to Haiti, you know the streets are always crowded with walkers. It doesn’t stop after sunset. People hang out at store fronts, in the streets, on their rooftops, and there’s always a crowd in front of houses that are equipped with televisions. Some people would hide their TVs, but God bless those who put their TVs on their porches especially when there’s a soccer game.

So the night atmosphere, whether in the center of town or in the suburbs, is usually energetic especially on the weekends.

Now, you got to tell me what tèt panye is :)

Monday, November 28, 2011

Ala de koze!

Ala de koze!
What a parody!
What a farce!

Same as:
Ala de tenten!
Ala de grimas!
What a joke!
What absurdity!

Ala de foli!
What foolishness!

Ala de pwoblèm!
Ala de tèt chaje!
What a headache!

Ala de kaka! (vulgar)
What absurdity!

Ala de wont!   or
Ala wont!
What a shame!

Monday, November 7, 2011

Using "Tèt kale" as an expression in an everyday conversation

Tèt kale means ball head, but it's als an expression that means :  totally, completelypremium quality, perfectly, thoroughly, exclusively, with no problem

1.  We're going to a party.  We'll eat until we're stuffed.
     Nou prale nan yon fèt.  Nap manje tèt kale.

2.  Let me fix your roof.  I'll give you more than a perfect job.
     Kite m repare twati kay la.  M'ap ba ou li tèt kale.

3.  She does a good job.  She cleaned the house so thoroughly!
     Li fè bon travay.  Li netwaye kay la tèt kale ban mwen!

4.  I have premium merchandise.  Come check it out.  It's the best!
     Mwen gen bon machandiz.  Vin wè l non.  Se tèt kale!

Other Creole synonyms used in this same way as tèt kale: kòrèkteman, karebare, rèdchèch, nòmalteman, sanpwoblèm

Sunday, October 23, 2011

what does Gade koze mezanmi..mean in english

Mezanmi! (expression) - Wow! Oh my God!  Oh man! Man!

"Gade koze mezanmi!" is an expression that may be synonymous with expressions like: "what a mess!", "gee whiz!", and even "gosh!"
This sentence doesn't translate literally.

Here are other variations of that sentence that you'll hear quite often.

Gade yon koze! → What the heck!, What in the world!
Gade tenten mezanmi! → what a nuisance!
Gade yon tèt chaje mezanmi! → what a dilemma!
Gade yon mizè! → what a misery!
Gade pwoblèm mezanmi! → what a headache!

You may also replace the word "Gade" with "Ala", and the meaning of the sentence will not change.
Example:
Ala tenten mezanmi! → what a nuisance!
Ala yon tèt chaje mezanmi! → what a dilemma!
Ala yon mizè! → what a misery!
Ala pwoblèm mezanmi! → what a headache!
Ala yon bèl ti fi! → What a pretty little girl!
Ala yon lavi! → What a life!
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

problem

Problem (trouble, headache)→ pwoblèm, traka, tèt chaje, gagòt, latwoublay

Saturday, August 20, 2011

troubled, as in : "She is troubled"

to be troubled (as in to be worried, to be burdened, to be stressed) → gen pwoblèm, gen tèt chaje

She is burdened.
Li gen pwoblèm.  or
Li gen tèt chaje.  or
Tèt li chaje.

I am burdened.
Mwen gen pwoblèm.  or
Mwen gen tèt chaje.   or
Tèt mwen chaje.

I am stressed over all the party preparations.
Tèt mwen chaje avèk tout preparasyon fèt la.

A person who's known to cause a lot of problems, or a troublemaker is called a "tèt chaje" in Haitian Creole.

EXAMPLE:
Be careful with this girl.  She's a loose canon.
Fè atansyon ak fi sa.  Li se yon tèt chaje.

Saturday, July 16, 2011

se plezi tet poze...can you translate this for me please

Translation:

It's pure pleasure.
Its pure fun
.
It's pleasure without worry.


plezi tèt poze → pure pleasure, pure fun, no worries

plezi tèt kaleulimited fun, unrestricted fun

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

ball headed

Ball headed - tèt chòv, tèt kale

Friday, May 13, 2011

What is 'tet kale'? Is a political party, or is it just describing Mr. Martelly?

Although "tèt kale" describes Michel Martelly's smooth head, the expression is used to characterize his political crusade. It's a movement.

Tèt Kale, in this instance, stands for thoroughness, conclusiveness and competence.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Mandaly, I think Michel Martelly is all about "Bandi Legal". What do you think?

bandi legal

Is there such thing?  Do you know that "bandi legal' is an oxymoron?
I hope it wasn't a mirrored image of things to come.
The whole thing would be a shame.
The Haitian people has had enough misfortune.

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/03/popular-entertainer-michel-martelly-is.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/03/tet-kale.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/mandaly-i-think-michel-martelly-is-all.html
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I'm looking at ur statement. "If you can wear a suit and carry a VIP card then you're fit to be president". Are you glad that Michel Martelly is president Haiti. How's so?

I'll be happy to see some change for the better. I know it'll take time.
Martelly has the opportunity to bring that change.
Of course I'm glad to see us moving toward another "face".
Let's hope that Martelly uses his term to positively influence Haiti and its people.
As soon as his term begins he should waste no time getting rid of what doesn't work. He should immediately institute better ways to cultivate the best that Haiti has to its advantage.
If he drags his feet, the people will lose patience. Then he'd end up in the same basket as the others.

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/03/tet-kale.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/bandi-legal.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/mandaly-i-think-michel-martelly-is-all.html

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Popular entertainer Michel Martelly is not fit to be president Haiti. He's only promoting his Last album BANDI LEGAL means HIP-HOP. Every weekened if he is president i think there's going to be parties inside Parliament.

You danm right, there will be more than "parties".

These things can only happen in Haiti: If you can wear a suit and carry a VIP card then you're fit to be president. The poor Haitian people of Haiti have been drinking water for chocolate for so long, they don't know what chocolate tastes like. But is there really a qualified Haitian in Haiti that can lead the people out of its dark hole? Is there someone in Haiti who is smart enough to know to bring in the right experts to get rid of a system that's not working and establish one that'll employ the Haitian people while restructuring and reviving this dead nation?

Though Manigat' s experienced and could bring stability, things would be same-same under her. But Martelly does stand for vigor, this present generation , and change. Would he bring the right kind of change? We don't know. But he could be the start of a new era in Haiti.

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/03/tet-kale.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-looking-at-ur-statement-you-can-wear.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/bandi-legal.html
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/mandaly-i-think-michel-martelly-is-all.html




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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Tet kale

Tèt kale - bald head, smooth head (it means your head has no hair whatsoever, totally hairless)
However,
Tèt chòv - bald head (it means your head has no hair where you should normally have hair)


Haitian Creole expressions for tèt kale are:
heart and soul, exclusively, thouroughly, from head to toe, all the way.

A new movement, lead by newly elected President of Haiti, Michel Martelly (2010),  is also called Tèt Kale.  This movement may stand for thoroughness and conclusiveness.