Exercise 58 - Bonjou! - Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary words
Study the following vocabulary words before reading the story.

Numbers:  En(1), de(2), twa(3), kat(4), senk(5), sis(6), sèt(7), wit(8), nèf(9), dis(10), onz(11), douz(12), trèz(13), katòz(14), kenz(15), sèz(16), disèt(17), dizwit(18), diznèf(19), ven(20)


an -year
anpil - many
bisiklèt - bicycle
chak – each, every
deja - already
douzan - twelve years old
ekriven - writer
enfimyè - nurse
frè - brother
jou - day
jounal - newspaper
kolèj - college
konte – count, hope (in this story it means hope)
kouri - run, ride
lopital - hospital
lòt - other
marasa - twin
mwa -month
sè - sister
ti non jwèt - nickname
yon - a
youn - one
zanmi - friend
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Story
Bonjou!  Mwen rele Josette.  M gen douzan. Ti non jwèt mwen se Zèt.  M rete Orlando, Florida.  Kay mwen gwo. Li gen senk chanm.  M ale lekòl chak jou.  M gen anpil zanmi.  Manman m se yon enfimyè.  Li travay nan yon lopital.  Papa m se yon ekriven.  Li travay pou yon jounal. 

M gen de frè ak yon sè.  Sè mwen an nan kolèj deja.  Li rele Marie-lourdes.  De frè m yo se marasa.  Yo gen setan.  Youn rele Ti Jean, lòt la rele Ti jacques.

Mwen renmen kouri bisiklèt.

Manman manman m rele Ursule.  Ti non jwèt li se Sousoul.  Li rete Ayiti.  Mwen ekri li yon lèt chak de mwa.  Yon jou mwen konte al wè li.

Multiple choice questions

1.  Zèt's sister is 18 years old. How would you translate "Marie-Lourdes is 18 years old." in Haitian Creole?
a. Marie-Lourdes se dizwitan.
b. Marie-Lourdes gen diz wit an.
c. Marie-Lourdes gen dizwitan.

2.  In the second paragraph & last sentence, what does the letter "la" means?
a. the
b. here
c. there

3.  How many rooms does Zèt's house have?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7

4. In the first paragraph the sentence "M gen anpil zanmi" can be written in an uncontracted form as:
a. Mwen gen anpil zanmi
b. Mwen genyen anpil zanmi.
c. Mwen genyen anpil zanmitay.

5. How old are Zèt's brothers?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7

6. What does Zèt like to do?
a. She loves to write to her grandmother.
b. She loves to ride her bike.
c. She loves to go to school.

7. In the second paragraph & second and fourth sentences, what are the words "an" and "yo"?
a.  They are prepositions
b.  They are singular definite articles
c.  They are articles which sometimes follows the possessive adjectives.


8.  In the second pragraph & fifth sentence, what does the word "yo" means?
a. they
b. the
c. there

9.  "De frè m yo se marasa." is translated in English as:
a. My two brothers are twins.
b. Two of my brothers are twins.
c. My two brothers and me are twins.

10.  What does the letter "m" following 'Manman manman' stands for?
a. manman
b. mwen
c. mwa

11.  "Manman manman m" is translated in English as
a. my mom, my mom
b. my other mom
c. my mom's mom

12.  A Haitian Creole synonym for "Manman manman m" is
a. grann mwen
b. grann m
c. grann

13.  In the last sentence of the story the word "al" is a contracted form of the Haitian Creole verb:
a. alèz (which means to go)
b. ale  (which means to go)
c. alò (which means to go)
 
14.  The Haitian Creole verb "gen" can also be written as:
a. g
b. genyen
c. gyn

15. "I am fifteen years old" is translated in Haitian Creole as:
a. M se kenzan
b. Mwen se kenz an
c. Mwen genyen kenzan

16.  The last sentence in the second paragraph is translated in English as:
a. One is called Ti Jean, the other is called Ti Jacques.
b. A call to Ti Jean also means Ti Jacques.
c.  One calls to Ti jean, the other calls to Ti jacques.

17.  What's the nickname for Zèt's grandmother?
a. Ursule
b. Sousoul

18.  How often does Zèt write to her grandmother?
a.  every day
b. every month
c. every two months

19.  What does the word "Ti" in front of Ti Jean and Ti Jacques mean?
a. sir
b. twin
c. little

20.  How many times the number "2" is used in the story?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
I'll post the answers in the next blog in a few days :)