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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

"Me koze papa" please translate

Men koze papa! translates the English expression There it goes!, There it is!
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 25, 2012 at 5:24 PM

    This is a stumper...

    (Here is/but)chat(daddy)?

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    1. MandalyJuly 25, 2012 at 6:47 PM

      Yeah LOL! That's how it is.
      There are many expressions like this in Creole :)

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  2. UnknownJuly 25, 2012 at 9:21 PM

    Too many! :) Do you happen to know the origin of this? That might perhaps help it to make a little sense.

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  3. MandalyJuly 26, 2012 at 1:15 AM

    Well, we should start with finding every possible known English translations for koze which are chats, talk, conversations, words, adage, situations, things, circumstances, story, matter, event, baloney, etc...
    and,
    English translations for Creole's men is but, however, here is, here comes, there goes, ..

    So Haitians will say:
    Men koze a papa!
    Men koze a manman!
    Men koze a frè'm!
    Men koze a sè'm!
    or
    Men koze a wi!
    There goes the situation!
    There it goes Mama! :)

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