Lapoula
– immediately, right then and there, right away, right on the spot
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
Example:
1. Jezi
te poze men l sou malad la e lapoula l te geri. - Jesus
laid his hand on the sick and immediately he was healed.
Regarding ‘bak’,
the expression actually is “fè bak”
fè
bak – to back away, to step back, to walk back, to back
down
sometimes you will hear “fè bak annaryè” to go
backwards, to recede, to retreat
Example:
2. Lè
moun yo te wè mesye a te gen yon zam nan men l yo tout te fè bak.
– When the people saw that the man had a
weapon they all stepped back.Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words
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