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a bunch of...(in Creole)? As in "a bunch crooks". Would bunch be translated as "panyen"?

First of all, Haitian Creole panyen, grap, or bouke best describe a bouquet, a posy, or an assemblage of branches

Example:
yon panyen pèsi
A bunch of parsley

yon bouke flè
a flower bouquet

yon grap rezen
a bunch of grapes


bunch of  (batch, collection) → yon bann, yon bann kalite or yon pakèt

Mwen wè yon bann kalite moun.
I saw a bunch of different people
She wrote a bunch of words that I did not understand.
Li ekri yon bann mo mwen pa't konprann.

They're a bunch of irresponsible people.
Yo se yon bann manfouben.

They're a bunch of crooks.
Yo se yon bann vòlè.

They're nothing but a bunch of phonies!
Se yon bann magouyè yo ye!

They are a bunch of crazy people.
Yo se yon bann moun fou.

This is a bunch of baloney.
Sa se yon bann tenten.


1 comment:

  1. I have a list that I have collected. Feel free to post it for everybody to see. I want everybody to learn as much about as I am. Here is the list:
    The * respresent the word may or may not belong in this category.
    yon makòn
    yon rado
    yon makrèy
    yon gagòt
    yon galata
    yon grenn*
    yon tablati*
    yon kanaval
    yon kanal
    yon katredal
    yon kin
    yon kiriyèl
    yon kolonn
    yon lakoloni
    yon lapopilas
    yon larivyè
    yon lata
    yon mas
    yon mazenga
    yon mòlmèk
    yon nich
    yon peyi
    yon pil
    yon piyay
    yon pleyad
    yon rafal
    yon ras
    yon rasanble
    yon rat
    yon rejiman
    yon kay
    yon seri
    yon ta
    yon tonm
    yon lame
    yon lamadèl
    yon latriye
    yon tabènak
    yon gouf
    yon valiz
    yon valè
    yon volim
    yon voum
    yon nonm

This is baloney! (creole translation)

baloney, nonsense, rubbish, foolishness, craptentennad, radotay, ransay, chantay

This is baloney! → Sa se radotay!

All this is nonsense! → Tout sa se chantay!

This is crap! → Sa s'on tentennad!, Sa s'on radotay! (non-vulgar, but effective choice of words)