say black

Black - nwa

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what color is

What color is...? - Ki koulè...?

What color is the book? - Ki koulè liv la?

What color is your house? - Ki koulè kay ou?

What color are your eyes? - Ki koulè zye w?

What color are my eyes? - Ki koulè zye m?

What color are your shoes? - Ki koulè soulye w?

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What are Valentine's Day colors in Haiti?

Generally pink - with a little white and red.

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Exercise 56 - Colors

Link for Quiz on COLORS:  http://hosted.onlinetesting.net/HaitianCreole/login.pl______________________________



mawon    gri     zoranj     nwa    mov 

wouj       woz      jòn       blan   ble    vèt

Choose the colors from the list above.
The color of the letters above stands for the color the word represents.
Which is your favorite color?  Choose one color from the list above and say it out loud.
Which color best compliments your favorite color? Choose one color from the list above and say it out loud.
Which color least compliments your favorite color? Choose one color from the list above and say it out loud.
Which color above describes the sky and clouds on a rainy day? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes a banana? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes the tires of a car? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes the inside of a coconut? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes blood? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes your tongue? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes an eggplant? Choose one color and say it out loud.
Which color above describes a zucchini? Choose one color and say it out loud.
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Vocabulary words
Brown - mawon
Clear - klè
Colorless – san koulè
Gold – lò
Ivory - ivwa
Color - koulè
Multicolor - miltikolò
Purple - mov
Silver - ajan
violet - vyolèt
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 Study the above vocabulary list. Go over it a few times and answer the following questions without looking at the list above.

1.  What is the Haitian Creole Translation for the following colors.
a. white______________
b. blue_______________
c. red________________
d. yellow_____________
e. scarlet_____________
f. color of a bone_____________
g.Shiny yellow color of a wedding ring _________________
h. The marriage or mixing of yellow and red________________
i. Shiny color of a silver coin_______________________
j. General color of wood________________________
Answers: a.blan, b.ble   c.wouj   d. jòn   e.wouj   f.ivwa   g.lò   h.zoranj   i.ajan   j.mawon
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Let's go over the vocabulary list one more time and do the next exercise without looking at the list.
What is the color of the following objects.  Circle the correct colors.

1.  Lime - (woz, gri, vèt)

2.  Carrots - (zoranj, blan, ble)

3.  Piano keys - (mov e jòn, ble e wouj, nwa e blan)

4. Your tongue - (woz, wouj, vyolèt)

5.  Lead from a pencil - (nwa, gri, ble)

6.  A quarter (silver coin) (blan, ajan, mawon)

7. Pansies (zoranj, lò, vyolèt)

8.  Water from the ocean (ble, klè, vèt)

9. Radish (wouj, mawon, vyolèt)

10. your fingernails bed should be (nwa, mov, woz)

Answers: 1.vèt   2.zoranj   3.nwa e blan   4.woz   5.gri   6.ajan   7.vyolèt   8.klè   9.wouj   10.woz
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Link to Quiz on COLORS: http://hosted.onlinetesting.net/HaitianCreole/login.pl


Now check out Crossword Puzzle 8.  See how much you can do.  Hint:  when doing the crossword puzzles, search for words you don't know in the custom google search box or the Freelang dictionary.  Have fun!