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Showing posts with label Kouche. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kouche. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

I'm up. (in Creole) → Mwen reveye?

Wi wi, se sa.

I'm up.
I'm awake.
Mwen reveye.


I'm still up.
Je m ouvè toujou.

I haven't gone to bed yet.
Mwen poko al kouche.

I'm not asleep yet.
Mwen poko dòmi.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

M couche. M'ap couche. M te couche. M t'ap couche. I know that some refer to lying down to sleep and some ... don't. How do I stay out of trouble with "couche"?

Kouche in Haitian Creole generally means to lie down. If you start using kouche avèk, then we might be talking about some grown-up stuff.
In some instances, the context is a good guide.

Examples:
M te al kouche a sizè yèswa.
I went to lie down at six last night.

Nou te tèlman fatige, n'al kouche bonè.
We were so tired, we went to bed early.

Tanpri, kouche bwat la atè a.
Please, lay the box on the floor.

M deja kouche.
I'm already in bed.

Mwen te kouche ak yon tèt fè mal.
I went to bed with a headache.

Li toujou kouche nan menm chanm ak timoun yo.
She usually sleeps in the same room as the kids.

Nou te kouche ansanm.
We slept together.

Mwen fache anpil paske li te kouche ak madanm mwen.
I'm outraged that he slept with my wife..

Li pa't janm kouche ak yon gason.
She had never slept with a man.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Sleeping with one eye open...do you have that expression?

sleeping with one eye open
dòmi on je ouvè on je fèmen
(in Creole the expression literally says: sleep one eye opened one eye closed)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

"trying" I am trying to sleep.

To try → eseye, chache wè

I'm trying to sleep.
M'ap eseye dòmi.

We're trying to buy a house.
N'ap eseye achte yon kay.

Are you trying to make me mad?
Eske w'ap eseye fè m fache?

Friday, August 26, 2011

To say "sleepy" or "hungry" etc, do you just say "Sleep" Is "I'm sleepy" just "Mwen domi." ?

There are two ways to say "I'm sleepy." in Creole:
I'm sleepy → Mwen gen dòmi.
or
I'm sleepy. → Dòmi nan je mwen.
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It's different from saying "I'm hungry"...In which case we only use the subject and the adjective.
I'm hungry → Mwen grangou.

I'm happy → Mwen kontan.

I'm sad → Mwen tris.

I'm angry → Mwen fache.

I'm tall → Mwen wo.

I'm sick. → Mwen malad.
etc...

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

can we pray i'm sleepy

Can we pray?
Eske nou kapab priye?

Can we pray now?
Eske nou kapab priye kounye a?

Let's pray.
An nou priye.   or
An nou lapriyè.

I'm sleepy.
Dòmi nan je m.
or

I'm sleepy.

Mwen gen dòmi.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Friday, July 1, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

sleeping

She's sleeping. - Lap dòmi.
I'm sleeping. - Map dòmi
We're sleeping - nap dòmi

Friday, May 6, 2011

i really need to go to sleep but i cant

Chante yon "lullaby".
oubyen
Konte devandèyè de 100 a 1.
oubyen
Pran yon ti te 'chamomile' ak yon ti 'Benadryl'

Si sa pa mache, ajoute yon ti 'chofe kè'.
Ask me anything

Monday, April 4, 2011

Just in time, i would like to go to bed. creole translation.

I would like to go to bed. - M ta renmen al kouche.
I would like to go to sleep. - M ta renmen al dòmi.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

I hope u sleep well, Blessed and Holy is he who has part of the first resurrection.

M espere ou dòmi byen,
Moun ki patisipe nan premye rezirèksyon an beni et sanktifye.