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Showing posts with label about. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 15, 2011

tell me about Jeremi?I am posing this question because of preposition about! That word constantly keep bothering me while trying to speak kreyolplease, ede m!! :)

about → osijè, sou or sou ki sijè
about also have other meanings: almost, around, approximately...

Tell me about Jeremie.
Pale m osijè Jeremie. (grammatically correct)
(Sometimes, you'll hear: Pale m de jeremie.)

Tell me about you.
Pale m osijè ou menm. (grammatically correct)
(Sometimes, you'll hear: Pale m de ou.)

It's a story about my family.
Se yon istwa sou fanmi m.

The book is about burial in Haiti.
Liv la pale sou antèman Haiti.

What is the movie about?
Sou kisa fim nan ye?

What are you talking about?
Sou kisa w'ap pale?

What is your book about?
Sou ki sijè liv ou a pale?


Ask me anything

Sunday, September 11, 2011

How do you say "about" as in "pertaining to." Like, "What is the movie about?"

about → sou, osijè, or sou ki sijè

What is the movie about?
Sou kisa fim nan ye?

What are you talking about?
Sou kisa w'ap pale?

What is your book about?
Sou ki sijè liv ou a pale?