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Showing posts with label go to sleep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label go to sleep. Show all posts

In a deep sleep. (I fell into a deep sleep) in Creole?

Deep sleep → fon somèy


I fell into a deep sleep.
Mwen te tonbe nan fon somèy.


I woke up from a deep sleep.
Mwen te leve nan fon somèy.

I fell asleep. (creole) I have heard different ways to say this.

Haitians will say "fall asleep" many different ways yes :)

Fall asleep → dòmi pati avè (subject), dòmi ale avè (subject), dòmi pran (subject)

I fell asleep.
Dòmi pati avè m.
Dòmi ale avè m.
Dòmi pran m.

We fell asleep.
Dòmi pati avè n
Dòmi ale avè n.
Dòmi pran n.

Don't you fall asleep!
Pa kite dòmi pati avè w!
Pa kite dòmi ale avè w!
Pa kite dòmi pran w!
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To be sleepy - gen dòmi, gen somèy, or dòmi nan je (subject)

I am sleepy.
Mwen gen dòmi.
Mwen gen somèy.
or
Dòmi nan je m.

Are you sleepy?
Eske ou gen dòmi?
Eske ou gen somèy?
or
Eske dòmi nan je w?

She seems to be sleepy.
Genlè li gen dòmi.
Genlè li gen somèy.
or
Genlè dòmi nan je l.

I'm going to sleep.
Mwen pral dòmi.

I'm going to lie down.
Mwen pral kouche.

I'm going to rest.
Mwen pral repoze.
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I was so tired I went to bed early last night.
Mwen te tèlman fatige m t'al kouche bonè yèswa.

He was so tired he fell asleep in the car.
Li te tèlman fatige dòmi pran l nan machin nan.

They were so tired they fell asleep before supper.
Yo te tèlman fatige dòmi pran yo anvan soupe.

It seems that 'domi pati ave m' and 'domi ale ave m' means the same thing? do they?

Dòmi pati avè m. or Dòmi pat 'avè m.
Dòmi ale avè m. or Dòmi al avè m.
I fell asleep.

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.

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.

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)

men pa kanbe sa papa di ka rive menn nan domi

Do you mean:
Mwen pap kenbe sa papa di ka rive mwen nan dòmi.
I won't keep to myself what papa say can happen to me while I sleep.

Is that close to the context?

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...

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.

GO TO SLEEP

Go to sleep. - Ale dòmi..

Ask me anything

translate: I'm not sleepy. Thanks!

I'm not sleepy.
Dòmi pa nan zye m or
Dòmi pa nan je m.
Mwen pa gen somèy.
Mwen pa gen dòmi.

I'm sleepy.
Dòmi nan je m.  or
Dòmi nan zye m.
Mwen gen somèy.
Mwen gen dòmi.

sleeping

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

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

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.

I'm sleepy

I'm sleepy - dòmi nan je m

In the Haitian Creole expression 'dòmi nan je m' the object pronoun at the end of the sentence changes according to who is sleepy.
example:
i am sleepy - dòmi nan je m
she' sleepy - dòmi nan je l
we're sleepy - dòmi nan je n
you're sleepy - dòmi nan je w
they're sleepy - dòmi nan je yo

Another way to say 'I'm sleepy' is 'm gen dòmi'.

how do you say go to bed, go to sleep

thanks for asking
go to bed - ale nan kabann
go to sleep - ale dòmi
get some sleep! - dòmi non!
I'm going to bed now - m pral kouche kounye a
I'm going to get some sleep - m pral dòmi