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Showing posts with label kont. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Haitian Creole word "kont"

Kont → story, folktale, fiction


Yo te reyini ansanm e yo t'ap tire kont.
They were gathered together and telling tales.




kont → enough, satisfactory, adequate


Would you like more food?  No thank you, I ate enough.
Eske ou ta renmen plis manje?  Non mèsi, mwen manje kont mwen.




Kont → against, oppposed


They arrested everyone who spoke against the government.
Yo te arete tout moun ki te pale kont gouvènman an.




kont - dispute, argument, friction


There's some friction between them.
Yo gen kont.


That girl's always looking for trouble.
Ti fi sa toujou ap chache kont.


Pou kont → by self, alone


pou kont ou → by yourself
pou kont li → by himself
pou kont nou → by ourselves.


Mwen pito rete pou kont mwen.
I rather stay alone.




Sou kont → in the trust of, on the account of


They entrusted me with everything.
Yo kite tout bagay sou kont mwen.


I left the kids in her care.
Mwen te kite timoun yo sou kont li.


The house is your responsibility in my absence.
Kay la sou kont ou lè m pa la.