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Showing posts with label look like. Show all posts
Showing posts with label look like. Show all posts

What is the Haitian Creole term for "spitting image"

spitting image (look-alike?) → tèt koupe, kon de gout dlo

You are the spitting image of your father.
Ou sanble tèt koupe ak papa w.
Ou menm ak papa w sanble kon de gout dlo.

The baby is the spitting image of his grandfather.Ti bebe a sanble tèt koupe ak granpè li.

How do you say "I did not know what she looked like"

I did not know what she looked like.
Mwen pa't konnen ak kisa li te sanble.

sanble - seem, look like

Ou sanble ak papa w.
You look like your father.

Yo sanble ak yon bann ti fomi.
They look like a bunch of ants.

Li sanble ak yon zanj.
She looks like an angel.

Sanble lapli pral tonbe.
It looks like it's going to rain.

Sanble ou bliye m.
It seems that you have forgotten me.

Sanble ou fache avè m.
It seems that you're mad at me.

Like (similar, compatible, equal to, resembling) → tankou

Haitian Creole word for 'like' (as in similar to, compatible with, equal to, resembling) is:
tankou → the same as
menm → same
menm jan ak → the same as
sanble ak →resemble like
kòm si → as if

1.  You look like your dad.
     Ou sanble ak papa w.

2.  She walks like a duck.
     Li mache tankou yon kanna.  or
     Li mache menm jan ak yon kanna.

3.  You look like Beyoncé
     Ou sanble ak Beyoncé.

4.  You talk as if you there.
     Ou  pale kòm si w te la.

5.  It was a day like today.
     Se te yon jou tankou jodi a.

6. Like a rock, I'll be strong.
    Tankou yon wòch, ma kenbe fò.  or
    Menm jan ak yon wòch, ma kenbe fò.

7.  She follows him around like a little puppy.
     Li mache dèyè l tankou yon ti toutous.