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Showing posts with label tèt chaje. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tèt chaje. Show all posts

I am happy that you are not overwhelmed (using tèt chaje if it makes sense).

Yes.  You could use tèt chaje.


I am happy that you're not overwhelmed.
Mwen kontan ou pa gen tèt chaje.
or
Mwen kontan tèt ou pa chaje.


Tèt chaje link

"chaje" in Creole is

Chaje → loaded, packed, very busy, to be burdened, overwhelmed (also sichaje)


Tèt li chaje.
His/her head is burdened. (literally)
He/she is troubled.


Malèt la chaje, li pa ka pran anyen ankò.
The suitcase is overloaded, it cannot be filled anymore.


Jounen mwen te chaje.
My day was full. (literally)
I had a busy day.


tet chaje in english?

Tèt chaje problem, affliction, annoyance, also a troublemaker, a loose cannon, someone who is bad news

Tet chaje, tèt cho, tèt pa la

tèt chaje → troublemaker, someone or something that causes trouble

Stay away from that girl.  She's trouble.
Rete lwen fi sa.  Li se yon tèt chaje.

What a nuisance!
Ala tèt chaje!

I got rid of the car because it was a lemon.
Mwen te debarase m ak machin nan paske li te yon tèt chaje.


tèt cho → impulsive, nuts, wild, sometimes unpredictable

Janine is nuts.  She threatened her boss with a knife when she lost her job.
Janine se yon tèt cho.  Li menase bòs li a ak yon kouto lè li te pèdi travay li a.

I don't want to deal with her.  She's too wild.
Mwen pa vle annafè avèk li.  Tèt li twò cho.


Tèt pa la → forgetful, preocupied

He's a forgetful person.
Li se yon tèt pa la.

I'm sorry I didn't come the party.  I've been preocupied this week.
Eskize m mwen pat vin nan fèt la.  Tèt mwen pa la semèn sa.

Ala de koze!

Ala de koze!
What a parody!
What a farce!

Same as:
Ala de tenten!
Ala de grimas!
What a joke!
What absurdity!

Ala de foli!
What foolishness!

Ala de pwoblèm!
Ala de tèt chaje!
What a headache!

Ala de kaka! (vulgar)
What absurdity!

Ala de wont!   or
Ala wont!
What a shame!

what does Gade koze mezanmi..mean in english

Mezanmi! (expression) - Wow! Oh my God!  Oh man! Man!

"Gade koze mezanmi!" is an expression that may be synonymous with expressions like: "what a mess!", "gee whiz!", and even "gosh!"
This sentence doesn't translate literally.

Here are other variations of that sentence that you'll hear quite often.

Gade yon koze! → What the heck!, What in the world!
Gade tenten mezanmi! → what a nuisance!
Gade yon tèt chaje mezanmi! → what a dilemma!
Gade yon mizè! → what a misery!
Gade pwoblèm mezanmi! → what a headache!

You may also replace the word "Gade" with "Ala", and the meaning of the sentence will not change.
Example:
Ala tenten mezanmi! → what a nuisance!
Ala yon tèt chaje mezanmi! → what a dilemma!
Ala yon mizè! → what a misery!
Ala pwoblèm mezanmi! → what a headache!
Ala yon bèl ti fi! → What a pretty little girl!
Ala yon lavi! → What a life!
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problem

Problem (trouble, headache)→ pwoblèm, traka, tèt chaje, gagòt, latwoublay

troubled, as in : "She is troubled"

to be troubled (as in to be worried, to be burdened, to be stressed) → gen pwoblèm, gen tèt chaje

She is burdened.
Li gen pwoblèm.  or
Li gen tèt chaje.  or
Tèt li chaje.

I am burdened.
Mwen gen pwoblèm.  or
Mwen gen tèt chaje.   or
Tèt mwen chaje.

I am stressed over all the party preparations.
Tèt mwen chaje avèk tout preparasyon fèt la.

A person who's known to cause a lot of problems, or a troublemaker is called a "tèt chaje" in Haitian Creole.

EXAMPLE:
Be careful with this girl.  She's a loose canon.
Fè atansyon ak fi sa.  Li se yon tèt chaje.