Showing posts with label ti vs piti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ti vs piti. Show all posts
how do you say little in haitian creole?
small / little→ ti (goes before the noun), piti
1.
a small car
a small car
yon ti machin
2.
a small orange
a small orange
yon ti zoranj
3.
They have a small house.
They have a small house.
Yo gen yon ti kay.
4.
She chose the little car.
She chose the little car.
Li chwazi ti machin nan.
5.
Don't worry. It's just a little rain.
Don't worry. It's just a little rain.
Pa ennkyete w. Se sèlman yon ti lapli.
6.
A little love is all I need.
A little love is all I need.
Yon ti lanmou, se tout sa m bezwen.
Small → Piti
7.
That car is small.
Machin sa piti.
8.
That orange is small.
Zoranj sa piti.
9.
What I have is little.
Sa mwen genyen an piti.
10.
That room is too small.
Chanm sa twò piti.
11.
All my kids were small at birth.
Tout timoun mwen yo te piti lè yo te fèt.
A small piece → yon ti kal, yon ti kras, yon ti moso, yon ti kraze
12.
Let me have a small piece of bread.
Ban'm yon ti kal pen.
13.
He only gave me a small piece.
Li te sèlman ban mwen yon ti moso.
a few → enpe
a small amount → enpe, yon ti kraze, yon ti ke
14.
Only a few people showed up last night.
Sèlman enpe moun ki te vin yèswa.
15
I need a few plates for the table.
Mwen bezwen enpe asyèt pou tab la.
16.
I gave her a little bit of money.
Mwen te ba li enpe lajan.
17.
Give me some water, please.
Ban m enpe dlo tanpri.
"Ti"
Ti → little, small.
"Ti" is used as an adjective. Always placed before a noun.
A little boy.
yon ti gason.
Yon ti kay.
I found a little book.
Mwen jwenn yon ti liv.
Wait a little while.
Tann yon ti moman.
A small car is better than a big car.
Yon ti machin pi bon pase yon gwo machin.
Piti is also Haitian Creole for small, little.
"Piti" is an adjective. It is never placed before a noun. It may be used as an adjective or adverb.
This house is small.
Kay sa piti.
This dress is too small for you.
Rad sa twò piti pou ou.
Why is this car so small?
Poukisa machin sa piti konsa?
I'm small, but I'm strong.
Mwen piti, men mwen fò.
"Pitit" with a "t" at the end means child, offspring. You may use it to describe a small or grown child.
How many children do you have?
Konbyen pitit ou genyen?
All my children are in college.
Tout pitit mwen nan kolèj.
Is this your child?
Eske sa se pitit ou?
And finally, another to say "child" in Haitian Creole is "timoun".
small
small - ti (as an adjective, placed in front of a noun)
small - piti (as an attribute or adverb)
small - piti (as an attribute or adverb)
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