I don't understand "Sa sa ye la?" How could it mean "what is this?" Please, please explain.

Sa     |  sa   |   ye |  la    |  (contracted)

Kisa  |  sa   |   ye |  la    |  (uncontracted)

What |  that |   is   |  here |  (translation in English)

Thus,
Sa sa ye la? → What is that / this?

Sa sa yo ye la? → what are these/those?

Explain: "Ki sa sa ye"

Kisa → what
Ye → to be
sa → this, that, it

Kisa sa ye?
What is that?

Kisa sa yo ye?
What are those?

Kisa yo ye?
What are they?

Kisa li ye?
What is it?

"ki" or "sa" as "that" as the subject of a sentence?

I think you mean the relative pronoun.  Am I right?

The lady that was here.

Madanm ki te la a.

That's the car that hit me.

Sa se machin ki te frape m nan.

That is the boy who fell.

Sa se ti gason ki te tonbe a.

I want to buy the tallest tree.

I want to buy the tree that is the tallest.

Mwen vle achte pyebwa ki pi wo a.

Also check thess links:

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-do-you-say-kisa-vs-kisa-ki.html

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/08/so-there-are-two-ways-to-say-kisa-and.html

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Best way to say "WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?" in Creole

What are you up to?
Kisa w'ap regle? (contraction for "Kisa ou ap regle?)
Sa w'ap regle? (contraction for "Kisa ou ap regle?)
Sa ou fè? (contraction for "kisa ou fè?)
Sa w fè? (contraction for "kisa ou fè?)

what are you looking at?

What are you looking at?

Kisa w'ap gade la?

or

Kisa w'ap gade?

or

Sa w'ap gade?

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what is "kisa"?

Kisa - what

Kisa sa ye?

What is this?

Kisa ou vle?

What do you want?

Kisa w'ap fè la?
What are you doing?

Kisa w'ap manje?

What are you eating?

Mwen konnen kisa sa ye.

I know what this is.

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KI SA!

What?!

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When do you say Kisa vs Kisa ki?

What - Kisa
When “what” acts as a subject pronoun, we add “ki” after it.

1. What is in the car?

Kisa ki nan machin nan?

2. What makes you happy?

    Kisa ki fè ou kontan?

3. What’s in your pocket?

    Kisa ki nan pòch ou?

4. What is happening?

    Kisa ki pase?

5. What is going on?

    Kisa ki genyen?

6. What is inside that box?
    Kisa ki nan bwat la?

When “what” acts more as an interrogative pronoun, it may be used on its own.

7. What do you think?
    Kisa ou panse?

8. What did he say to you?

    Kisa li te di ou?

9. What can you do?

    Kisa ou ka fè?

10. What will you wear?

     Kisa ou pral mete?

11. What would you do with a million dollars?

      Kisa ou ta fè avèk yon milyon dola?

FYI:  It is important to know that "Kisa" is very often contracted to "sa".  So you may hear:

What do you want?

Kisa ou vle? or

Sa ou vle?

I know what you want.

mwen konnen kisa ou vle.  or

Mwen konnen sa ou vle.

FYI:  It is important to know that "Kisa ki" is very often contracted to "Sa k".  So you may hear:

What's up?

Kisa ki pase? or

Sa k pase?

What's going on?

Kisa ki genyen? or

Sa k genyen?

I know what happened.

Mwen konnen kisa ki pase.  or

Mwen konnen sa k pase.

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what are we going to do?

what are we going to do?

kisa nou pral fè?

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Ki sa w'ap fè kounye a?

Kisa w'ap fè kounye a?

What are you doing right now?

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Ak kisa? → With what?

with → a, ak avè, avèk

what → kisa, sa (contraction for "kisa")

We are content with what we have.

Nou kontante ak sa nou genyen.

What will we eat it with?

Ak kisa nap manje li?

What are you writing with? A pen or pencil?

Ak kisa wap ekri? Yon plim oswa yon kreyon?

With which?
Which car will you go with?

Ak ki machin ou prale?

With whom?

Who will you go home with?

Ak ki moun ou pral lakay ou?

Who are you talking with?

Ak ki moun wap pale?

ak kisa san ou,ou konnen mpa kapab

...ak kisa san ou, (sentence fragment)

...with what without you,

Ou konnen m pa kapab
You know I can't

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I still dont understand the "fet" portion of sa kap fet? because I thought that meant a party or birthday (birth) and I thought "Fe" without the letter "T" is the verb that means - to do,make? Why is there a "T" at the end of the verb "fe" in this express

You are right, but:

Fèt (v.) in Haitian Creole also mean made, to be done, to be produced, to happen, to occur.
Fèt (v.) in Haitian Creole also means to be supposed, to have to, ought to, must, should
Fèt (n.) in Haitian Creole means birthday, party, celebration, holiday, jubilation
Fèt (v.) in Haitian Creole means to be born

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***Please note that fè and fèt are used in different circumstances in Haitian Creole.  So Fèt IS NOT the past tense of fè (at least not in Haitian Creole).  They are both used in different situations.

Examples:

Li te fèt deja. - It's done already.  or It already happened.

Sa fèt vre. - It happened for real.

Kijan sa te fèt? - How did it/this/that happen?

Kay sa fèt ak bwa. - This house is made of wood.

Maryaj la fèt vit. - The wedding was done quickly.

M'ap di ou sa ki te fèt. - I'll tell you what happened.

Ti bebe a te fèt yè. - The baby was born yesterday.

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fè and fèt has many different meanings in Haitian Creole. Here is a few of them.

fè (as a verb) - to make, to do, to provide, to make happen

fè (as a noun) - metal iron, elemental iron, iron for ironing clothes

fè (as a noun) - fact

fèt (as a verb) - occurred, made, to get done, be born, to be supposed to

fèt (as a noun) - party, holiday, birthday

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can you un-contract sa kap fet! and break it down word by word please?

Sa kap fèt  → Kisa ki ap fèt

Sa - is contraction for kisa which means what.

Ki - is a relative pronoun that means that, who, or which

ap - is the determiner for the progressive tense

fèt (v.) - as a verb means to do, to happen, to occur

Kisa ki ap fèt? - literally means "what that happening?"

Kisa ki ap fèt? - is the expression for "what's happening?"
The verb to be (se) is not written in this expression. 

It is not required.

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Same goes for "sak pase?"

Sak pase? → Kisa ki pase?

literally "what that passed"

Sak pase? - is the expression for "what's going on?" "What is happening" "What is up?"

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What does Kisa ou ap fe la? mean?

Kisa wap fè la? - What are you doing?

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what's that

What's that? - Kisa sa ye? or Sa sa ye?

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what are you doing?

Kisa wap fè la?

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Saying 'what" in Haitian Creole

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'Kisa' is Haitian Creole for 'what'.

Example:
Kisa ou vle?
What do you want?

In both spoken and written Haitian Creole,  'Kisa' is contracted down to 'sa' most of the times.
Kisa → Sa
'Kisa' and 'sa' are interchangeable.


Example:
1. Kisa ou vle?
    Sa ou vle?
   What do you want?

2. Kisa ou bezwen?
   Sa ou bezwen?
   What do you need?

3. Kisa ou ka fè?
   Sa ou ka fè?
   What can you do?

4.  Kisa ki pase?
    Sa ki pase?
    Sa k pase?
  What's happenning?, what's up?

5. Di m kisa ou panse.
   Di m sa ou panse.
   Tell me what  you think.

6. M pa konn kisa pou m fè.
   M pa konn sa pou m fè.
   I don't know what to do.


7. Kisa sa vle di?
   Sa sa vle di?
   What does that mean?

8. Kisa sa ye?
   Sa sa ye?
   What is this?

(and in other sentences with 'what')

9. Kisa lanmou ye?
   What is love?

10. Sa lavi ye?
   What is life?

11. Sa yon 'wiki' ye?
    What's a 'wiki'?

Mèsi e pase yon bon jounen.
Thanks and have a good day.

Track: Kisa k Sekrè Lavi a by Sandra d'Haiti

What is life about?

Asking questions with what.

Kisa lavi a ye? - what is life?
De kisa lavi a ye? - what is life about?

Kisa sa ye? - what is this?
De kisa sa ye? - What is this about?

Kisa wap di? - what are you saying?
De kisa wap pale?- what are you talking about?
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So, what is life about?
I think life is about the quest for finding out what life is really about.  We may never find the answers in this lifetime, if we did, how else would we occupy our minds? But we do have moments of clarity about what life is certainly not about.
what do you think life's about?

whatever in creole

whatever - nenpòt kisa

check out 3/3/2011 blog at http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/03/whatever-whoever-whereever.html

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