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Showing posts with label what kind / what type. Show all posts
Showing posts with label what kind / what type. Show all posts

What is the word for "kind" or "type". As in: "what type of food do you like?". Mesi!

You could use: kalite, jan, tip (see link)

1.
What type of food do you like?
Ki kalite manje ou renmen?
Ki tip manje ou renmen?
Ki jan de manje ou renmen? "jan" from French "genre"

2. What type of dog do you have?
Ki kalite chen ou genyen?
Ki tip chen ou genyen?
Ki jan de chen ou genyen?

3.
What type of person is he?
Ki kalite moun li ye?
Ki tip moun li ye?
Ki jan de moun li ye?

4.
What type of government does Haiti have?
Ki kalite gouvènman Ayiti genyen?
Ki tip gouvènman Ayiti genyen?
Ki jan de gouvènman Ayiti genyen?

Or... No question sentences:

5.
You should not associate yourself with these types of people.
Ou pa dwe asosye w ak kalite moun sa yo.
Ou pa dwe asosye w ak tip moun sa yo.
Ou pa dwe asosye'w ak jan de moun sa yo.

6.
This is the kind of girl I want you to marry.
Sa se kalite fanm mwen vle ou marye.
Sa se tip fanm mwen vle ou marye.
Sa se jan de fanm mwen vle ou marye.



Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words

"What kind" of / What type of .....

What kind ... → Ki kalite, kijan de
What type of ... → Ki tip de


What kind of a person is he?
Ki kalite moun li ye?
Kijan de moun li ye?


What type of work do you do?
Ki kalite travay ou fè?
Ki tip de travay ou fè?


What kind of books do you sell?
Ki kalite liv ou vann?
Kijan de liv ou vann?


What kind of dog do you have?
Ki kalite chen ou genyen?
Kijan de chen ou genyen?


What type of bug is this?
Ki tip de bèt sa ye?
Ki kalite bèt sa ye?


What kind of drink would you like?
Ki kalite bweson ou ta renmen?

What type of personality do you have?
Ki tip pèsonalite ou genyen?

Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words

What kind / what type (in Creole)

What kind / what type → ki kalite

What type of car do you have?
Ki kalite machin ou genyen?

What kind of school is this?
Ki kalite lekòl sa ye?