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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
where's my plate?
you could say it many different ways. Here they are:
kote plat mwen an?
kote plat pa m?
kote asyèt mwen an?
kote asyèt pa m?
are you ok
You can say this many different ways:
Ou byen?
Ou byen?
Eske w byen?
Tout bagay byen?
Eske tout bagay byen?
Ou anfòm?
Tout bagay byen?
Eske tout bagay byen?
Ou anfòm?
Eske w anfòm?
hi im haitian but i wasnt born in haiti and i can only say a few things to my grandma but i understand everything she says. what are some words to speed up our convo? like how can i start a convo and keep it going for a while with her?
Keep talking to your grandma and her Haitian friends and family. Say what they say. Talk like they talk. You'll learn a lot from them. Peace
Exercise 66 - Turning on and Turning off Appliances
Turn on = limen or ouvè
Turn off = etenn or fèmen
Turn up = monte
Turn down = desann
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Turn on the light – limen limyè a
Turn off the light – etenn limyè a
Turn on the oven – limen fou a
Turn off the oven – etenn fou a
Turn on the TV – limen televizion an
Turn off the TV – etenn televizion an
or
Turn on the TV – ouvè televizyon an
Turn off the TV – fèmen televizyon an
Turn on the AC – limen èkondisyone a
Turn off the AC– etenn èkondisyone a
Turn on the lamp – limen lanp lan
Turn off the lamp – etenn lanp lan
Turn on the computer – ouvè konpitè a
Turn off the computer – fèmen konpitè a
Turn the radio on – ouvè radyo a
Turn off the radio – fèmen radyo a
Turn on the fan – ouvè vantilatè a
Turn off the fan – fèmen vantilatè a
Turn on the cell phone – ouvè telefòn nan
Turn off the cell phone – fèmen telefòn nan
Turn on the water faucet – ouvè tiyo a
Turn off the water faucet – Fèmen tiyo a
Turn up the volume – monte volim nan
Turn down the volume – desann volim nan
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Can you translate the following sentences?
1. You're wasting the water. Turn off the faucet.
2. It's hot. Turn on the fan
3. I am tired and sleepy. Turn off the television.
4. Turn on the light so I can read
5. Turn up the volume so I can hear the song.
Answers are at the bottom of this page
1.w ap gaspiye dlo a. fèmen tiyo a 2.li fè cho. ouvè vantilatè a 3.m fatige e m gen dòmi. etenn televizyon an or m fatige e m gen dòmi. fèmen televizyon an 4.limen limyè a pou m ka li 5. monte volim nan pou m ka tande chante a
Turn off = etenn or fèmen
Turn up = monte
Turn down = desann
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Turn on the light – limen limyè a
Turn off the light – etenn limyè a
Turn on the oven – limen fou a
Turn off the oven – etenn fou a
Turn on the TV – limen televizion an
Turn off the TV – etenn televizion an
or
Turn on the TV – ouvè televizyon an
Turn off the TV – fèmen televizyon an
Turn on the AC – limen èkondisyone a
Turn off the AC– etenn èkondisyone a
Turn on the lamp – limen lanp lan
Turn off the lamp – etenn lanp lan
Turn on the computer – ouvè konpitè a
Turn off the computer – fèmen konpitè a
Turn the radio on – ouvè radyo a
Turn off the radio – fèmen radyo a
Turn on the fan – ouvè vantilatè a
Turn off the fan – fèmen vantilatè a
Turn on the cell phone – ouvè telefòn nan
Turn off the cell phone – fèmen telefòn nan
Turn on the water faucet – ouvè tiyo a
Turn off the water faucet – Fèmen tiyo a
Turn up the volume – monte volim nan
Turn down the volume – desann volim nan
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Can you translate the following sentences?
1. You're wasting the water. Turn off the faucet.
2. It's hot. Turn on the fan
3. I am tired and sleepy. Turn off the television.
4. Turn on the light so I can read
5. Turn up the volume so I can hear the song.
Answers are at the bottom of this page
1.w ap gaspiye dlo a. fèmen tiyo a 2.li fè cho. ouvè vantilatè a 3.m fatige e m gen dòmi. etenn televizyon an or m fatige e m gen dòmi. fèmen televizyon an 4.limen limyè a pou m ka li 5. monte volim nan pou m ka tande chante a
Monday, February 21, 2011
So if you wanted to say 'it shook me to my core' how would say that.
there's an expression for that,
It shook me to my core - tout zantray mwen tresayi
Hi, in Exercise 10, #16 you've got "nannan" translated as ''nucleus. Does that mean seed or something like that?
Partly. All the following terms describe nannan, pronounced 'nuh-nuh':
the core
the essence
the central point or
the innermost center of an individual, object or region
the core
the essence
the central point or
the innermost center of an individual, object or region
chat pa la, rat pren kay, can u use that term on a person.
Yeap, you sure can.
I've heard people use it to mean, "When the husband is not present, the wife does whatever she wants."
Who is the most important person in the world to you?
Myself. If I can't manage who i am, life would be insignificant.
Mandaly, I'm still searching the Haitian Creole word 'chat'. How popular is its usage? Is the pronunciation tha same as the English word 'chat'?
First of all, "chat" is a French word. It means "cat" in English.
Chat - French pronunciation is "sha"
Chat - Haitian Creole pronunciation is "shat"
In Haitian Creole this word is used in many proverbs and idioms. I'm listing the few that i can remember here.
1. Chat mawon - wild cat
2. Chat mawon - someone who commits white collar crimes
3. lage chat la - let the cat out of the bag
4. Tèt chat - being of poor quality, being unreliable, not authentic
5. fè pa chat - cheating on your significant other
6. chat pa la, rat pran kay - cat's away, mice will play
7. viv tankou chen a chat - living a cat and dog life
good luck in your search
Chat - French pronunciation is "sha"
Chat - Haitian Creole pronunciation is "shat"
In Haitian Creole this word is used in many proverbs and idioms. I'm listing the few that i can remember here.
1. Chat mawon - wild cat
2. Chat mawon - someone who commits white collar crimes
3. lage chat la - let the cat out of the bag
4. Tèt chat - being of poor quality, being unreliable, not authentic
5. fè pa chat - cheating on your significant other
6. chat pa la, rat pran kay - cat's away, mice will play
7. viv tankou chen a chat - living a cat and dog life
good luck in your search
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