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Monday, February 28, 2011

M dejene, M manje, do both mean, I eat breakfast.

No, "dejene" means to "eat breakfast".
and "manje" simply means "to eat"

When dejene is a noun, it means 'breakfast, n.'
when dejene is a verb, it means 'to eat breakfast'

m dejene - I eat breakfast
sa se dejene m - this is my breakfast

m manje - I eat
m manje yon pòm - I eat an apple
m manje yon mango - I eat a mango
sa se manje m - This is my food
M ap manje - I am eating

God bless you

God bless you - Bondye beni w

May God bless all of you - Ke Bondye beni nou tout

How do I say I don't understand in creole

M pa konprann

Are you a Michael Jackson fan? Why? Fave song of him?

yeap I am.
I was in Haiti when Thriller came out.
I remember drooling over his Beat It poster.
Beat it will always be my favorite.

Ask me anything

how do you pronounce "love"

lanmou pronouced luh-moo

you can't in crole

ou pa kabab

sweety

sweetie - cheri, boubout, kòkòt

Friday, February 25, 2011

to hold a grudge

grudge - rankin pronounced ruh-keen
hold a grudge - gen rankin

cherie se pu nou ale wi paske nou pral byen fe wiii

Honey, we must go so we can do well...
(sentence not  clear - try to slice it to bits)
cherie - honey
se pou nou ale - we must go
wi - yes
paske - because
nou pral byen fè - we'll do well
wiii is not a Haitian Creole word.

Do you do private tutoring of the language?

Only if you were my padawan, then I'd be the jedi knight :)

I've been looking for the translation for 'depale', does it have anything to do with 'pale'?

pale means to speak, to talk
depale means to ramble, to speak in a foolish and meaningless way.

example: Lè Joe sou, li depale anpil - When Joey's drunk, he rambles a lot.

hey girl, what's the word for "sign your name here."

Hi :)
siyen - to sign (v.)
sinyati - signature
siyen non w - sign your name
siyen non w la - sign your name here
mete sinyati w la - put your signature here
nou bezwen sinyati w - we need your signature
nou bezwen pou vin siyen papye a - We need you to come and sign the document.

Mandaly, i'm stress, creole translation

I'm stressed - m sou tansyon (most popular way to say it)
I'm stressed - m anba tansyon
I'm extremely stressed - m anba anpil presyon