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Friday, March 25, 2011

hello my friend

allo zanmi mwen, sak pase?

Making negative sentences (Present Tense) - Part I

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Bonswa tout moun! - Good evening everyone!
 Pa - is the determiner for the Haitian Creole negative form.

1. m pa konprann - I don't understand
2. m pa konnen - I don't know
3. nou pa kapab - we cannot
4. li pa kontan - he's not happy
5. m pa pale Kreyòl twò byen - I don't speak Creole too well

there isn't / there aren't
6. pa gen lekòl jodi a - there's no school today
7. pa gen pwoblèm - there's no problem
8. pa gen moun la - there's no one there
9. pa gen anyen la - there's nothing here

imperatives
10. pa kouri - don't run
11. pa gade m - don't look at me
12. pa enkyete w - don't worry
13. pa pale twò fò - don't talk too loud
14. pa fè sa - don't do that
15. pa fache - don't be angry
16. pa fache avè m - don't be mad at me

Bonswa e orevwa - good evening and goodbye

track: Lè latè Te San Lanmou by Caribbean Gospel Mizik

do you have a lesson about telling time?

mwen

mwen - I
mwen is a subject pronoun. its contracted form is "m"
search this site for subject pronouns
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how do you say year

year - ane, an, zan (it depends on context)

The Haitian creole term is generally 'ane'.  But this term changes when you're using numbers.

example:
what year were you born? - ki ane ou te fèt?
this is the year 2011 - sa se ane demil onz
one year - ennan
two years - dezan
five years - senkan
one hundred years - santan
one thousand years - milan
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Thursday, March 24, 2011

Summed it up, or rapped it up.

sum up or wrap up (v.)- rezime
which also means 'to summarize'

assignment, establish, this is useful information people in america should know about, Thanks you.

assignment - responsablite, travay, or devwa
establish - etabli

This is useful information that people in America should know -
sa se enfòmasyon itil ke tout Ameriken dwe konnen

I don't think so. Thanks You.

I don't think so - M pa panse sa.

(or)

I don't believe so - M pa kwè sa.

how do you say girl and boy in creole

girl - fi,  ti fi (literally means little woman)

ladies - medam, dam


Young woman - jenn dam, jenn ti dam, jenn fanm, jenn fi

woman - fi, fanm, madanm, dam, ti dam, kòmè, nègès


boy - gason, ti bray, ti gason (literally means little man)


Young man - jenn jan, jennnom, jenòm, jenn gason

man - gason, nèg, mesye, nonm, konpè

keep smiling always

Keep smiling always - kontinye souri tout tan.

(or, another Haitian Creole translation is:)

Pa janm sispann souri - Never stop smiling

what ekri mean

ekri - to write

Yesterday was my day OFF from work, I've gotten sick, and today i'am in Bethesda hospital seeking for treatment.

yè pandan mwen te gen konje, m tonbe malad. E Jodi a mwen lopital Bethesda, map tann tretman.

How you doing to day?

Kijan ou ye jodi a?

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I'm sleepy

I'm sleepy - dòmi nan je m

In the Haitian Creole expression 'dòmi nan je m' the object pronoun at the end of the sentence changes according to who is sleepy.
example:
i am sleepy - dòmi nan je m
she' sleepy - dòmi nan je l
we're sleepy - dòmi nan je n
you're sleepy - dòmi nan je w
they're sleepy - dòmi nan je yo

Another way to say 'I'm sleepy' is 'm gen dòmi'.