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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
Making negative sentences (Present Tense) - Part I
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http://limanecasimi.audioacrobat.com/download/569bf65c-89f2-aee7-43f6-b67136ffc727.mp3
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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
http://limanecasimi.audioacrobat.com/download/569bf65c-89f2-aee7-43f6-b67136ffc727.mp3
Click on the play button, listen and follow the text below.
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
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AUDIO LESSON,
CREOLE GRAMMAR,
negatives
mwen
mwen - I
mwen is a subject pronoun. its contracted form is "m"
mwen is a subject pronoun. its contracted form is "m"
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subject pronouns
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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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
Ask me anything
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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
establish - etabli
This is useful information that people in America should know -
sa se enfòmasyon itil ke tout Ameriken dwe konnen
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
boy - gason, ti bray, ti gason (literally means little man)
Young man - jenn jan, jennnom, jenòm, jenn gason
man - gason, nèg, mesye, nonm, konpè
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man woman boy girl
keep smiling always
Keep smiling always - kontinye souri tout tan.
(or, another Haitian Creole translation is:)
Pa janm sispann souri - Never stop smiling
(or, another Haitian Creole translation is:)
Pa janm sispann souri - Never stop smiling
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.
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'.
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'.
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go to sleep
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