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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

grapefruit

grapefruit - chadèk

Please tell me how to print a note to the lawn service men not to cut the new growth on the bottom of a plant

Tanpri mesye, lè nap fè gazon an, pa koupe plant ki fèt ap boujonnen e ki fèt ap grandi anba rasin lòt plant yo. Mèsi anpil.
(the above Haitian Creole note mainly requests that they do not cut off the budding or newly growing plants)

bouji and bijou

bouji - candle
bijou - jewelry

lekol

lekòl - school

lakòl - glue

now

kounye a

Ask me anything

bezouin an, ban nou-l jodi-a

This sounds like words taken out of the The Lord's Prayer. It says literally:
Sa nou bezwen an, - that which we need,
ban nou l jodi a - give it to us today

Ask me anything

Do you find that to be true, Haiti will someday to have a trust worthy government. can we trust the officials elected.

I think it'll happen as the older generation dies off and more Haitians that are educated abroad start to infiltrate Haiti's political arena.
By the way, there's no such things as an honest politician.  I think it's about who can play the game best.

sexy creole

yeah, that's right!

R U A Fanm De Dye?

jiska la mò!, total kapital, 100% :)

Ask me anything

how to ask "do you have any allergies"

do you have any allergies? - eske ou fè alèji?

eat

eat (v.)- manje
food (n.) - manje

how do you say health history

health history - tout enfòmasyon medikal

how do you say Frog?

frog - krapo

Ask me anything

how to say why are you here today in Haitian

why are you here today? - pouki sa ou la jodi a?

why have you come here today? - pouki sa ou vini la jodi a?
If that question is aimed at a group of people, you will then change the "ou" to "nou" as shown here:
pouki sa nou vini la jodi a?

thank you

How do you say thank you in Haitian Creole :)

to thank (v.) - remèsye, di mèsi
example:  I thank you - m remèsye w (or)
                  I thank you - m di ou mèsi

a thank you (n.) - remèsiman
example: I give you a great thank you for you help - m ba ou yon gran remèsiman pou èd ou.

 thank God (expression) - gras a Dye
example: I am fine, thank God! - m byen gras a Dye!

 
thanks to... - gras a...
example:  I am here thanks to you - m la gras a ou.

and,

thank you very much! - mèsi anpil!