Haitian Creole

Saturday, May 28, 2011

How do you say baby you made me fall real hard in love with you

Cheri, ou fè m tonbe damou pou ou.

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how do you say 'alright'

Alright? (as in: agree?)
Dakò?

Is this alright? (Do you agree?)

Eske ou dakò?

alright (as in: ok, well, good)

byen, ok, anfòm

I'm alright .
M byen.

Are you alright?

Eske ou anfòm?

Eske ou byen?

Is everyone alright?
Eske tout moun byen?

Everything's alright.

Tout bagay byen.

Tout bagay anfòm

Everything is gonna be alright.
Tout bagay va byen.
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When a person uses that's it.. define that's it..do not vocalize the 'n' sound)

That's it. (as in 'that's the one') - Se li menm.
That's it. (as in 'that's all') - se tout.
Vocalizing the n sound as in the English word 'man' does not occur in Creole.
'an' is a nasal vowel and is pronounced like 'uh'. Example: manman (muh-muh)You would vocalize the 'n' sound when you have a double consonant as in 'mann', pronounced 'muh-n'.

Examples:

pann - hang

rann - render, regurgitate

tann - wait

fann - cut through, rip open

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define the verb 'to Wait'

To wait - tann
Wait for me - Tann mwen.

I'm waiting for you. - Map tann ou.

Wait a minute. - Tann yon minit. or Tann yon moman.

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Friday, May 27, 2011

take a shower

take a shower (v.) - benyen (pronounced benh-yenh, do not vocalize the 'n' sound)

a shower (n.) - beny (pronounced benh -y)

The Haitian Creole noun 'beny' is often used to describe a medicinal or ceremonial (voodoo) bath.

Example:

He's taking a shower. - lap benyen.

Nèg sa ap benyen

I'm taking a shower. - map benyen.

She's in the shower. - lap benyen.

Go take a shower. - Al benyen.

I'm going to take a shower. - M pral benyen

when I get home, I'll take a nice shower.
Lè m rive lakay mwen, m pral pran yon bon beny
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