how are you?

Kijan ou ye? or
Kouman ou ye?(both sentences have same meaning)

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how to write happy mothers day

Happy Mother's Day - Bònn fèt dè mè

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She does all-right in school..Did you cut yourself? No, I'm all-right..

She does alright in school - Li fè byen lekòl. or Li fè byen nan lekòl li.
Did you cut yourself - Eske ou blese?
No, I'm alright. - Non, mwen byen.

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how to say.' I respect the movement'

I respect the movement. - M respekte mouvman an.
By 'movement', you do mean 'organisation or crusade' right?

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Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! - Bònn fèt dè mè!
In Haiti, Mother's Day is celebrated on the last Sunday of May.

Manman rich - Rich moms
Manman pòv - Poor moms
Manman makout - Strict moms
Manman sitirèz - Over-lenient moms
Manman kontrolè - "CEO" moms
Manman sou jenou - Praying moms
Tout se manman. - They're all moms.

Yo tout proteje pitit yo tankou yon bèt sovaj proteje pitit li.
They all protect their offsprings just like a wild animal protects its newborn.

Tout se predispozisyon.
It's all instinct.

What's your favorite season, and would you live all year in that season if you could?

Tropical Winter.
yeah, why not?

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are you hungry

Are you hungry? - Eske ou grangou?
Are you thirsty? - Eske ou swaf?
Are you tired? - Eske ou fatige?
Are you ok? - Eske ou byen?

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How do you say 'that's good', I looked it up-got nothing..

That's good. - Se byen or Li bon

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Good night..

Bònn nwi.

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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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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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how do you say ...have fun?

Pran plezi ou
or
Anmize ou byen.

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