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Saturday, June 4, 2011

sex

Sex (n.) - sèks
have sex (v) - fè lanmou, fè bagay

How do you say, "what does that mean?"

kisa  |   sa   | vle    | di       |  (uncontracted)
sa     |  sa    | vle    | di       | (contracted)
what |  that | want | to say | (translation)

What does that mean? 
Sa sa vle di?
or
Kisa sa vle di?


What do you mean?
Sa w vle di?
or
Kisa w vle di?

you can't say anything

You can't say anything - ou paka di anyen

Friday, June 3, 2011

what color is

What color is...? - Ki koulè...?

What color is the book? - Ki koulè liv la?

What color is your house? - Ki koulè kay ou?

What color are your eyes? - Ki koulè zye w?

What color are my eyes? - Ki koulè zye m?

What color are your shoes? - Ki koulè soulye w?

If you had your own country, what would you name it?

I would call it PotPourri.
The cities would have such names as Cinnamon, Cypress, Lavender, and Lemon Peel :-)

What's that a Creole phrase uttered at the beginning of Rihanna's "Man Down" music video? thanks.

Yes, indeed, the first two words uttered "Sak Pase?" is Haitian Creole for "What's up?"The setting is definitely Caribbean, looks like Jamaica; but the language spoken was from Haiti and other Caribbean Islands.

Sak Pase? - What's up?

Call me → Rele m

Call me. - Rele m.

Call me later - Rele m pita.

Call me tomorrow. - Rele m demen.

I'll call you. - Ma rele w.

Quizzes

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Li la, lap fè m fou

Li la, lap fè m fou. - He's here, driving me crazy.
Li la. - He's here.
Nou la. - We're here.
You're driving me crazy. - Wap fè m fou.
She's driving me crazy. - Lap fè m fou.

arrets

arret - dekrè, jijman

surprise me, I'm young..

Fè m sipriz, m jèn.

Ask me anything

you are a good man

ou se yon bon nèg.

Ask me anything

Unless u "were" told to do so, u cannot watch TV, u cannot go outside, u cannot play with ur friend..

Si m pa di w gade televizyon, ou paka gade televizyon
Si m pa di w al deyò a, ou paka al deyò a
Si m pa di w al jwe ak zanmi, ou paka al jwe ak zanmi

Thursday, June 2, 2011

I'm sure you already covered this topic but I can't find it: How do you say the verb "to need"? For example, "I need, you need, we need, she needs". Thank you - I LOVE your blog!

Thanks :)

I need - mwen bezwen
you need - ou bezwen
He/she/it needs - li bezwen
we need - nou bezwen
you need - nou bezwen
they need - yo bezwen

I need a car - m bezwen yon machin

What do you need? - Kisa ou bezwen?

Do you need help? - Eske ou bezwen èd?

We need to talk. - Nou bezwen pale

I need to know. - M bezwen konnen

how do you say sexy in hatian creole

seksi, anfòm, byen kanpe

Ask me anything