Haitian Creole

Saturday, June 4, 2011

What make your website help people?

Well, I hope it can be a cache of resources on the Haitian Creole language for people who are learning it. Haitian Creole is such a beautiful language! So many people don't recognize that. And many more don't even recognize it as a language. This language is the communication tool, the bridge, that'll take you right into the heart of Haiti's paradoxical ambience.

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Bonjou Mandaly. Kijan ou ye? Is there a way to say the french expression "avant-première" d'un film? Mèsi anpil.

Bonjou stranger :)

There's not an official expression for "avant-première" in Creole.
People most often call it, 'prezantasyon fim nan' otherwise they'd use the French word, 'avant-première'.

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sex

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

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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

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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?

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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 :-)

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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?

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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

Test your Haitian Creole language skills.
http://hosted.onlinetesting.net/HaitianCreole/login.pl

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.