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Sunday, July 24, 2011

NEGERIA, PA ALE A ROUT LA TOU!

Is Negeria the name of a person?

PA ALE A ROUT LA TOU! is not Haitian Creole. But it is definitely Creole.
Perhaps you might want to give more info on the context. Thanks :)

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Saturday, July 23, 2011

my greatest love

My greatest love - Pi gran lanmou mwen

Omg Mw ta mange yon bon ti mayi mouli avek zaboka

Haitians do not say OMG☺ They'd say MEZANMI!

Translation:
Oh how I would love to eat cornmeal and avocados.
Put some hot pepper on mine, please:)

I want you to know how much I love you in Creole language

Translation:
Mwen vle ou konnen kòman mwen renmen ou.

chita

Chita. - Sit down

Chita tande. - Sit and listen.

Chita tann. - Sit and wait.

lapoula?

La pou la (lapoula) - Right then and there, immediately, at this instant

under the earth has no parties

Translation:
Anba tè a, pa gen fèt.

I'm assuming that you mean to say that when you're six feet under, there are no partying,, right?

grand fo ma!

Do you mean: Grann, fò m ale! - Grandma, I must go!

what does respete mean

If you mean: respekte (v.) → to respect
If you mean: repete (v.) → to repeat

Friday, July 22, 2011

how to write jesus haiti is in your hands

Jesus, Haiti is in your hands.
Jezi, Ayiti nan men ou.

how are you

How are you? - Kouman ou ye?
See other introductory phrases in Haitian Creole at this link: http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/06/25-useful-introductory-haitian-creole.html

On lesson 23, the future tense post) you wrote the sentence, Machin sa pral pa w. Why the pa, if its not a negative sentence? (THE CAR WILL BE YOURS)

In that case I was talking about the possessive pronouns:

If you were using the following possessive pronouns and you needed to make a negative sentence, you would have to use yet another "pa" in your sentence. See examples below. Hope this helps.

The followings are possessive pronouns
pa mwen (pa m) → mine

pa ou (pa w) → yours

pa li (pa l) → his, hers

pa nou (pa n) → ours

pa yo → theirs

Examples:
Sa se pa m. - This mine.

Manje sa se pa w. - this food is yours.

Liv sa se pa li. - The book is his.

Kay la se pa nou. - The house is ours.

Magazen an se pa yo. - The store is theirs.

Kote pa m? - Where is mine?


Using negative sentences
Manje sa se pa pa w. - This food is not yours

Liv sa se pa pa m. - This book is not mine.

what does get mean

gèt → from thr French "guetter"

It means to wait for, to anticipate, to stalk

This is not a Creole word, but it is used in a few creole expressions.

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what does vexer en rager mean

vekse (v.) → to insult
anraje - to lose you cool, to lose your temper, to act in a senseless manner.
Li vekse m.
He insulted me.

Mesye a vekse.  Li mande anraje.
The man was insulted.  He lost his temper.

how do you say satan in creole

same spelling, different ponunciation
Satan → satan
devil → dyab
evil mechan, malveyan, satanik