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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Jam up all the roads, throw horses and corpses into all springs; have everything burned and annihilated, so that those who come to return us to slavery will always have before them the image of the hell that they deserve.tousen louvetican you, please, translate this quote?

Bare tout wout pou yo pa ka pase, bloke tout sous dlo yo ak kò chwal ak moun mouri; boule tout bagay, dechalbore tout bagay, fè zòn nan tounen yon lanfè pou lè yo vini fè nou tounen esklav ankò, pou se imaj lanfè yo merite a ke yo va jwenn. Tousen Louvèti

Continued from here: Toussaint Louverture quote

twentieth birthday

ventyèm anivèsè

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

mwen

twenty-three

BOJAB

Podyab! - You poor thing!

Bonjou Mandaly! I was wondering if there is an "alphabet song" for Haitian Creole like there is for English language?

Unfortunately, there isn't one at this time.
If someone comes up with a Haitian Creole alphabet song, I'll be sure to post it here.

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cho → hot

hot - cho

The sun is hot - Solèy la cho.
It's hot. - Li fè cho.

She's hot and sexy. - Li anfòm.   Li seksi.  or  Li anpenpan.

Yay

yay!!!! - we!!!!!!!

How do you respond to how are you with the answer "Doing well"?

-How are you?
Kouman ou ye?


-I'm fine.
Mwen byen.


-I'm not too bad.
Mwen pa pi mal.


-I'm glad to hear that.
Mwen kontan tande sa.

can I take the driver's license in crole

Translation or question?
Eske mwen ka pran examen lisans an Kreyòl?

Hell'o, How do you say, "You did very well."

You did very well.
Ou te fè trè byen.

Tikouri → Cornrows

Tikouri - cornrows, or braids

Braid my hair. - Penyen mwen tikouri.

Monday, August 1, 2011

In T-Vice's song "Toi et Moi" I believe the chorus is in Creole and the rest in French. I think it reads:Gin mounes kap-é radotéPaské yo pa vléWè yon lanmou kap machéKité yo paléLanmou-n ap monté yea pi wo woooZanmi mèt pa vléFanmi mèt fachéMais c

Gen moun kape radote,
There some people talking,


paske yo pa vle wè yon lanmou kap mache
because they don't want to see a flourishing love


kite yo pale, lanmou nap monte pi wo
Let them talk, our love will go higher

Zanmi mèt pa vle, fanmi mèt fache
Friends may not want this, family may be angry


Men cheri m pap kraze
But we won't break it off

kite yo pale
Let them talk


lanmou nap monte pi wo
Our love will go higher
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I would like to know when the "N" sound is not pronounced.

The letter "n" is vocalized (as in a resounding n) when you have a double "n" in a word, such as: grann, fann, pann, wonn

Otherwise, it's not vocalized. Example: pen, won, fen, tan, nan

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How do you say would / should / could have, but...For example, I would have came to see you yesterday, but I had to work instead.

Would have - ta pral, or sometimes te pral
Should have- te dwe
could have - te ka, te kab, te kapab

I would have come to see you but I had to work instead.
M ta pral vini wè w, men mwen te oblije al travay.

You should have eaten the sandwich.
Ou te dwe manje sandwich la.


You could have warned me about it.
Ou te ka avèti mwen de sa.
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Would - ta
should - ta dwe
could - ta ka, ta kab, ta kapab

I would like to see you.
Mwen ta renmen wè w.

You should wear shoes when walking outside.
Ou ta dwe mete soulye lè wap mache deyò a.
I could bring you a bowl of soup.
Mwen ta ka pote you bòl soup pou ou.