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Thursday, August 4, 2011

no evidence Science!!

No evidence science - lasyans san evidans

can i get questions answers of the drivers license wriiten test in creole

Yes! Here's a link where you can find it in Haitian Creole. You can also find it as a PDF file online and print it.

kay maman

Kay manman → At mother's house
Kay manman mwen → At my mother's house

Kay manman nou → At our mother's house

aT THE LIBRARY A!

At the library → Nan bibliyotèk la

Where? - Ki bò? or Ki kote?

There are two ways to ask "where" in Haitian Creole.

Where → ki bò?
Where → ki kote?  (if you use "ki kote", you may drop the word "ki", see example below)

Use either of them in any sentences you choose.

1. Where are you from?
    Ki kote ou sòti?  or
    Kote ou sòti?

2. Where are you going?
    Ki kote ou prale?  or
    Kote ou prale?

3. Where should we sit?
    Ki  bò nou dwe chita?

4. Where can I find good Haitian food?
    Ki bò mwen kab jwenn bon manje Ayisyen?

5. Where is this going?
    Ki kote sa prale? or
    Kote sa prale?

and if your sentence is not a question...

6. I can see where this is going.
   Mwen ka wè kote sa prale.

7. I didn't know where you were.
    Mwen  pat konnen ki bò ou ye?

kiss me

Kiss me.
Anbrase mwen.
or
Bo mwen


Give me a little kiss.
Ban m yon ti bo.

Come and kiss me.
Vin anbrase mwen.
or
Vin ban m yon ti bo.

will you marry me?

Will you marry me?
Eske ou ta renmen marye avèk mwen?
Eske ou vle marye avèk mwen?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Can you help me understand the difference between "okenn" and "anyen" and also between "ke" and "ki"? Mesi anpil! M renmen sit w!

Mèsi anpil!

Okenn is a determiner that stands for any, none, some, or an unspecified number.
It is usually placed in front of a noun.

It is not used in affirmative sentences such as: "You can have any car you want."  In the latter case, "any" will be translated as "nenpòt"
Example:
I don’t have any clothes.
Mwen pa gen okenn rad.

We don't see anyone here.
Nou pa wè okenn moun la.

There’s no students in the class.
Pa gen okenn elèv nan klas la.

He does have any respect for himself.
Li pa gen okenn respè pou tèt li.



Anyen stands for nothing and anything.
It does not need to be accompanied by a noun.

Example:
I don’t have anything.
M pa gen anyen.

There's nothing that can make me go back to your house.
Pa gen anyen ki ka fè m retounen lakay ou.

I can’t see anything.
M pa ka wè anyen.

He did not give me anything at all.
Li pat ban mwen anyen ditou.

I don't want anything to happen to you.
Mwen pa vle anyen rive w.

Let nothing scare you.
Pa kite anyen fè w pè.

Study hard so that nothing will keep you from passing your exams.
Etidye di pou anyen pa anpeche w pase egzamen yo.


Ki is translated in English as that, who, which
It refers to people, things or places.
It is the relative pronoun that acts as a subject before a verb.
Example:
I know the man who's standing at the door.
Mwen konnen mesye ki kanpe nan pòt la.

Do you know a school that is close to my house?
Eske ou konnen yon lekòl ki pre lakay mwen?

This is the church that burned down.
Sa se legliz ki te boule a?

This is the boy who sang at the parade.
Sa se ti gason ki te chante nan parad la.



Ke also means that.

Example:
I know that you love me.
Correct:  Mwen konnen ou renmen mwen.
Incorrect:  Mwen konnen ke ou renmen mwen

He told me that you went to the store.
Correct:  Li di mwen ou te ale nan magazen an.
Incorrect:  Li di mwen ke ou te ale nan magazen an.

The mango that you bought is spoiled.
Correct:  Mango ou achte a pouri.
Incorrect:  Mango ke ou te achte a pouri.

COME HERE

Come here! - Vini la!
or
Come here! - vin isit!  

Come to me! - Vin jwenn mwen!
or
Come to me! - Vini m pale w! (literally: come so that I may speak to you)

How do you say: "Free to be" ?

Free to be... - Lib pou...

I'm free to choose.
Mwen lib pou m chwazi.

I'm free to date whoever I want.
Mwen lib pou m sòti ak nenpòt moun mwen vle.

Do not forget that while waiting for the rainy season, which must rid us of our enemies, we have no recourse but destruction and fire. Consider the land bathed with our sweat must not furnish our enemies the least nourishment.

Pa bliye ke pandan nap tann sezon lapli, ki pral krabinen lennmi nou yo, nou pa gen okenn chwa ke pou detwi ak met dife dèyè yo. Se swè nou ki wouze tè a, ki fè li donnen; lennmi nou yo pa ka manje nan donn sa.
continued here at this link: Toussaint Louverture quote

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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