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Friday, August 12, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

how are you doing

Kouman ou ye?

Ask me anything

No, i see you but not able to eat!

No, I see. → Non, mwen wè.

But I'm not able to eat. → Men mwen paka manje.

Also what are some endearing names to show my affection for another man...not a father or someone I'm interested in like a boyfriend...just another man I respect and love dearly?

What are some special and endearing names a father would call his adult daughter?

pitit fi mwen, prensès mwen

Most of the time it would be a nickname derived from the daughter's own name.

Ask me anything

"This is weird' or "you're weird" in Creole

Weird - etranj, dwòl

This is weird.
Sa etranj.  or
Sa dwòl.

You're weird.
Ou dwòl.

convey my greetings or convey my best wishes to.....

Convey my greetings...
Convey my best wishes...
Salye...

Example:
Convey my greetings to your mom.
Salye manman ou pou mwen.

Convey my greetings to the church.
Salye legliz la pou mwen.

Convey my best wishes to the family.
Salye fanmi an pou mwen.

Can you tell me some names an adult daughter could call her father...special names with much affection because the father means the world to her?

The best I've heard are not many.
papa, papa cheri, papi, papi cheri, pè

I used to called my dad "papi".  I cannot think of a more endearing name.

how you say have a good night

Have a good night!
Pase bòn nwi!

Good night!
Bòn nwit!

Ask me anything

tHANKS YOU,, DI 'M tHANKS YOU,, DI 'W

Thank you. → Mèsi.

Say thank you to me. or
Thank me.
Di m mèsi.

Mwen di w mèsi.
I thank you.

Ask me anything

Thank you, Di m Thanks you,,, Di w...

Thank you. → Mèsi.

Say thank you to me. or
Thank me.
Di m mèsi.

Mwen di w mèsi.
I thank you.

I want to say "this is the way." Would I use chemen or fason? (sa se chemen la ou sa se fason la)?

This is the way (as in "This the direction.")
Sa se chemen an. or
Sa se wout la.

This is the way to heaven.
Sa se chemen syèl la

This is the way to New York.
Sa se chemen New York la.

This is the way home.
Sa se wout lakay mwen.

(You may use either "chemen" or "wout")
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This is the way (as in "This is how...", "This is the method...)
You may say it three different ways:
Se konsa...
Sa se fason...
Se fason sa



Example:
This is the way we dance.
Se konsa nou danse. or
Sa se fason nou danse.

This is the way you should sit at a table.
Se konsa pou ou chita sou tab. or
Sa se fason pou ou chita sou tab.

Is this the way you talk to me?
Eske se konsa ou pale avè mwen? or
Eske se fason sa ou pale avè mwen?

This is the way we roll.
Se konsa nou boule. or
Se fason sa nou boule.

What is the difference between "Ki kote" and "kote"?

No difference. "kote" is a contracted form or short version of "ki kote" which means "where".
See the examples below and see the following link on WHERE

Ki kote ou prale?
Kote ou prale?
Where are you going?

Ki kote ou te jwenn li?
Kote ou te jwenn li?
Where did you find it?

Mwen pa konn kote li ye.
Mwen pa konn ki kote li ye.
I don't know where it is.


kote as a noun means place, location, somewhere, etc..

Mwen prale yon kote.
I'm going somewhere.

Mwen te sere li nan yon kote ki sekrè.
I hid it in a secret location.

travay

work (v. n.) →travay (v. n.)


I am working.
Map travay.


I am at work.
Mwen nan travay.

Li We m Ou We M

Li wè m, ou wè m.
Li wè mwen, ou wè mwen. (un-contracted)
He sees me, you see me.