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Monday, August 15, 2011

did you miss me last night?

Did you miss me last night?
Eske ou te sonje m yè swa?

Sunday, August 14, 2011

I dey try small small

i do not know what you mean here, but this sounds like a creole sentence that's translated literaly, like: Nap mache piti piti. Was that the idea?

Koman ou di: Mwen vle ale cay ou?

Mwen vle ale lakay ou.
I want to go to your house.

Cotton balls. Where did you put the cotton balls? (creole)

Cotton balls
ti boul koton

Where did you put the cotton balls?
Kote ou te mete ti boul koton yo?

Where did you put the luggage?
Kote ou te mete malèt yo?

Where did you put the sandals?
Kote ou te mete sandal yo?

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Hi, Can Creole speakers of M & G or even St. Lucia understand/ speakWith Haitians or vice versa.

The Creole spoken in Haiti is slightly different from the creole spoken in Martinique, Guadeloupe, St Lucia, Seychelles etc...
Creole speakers from any of these places should be able to understand at least 90% of spoken conversation.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

what does the work savant mean in the creole language

savan, save literate, educated, cultured, knowledgeable
You will often hear nèg save which means scholarly man, educated man.

How do you express the imperative to be in KreyolSuch as Be good, or Be a good husbandMèsi ma belle

Dakò :)

Be good!
Konpòte ou byen! - (literally means: Behave!)

Be a good husband.
Fè yon bon mari. (literally means: Make a good husband.)
Fè devwa mari ou. (Literally means: Make/do your husband duties)
Pran swen madanm ou. (Means: Take care of your wife.)
Pran swen madanm ou byen. (Take good care of your wife)

All eyes on Iowa for GOP...

All eyes on Iowa for GOP.
Tout zye sou Iowa Pou GOP a.

How can i thanks you someone for a gift

How can I thank someone for a gift?
Kouman pou mwen remèsye yon moun pou yon kado?

Say:
Thanks a lot for the gift. I appreciate your kind gesture.

Mèsi anpil pou kado a. Mwen apresye bèl jès la.

How do you say in Hatian Creole"Eat in the kitchen"?

Eat in the kitchen.
Manje nan kwizin nan.

They're eating in the kitchen.
Yap manje nan kwizin nan.

She's funny

funny - komik

She's funny - li komik

next week

next → pwochen, lòt

next weekend
wikenn pwochen

next week
semèn pwochèn
or
lòt semèn

next month
mwa pwochen
or
lòt mwa

next year
ane pwochèn
or
Lòt ane

next time
pwochèn fwa
or
lòt fwa

next Monday
lendi pwochen
or
lòt lendi

next election
pwochen eleksyon
or
lòt elksyon

next level
lòt nivo

next question
lòt kesyon

the next day
nan demen
nan landmen
nan lòt jou a

next to you
bò kote w

next to him
bò kote li

She lives next to us.
Li rete bò kote nou.

The car is next to a store.
Machin nan bò kote yon magazen.

Come sit next to me.
Vin chita bò kote m.

She was standing next to them...
Li te kanpe bò kote yo...

You're wasting your time. (creole)

wasting time - pèdi tan

san pèdi tan - without wasting time, right away

You're wasting your time.
W'ap pèdi tan w.  Or
Se tan w wap pèdi. (most popular way to say it.)


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M pa tap isi a tou.
I would not be here too.

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