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Saturday, August 20, 2011

u se tout la vim,san ou la vim pa anyen,bb kote tout bel pwomes nou yo bb repasew kote tout bel pawol nou te konn pale yo

Ou se tout lavi m.
You are my whole life.

San ou, lavi m pa anyen.
Without you, my life is nothing.

Kote tout bèl pwomès nou yo.
What happened to our beautiful promises

Repase w (sonje?)
Remember

Kote tout bèl pawòl nou te konn pale yo.
What happened to the loving words we used to share.

Ah! sa se yon chante wi :)

troubled, as in : "She is troubled"

to be troubled (as in to be worried, to be burdened, to be stressed) → gen pwoblèm, gen tèt chaje

She is burdened.
Li gen pwoblèm.  or
Li gen tèt chaje.  or
Tèt li chaje.

I am burdened.
Mwen gen pwoblèm.  or
Mwen gen tèt chaje.   or
Tèt mwen chaje.

I am stressed over all the party preparations.
Tèt mwen chaje avèk tout preparasyon fèt la.

A person who's known to cause a lot of problems, or a troublemaker is called a "tèt chaje" in Haitian Creole.

EXAMPLE:
Be careful with this girl.  She's a loose canon.
Fè atansyon ak fi sa.  Li se yon tèt chaje.

what's your name?

Kijan ou rele?

Ask me anything

Seize the day

Seize the day → pwofite jounen an
Seize the moment → pwofite tan an, pwofite moman an
Seize the occasion → pwofite okazyon, sezi okazyon

Sezi (v.) - to seize

pwofite (v.) - to make the most of, to take advantage of

what doeswoy fout oh bon dieu

holy macaroni!, Oh God! or something similar.

P.S.take the word "fout" out if you don't want to be rude.

how do i say i do not have any ride

woulib - a ride, a free ride

sou woulib - cruising, freewheeling

Can you give a ride? - Eske ou ka ban m yon woulib?

I don't have a ride. → Mwen pa gen woulib.

I don't have any ride. →Mwen pa gen transpòtasyon.

Ale ou kote ou bra le a...

Ale kote ou prale a. → Go on.

KOUNE OU A FE ME WE OU

Kounye a fè mwen wè ou. → Let me see you now.

sound out the vowel in the haitian creole alphabet

Listen to the Haitian Creole alphabet here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_a4MX1SdPk
Ask me anything

Friday, August 19, 2011

Go! do ur homeworks in creole!

Go do your homework. → Ale fè devwa ou!

Sweet heart

Sweetheart, Honey, Sweetie → Cheri, Toutou, Choupèt

how to say mama

Mama, mother, mom → Manman, manmi

How best to describe cloud nine or dreamland or "he's over the moon"?

soul → nanm
your soul (as in ghost, angel or your essence) bonnanj
Spirit (brain, head) lòlòj
Head → tèt
seventh heaven → setyèm syèl


He's over the moon.
Li nan setyèm syèl.

He/she is euphoric.
Lòlòj li chavire.
Bonnanj li pati.
Tèt li pati.
Nanm li pati.

Your friends haven't done anything newly lately!

Zanmi ou yo pa fè anyen de bon tou dènyèman.

To come from...as in "where do you come from"? Mesi

come from, come out of → sòti

Where do you come from?
Ki bò ou sòti.

She came from the south.
Li sòti nan sid.

I just came from the bank. It is closed.
Mwen fèk sòti nan bank lan. Yo fèmen.

A puppy came out of the bag.
Yon ti chen sòti nan valiz la.

Do you know where babies come from?
Eske ou konnen ki bò ti bebe sòti?