Haitian Creole

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Ki laj pitit gason ou an oubyen ki laj pitit gason ou a?

"Ki laj pitit gason ou an" is correct.

Because of the nasal sound "ou", we'll used the nasal vowel: an

Another poem: God made you,God made me,God made the land,God made the sea.He made the sky and sun aboveHe made the plants and morning doveHe made the creatures for us to loveAnd God made me. thanks!

I have two different versions.
I made a few changes in the second one (in blue)
You may use "kreye" or "fè" for the word "made"

Bondye kreye ou.
Bondye kreye mwen.
Bondye kreye latè
Bondye kreye lanmè
Li kreye syèl ak solèy anlè a
Li kreye plant yo ak zwazo maten yo
Li kreye tout bèt vivan pou nou ka renmen yo.
E Bondye kreye mwen!

Or

Bondye fè ou.
Bondye fè mwen.
Bondye fè latè
Bondye fè lanmè
Li fè syèl la, li mete solèy ladan li

Li fè plant yo ak zwazo maten yo
Li fè tout kreyati pou nou ka renmen yo.
E Bondye fè mwen!

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This is the song to Frere Jacques (repeat each line)I am special. Don't you see? Someone very special. Because God made me.

Here are two different versions.

Mwen trè spesyal (2 fwa)
gade mwen (2 fwa)
Paske Bondye kreye m (2 fwa)
Li renmen m. (2 fwa)

Or

Mwen trè spesyal
Nan Bondye
Mwen se yon moun spesyal
Li kreye m

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Friday, August 26, 2011

Do you pronounce accented letters differently from their non-accented counterparts? If not, how do you pronounce them?

In Haitian Creole, the accented words letters are pronounced differently than their non-accented counterparts.

Listen to this audio, scroll down to follow along.

The three accented letters in Haitian Creole are: e, o, an.

1. O pronounced like letter "o" in slow.

example:

bo (kiss)

mo (word)

2. ò pronounced like letter "o" in dot.

example:

bò (side)

mò (the dead)

3. e pronounced like "day"

example:

ke (tail)

te (tea)

4. è pronounced like the letter e in get.

kè (heart)

tè (land, earth)

5. an

pan (peacock)

tan (time)

6. àn

pàn (inconvenience, dilemma)

soutàn (the frock that a priest wears)

The accent is called: aksan grav or aksan fòs.

Spelling accented words in Haitian Creole.

7. mòn (m-ò-n)

8. vètè (v-è-t-è)

9. pàn (p-à-n)

practicing...

10 . dakò (agree)

11. miyò (better)

12. tablo (blackboard or a painting)

13. panno (wall)

14. souke (to shake)

15. woule (to roll)

16. lanmè (ocean)

17. vètè (earthworm)

18. manman (mother)

19. frekan (arrogant, bold)

20. bekàn (bicycle)

21. avwàn (oatmeal)

Enben se tout. Mèsi e orevwa.
Well that's all. Thanks and goodbye.

how do you say "what is your address?"

What is your address?

Ki adrès ou?

Where do you live?

Ki kote ou abite?

Ki kote ou rete?

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HAITIAN MUSIC

Haitian Music → Mizik Ayisyen.

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To say "sleepy" or "hungry" etc, do you just say "Sleep" Is "I'm sleepy" just "Mwen domi." ?

There are two ways to say "I'm sleepy." in Creole:
I'm sleepy → Mwen gen dòmi.
or
I'm sleepy. → Dòmi nan je mwen.
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It's different from saying "I'm hungry"...In which case we only use the subject and the adjective.
I'm hungry → Mwen grangou.

I'm happy → Mwen kontan.

I'm sad → Mwen tris.

I'm angry → Mwen fache.

I'm tall → Mwen wo.

I'm sick. → Mwen malad.
etc...

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Whats comoyella mean?

Actually, it is spelled "Kòman ou ye la?"

Kòman ou ye la?
How are you?

What you hear is: kòman w ye la?

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what does couper mean

koupe - to cut

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e pou ou

e pou ou...

and for you...

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Nan ki mwa nou ye?

We're in the month of August.
Nou nan mwa out.

Mwa prochen va mwa septanm.

Next month will be September.

I will see you in October.
Mwen va wè w an oktòb.
or
Mwen va wè w nan mwa oktòb.

My birthday is in April.
Fèt mwen se an avril.
or
Fèt mwen se nan mwa avril.

There are twelve months in a year.
Genyen douz mwa nan yon ane.

My daughter was born in February.
Pitit fi mwen te fèt nan mwa fevriye.
or
Pitit fi mwen te fèt an fevriye.