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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Have A Good Flight And Have Fun Be Safe Much Love Your Way

Have a good flight!
Pase yon bon vòl!
or
Have a great trip!
Pase bon vwayaj!

Have fun!
Anmize ou byen!
or
Have lots of fun!
Pran plezi ou nèt ale!

Be Safe!
Pran Prekosyon!
or
Be very safe!
Pran anpil prekosyon!
or
Be very Careful!
Fè anpil atansyon!

Much Love your way!
Mwen renmen w!
or
I'll be thinking of you!
M'ap panse avè w!

Does "echwe" mean "failed" or is it used in the sense that it means "eliminate"?

Yes, echwe (from the French word: échouer) means "to fail, to go under, to fall through".

example:
Li echwe egzamen an.
He failed the exam.

Biznis li a echwe.
His business fell through.

Li te eseye anpil, men li echwe.
She tried really hard, but she failed.


mwen bezoin fe yon pain du riz

Mwen bezwen fè pen diri.
I need to make Rice Bread.
Is it Rice Wafers or Rice Bread? I'm not familiar with this recipe.

Friday, September 2, 2011

i just don't know how to put the accents on the letters

On your PC computer,
enable the [num lock] key so you can use the number pad on the right of your keyboard,

alt + 138    Press the numbers 138 while holding down the alt key to produce the accented "e" (è)

alt + 133   Press  the numbers 133 while holding down the alt key to produce the accented "a" (à)

alt + 149   Press  the numbers 149 while holding down the alt key to produce the accented "o" (ò)

you accent i do not know to putted on the voyale

I assume this is a question about the accented Haitian Creole letters.

The three letters in the Haitian Creole alphabet which are sometimes accented are : a, e, o.

Check the following post/link for more info on accented letters:

http://www.sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/08/do-you-pronounce-accented-letters.html

dEKABEST-

Correct spelling:  Dekabès or 2kbès

Dekabès → jackpòt, a winning hand when playing dominnos, great find, great winnings!

Ou fè dekabès! → you have the winning hand!   You rule!   You're on top!

godparent

godparents → parenn
godmother → marenn
godfather → parenn

how to say im finished

I'm finished. (I'm done) → Mwen fini.

and,

I'm finished with you! (I'm done with you!)Mwen fini avè w!

Be safe! (Creole)

Be safe!Pran prekosyon!   or   Fè atansyon!

Be Careful!Fè atansyon!

What is "Peyi Pèdi" and where is it?

What is Peyi Pèdi?
Peyi pèdi (literally: lost country) is an expression that means someplace very far, a remote area.

Where is Peyi pèdi?
Peyi pèdi is someplace very far from wherever you are.
"How far is very far?"  is always subjective. 

handsome

handsome → Bo gason
handsome man → bo gason, bèl nèg, nèg byen kanpe
handsome boy → bèl ti gason.


He's a handsome man.
Li se yon bo gason.


He's a good-looking man. (athletic, elegant)
Li se yon nèg ki byen kanpe.

Man up, my brother! (Creole)

Man up, my brother!
Mete gason sou, frè m nan!

thank you, JESUS

Thank you Jesus. → Mèsi Jezi

Give God the glory → Bay Bondye glwa

Praise the Lord → Beni swa Letènèl

Blessed be the name of the Lord. → Ke non Bondye beni.

Let us worship Him. → An nou adore Li!

Hi name is Holy. → Non Li Sen.

He is the Alpha and the Omega. → Li se Alfa ak Omega.

He is the First and the Last → Li se Premye ak Dènye

Let us worship and bow down. → An nou koube pou adore Li.

All the earth shall worship You. → Tout latè dwe adore Ou.

Give thanks to the Lord for His goodness. → Di Bondye mèsi pou bonte Li.

Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. → Di Bondye mèsi paske Li bon.
Come before His presence with thanksgiving. → Vini devan Li ak aksyon de gras.


I will bless the Lord at all times.  → M'ap beni Letènèl nan tout tan.

Sing to the Lord. → Chante pou Bondye.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

HORN

Horn (of a car) → klaksòn
Horn (on the head of cattle) → kòn

hELLO -hI

Hello, hi → Bonjou, bonswa, allo, kout chapo!