Scream v. → rele
scream n. → rèl
I heard a scream.
Mwen te tande yon rèl.
Why are you screamming?
Poukisa w'ap rele?
Saturday, September 10, 2011
come on man!
Come on man! (as in "Go on man!)
Ale non Monchè!
Come on! (as in "go on!")
Ale non!
Come on man! (as in "Geez! Golly! Gosh! etc...)
Ahh monchè! (to a man)
or
Ahh machè! (to a woman)
Come on! (as in "go on!")
Ale non!
Come on man! (as in "Geez! Golly! Gosh! etc...)
Ahh monchè! (to a man)
or
Ahh machè! (to a woman)
how do you say am staying over your house next friday night and am leaving on sunday morning.
I am staying over your house next Friday night and I', leaving on Sunday morning.
M'ap vin rete lakay ou vandredi swa e m'ap kite dimanch maten.
I'm spending the weekend over your house.
M'ap vin pase wikenn nan lakay ou.
I'm coming to your house
I'm coming to your house.
M'ap vin lakay ou.
I'm coming to your house later.
M'ap vin lakay ou pita.
M'ap vin lakay ou.
I'm coming to your house later.
M'ap vin lakay ou pita.
Is "desole" I'm sorry?
Yes it is. It's from the French (desolé (m), desolée (f)).
In Haitian Creole you'd say:
I'm sorry. → Mwen dezole. or
In Haitian Creole you'd say:
I'm sorry. → Mwen dezole. or
I'm sorry. → Eskize mwen.
Friday, September 9, 2011
"I hurt myself working"
The word "Hurt " can be translated different ways depending on what you want to say.
Hurt (with visible blood) → blese
Example:
I cut my finger.
Mwen blese dwèt mwen.
I hurt my toe.
Mwen blese zòtèy mwen.
Hurt (with no visible blood) → frape, domaje
Example:
I hurt my head when I fell.
Mwen frape tèt mwen lè m te tonbe.
I hurt my neck.
Mwen frape kou mwen.
You're going to hurt your back.
W'ap domaje do ou.
So depending on what you want to say, you will translate as:
I hurt myself working.
Mwen blese pandan mwen tap travay. or
Mwen frape pandan mwen tap travay.
Other ways to translate the word "hurt".
"Hurt" can also be translated as "fè mal".
What's hurting you?
Kisa kap fè ou mal?
My teeth hurt.
Dan mwen ap fè mwen mal.
My back hurts.
Do mwen ap fè mwen mal.
My knees hurt.
Jenou mwen ap fè mwen mal.
Her head hurts. (She has a headache)
Tèt li ap fè li mal.
My stomach hurts. (I have stomach pain)
Vant mwen ap fè mwen mal.
Does your chest hurt? (Do you have chest pain?)
Eske pwatrin ou ap fè ou mal?
My chest hurts.
Pwatrin mwen ap fè mwen mal. or more directly
Kè m ap fè mwen mal.
Hurt (with visible blood) → blese
Example:
I cut my finger.
Mwen blese dwèt mwen.
I hurt my toe.
Mwen blese zòtèy mwen.
Hurt (with no visible blood) → frape, domaje
Example:
I hurt my head when I fell.
Mwen frape tèt mwen lè m te tonbe.
I hurt my neck.
Mwen frape kou mwen.
You're going to hurt your back.
W'ap domaje do ou.
So depending on what you want to say, you will translate as:
I hurt myself working.
Mwen blese pandan mwen tap travay. or
Mwen frape pandan mwen tap travay.
Other ways to translate the word "hurt".
"Hurt" can also be translated as "fè mal".
What's hurting you?
Kisa kap fè ou mal?
My teeth hurt.
Dan mwen ap fè mwen mal.
My back hurts.
Do mwen ap fè mwen mal.
My knees hurt.
Jenou mwen ap fè mwen mal.
Her head hurts. (She has a headache)
Tèt li ap fè li mal.
My stomach hurts. (I have stomach pain)
Vant mwen ap fè mwen mal.
Does your chest hurt? (Do you have chest pain?)
Eske pwatrin ou ap fè ou mal?
My chest hurts.
Pwatrin mwen ap fè mwen mal. or more directly
Kè m ap fè mwen mal.
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