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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

"seconds" as in "who wants seconds?"

to have seconds → rebise

who wants seconds?
Kilès ki vle rebise?
Kilès ki vle yon lòt?
Kilès ki vle double?
or
Kilès ki vle yon dezyèm?

Soccer (in Creole)?

Soccer is translated as foutbòl in Haitian Creole.

It's time to let go.

Let go → lache, lage, kite ale, kite tonbe

It's time to let go.
Li lè pou lache kè w.
Li lè pou kite sa tonbe.

It's time to let go of her.
Li lè pou kite l ale.

I can't let go of him yet.
Mwen poko ka kite l ale.

Let go of me.
Lage m.

Let go of the door.
Lage pòt la.

Don't let go of his hand.
Pa lage men li.

Don't let go. (don't give up)
Pa lage.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

brush your teeth

Brush your teeth.
Bwose dan ou.

Ask me anything

I need a Creole equivalent to the expression "quick as a wink" or "in a flash".

Sure.
some of these expression might not make sense literally :)

Expressions for "in a flash"

Nan detan twa mouvman (in no time)

San pran souf (without taking a breath)

Brid sou kou (in a flash)

Rapido-presto (immediately)

Plop plop! (quick quick)

Vit vit! (quick quick)

Prese prese! (quick quick)

Nan yon klendèy,from the French en un clin d'oeil (in the blink of an eye)

Kids

Kids → timoun, pitit, ti pitit

How many kids are coming?
Konbyen timoun ki ap vini?

These kids are smart.
Timoun sa yo entelijan.

Look at that kid. He's so sad.
Gade ti pitit sa. Li tris konsa.

There are 200 kids at the school.
Gen 200 timoun nan lekòl la.

How many children do you have
Konbyen pitit ou genyen?

We wish you a merry christmas in haitian creole

We wish you a merry Christmas.
Nou swete w yon Jwaye Nwèl.

More Chritsmas holiday greetings in H. Creole...

In common parlance, does "sendomeng" usually refer to Santo Domingo or to the whole DR?

It usually refers to the country, the Dominican Republic.

but,  Dominican Republic in Creole is Repiblik Dominikèn, or Dominikani

Does one drink ice cream (bwe krèm) or eat ice cream (manje krèm)?

Oh gee!   :-|
Mwen bwè krèm mwen!

Most Haitians say bwè krèm.
But I've also heard manje krèm.

How do you say "I am going to paint your fingernails" in Kreyol?

to paint fingernails → woze dwèt

I'm going to paint my fingernails.
Mwen pral woze dwèt mwen.

pafwa mwn chita map panse de sa wi frem pitom t rete timoun tjr.. what mean in english

Sometimes i think about it and it makes me wish I still a child.

'Label' is that a creole because i don't understant it.

labèl (from the French La belle) → beautiful
sometimes you'll also hear:
mabèl (from the French Ma belle) → beautiful

Example:
Sa'k pase labèl?
How are you doing beautiful?

Bonjou Mabèl!
Hello beautiful!

How do you say "he walks to school" or "he walks to the store"? Thank you!

He walks to school.
Li mache al lekòl.
or
Li mache pou al lekòl.
al is contraction for ale which means to go

He walks to the store.
Li mache al nan magazen an.
Li mache pou al nan magazen an.

Here are some links about preporitions:

How do you say My country is colder than yours! ?

My country is colder than yours.
Peyi m pi frèt pase peyi w.

It gets colder in my country than in yours.
Li fè pi frèt nan peyi m pase nan peyi w.

"Si ou te renmen m ', ou ta di m' konsa?" Do you need konsa at the end or not?

Most Haitians would have that word "konsa" there.
But you could have this particular sentence without it, too.

Ask me anything