Danm!
Ayayay!
Wipip!
Koumanman!
Koulangit!
Wifout!
Tonnè!
Wifout tonnè!
Ayayay!
Wipip!
Koumanman!
Koulangit!
Wifout!
Tonnè!
Wifout tonnè!
Friday, December 16, 2011
I only hang around with weird and crazy people..I mean in real life...
☺Great, then you'll love to hang around me too!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
that's the last straw.
That's the last straw. (as in: the last of a series of blow?)
Sa se dènye kou a.
or
Sa se dènye bagay ou fè m.
or
Sa se dènye kou ki pou touye koukou a. (expression and pun)
koute m koute w koute l.
Koute m.
Listen to me.
M'ap koute w.
I'm listening to you.
Koute l non!
Listen to him!
mwen retounen yon apel m' we ki sot relem tale a,se tekiyes s.v.p?
I'm returning a call that I just had. Who was it/this?
They are trying to nickel-and-dime me right out of business.
recovered...
nickel-and-dime?
Annonymous said:
Webster's: "involving or offering only a small amount of money". In this context, per me: "To extract money a little bit at a time with great frequency".
Mandaly said:
I see. The Haitian Creole word "Koutay" means to embezzle, to skim, to defraud. I am not sure I'd use it in your specific sentence.
They're trying to nickel-and-dimed me out of business.
They're trying to take (steal) the business from me for peanuts.
Y'ap eseye pran biznis la nan men'm pou yon ti kras kòb.
or
Rephrasing:
They're trying to con me right out of business.
Y'ap fè m pèdi biznis la tank yo fè koutay.
nickel-and-dime?
Annonymous said:
Webster's: "involving or offering only a small amount of money". In this context, per me: "To extract money a little bit at a time with great frequency".
Mandaly said:
I see. The Haitian Creole word "Koutay" means to embezzle, to skim, to defraud. I am not sure I'd use it in your specific sentence.
They're trying to nickel-and-dimed me out of business.
They're trying to take (steal) the business from me for peanuts.
Y'ap eseye pran biznis la nan men'm pou yon ti kras kòb.
or
Rephrasing:
They're trying to con me right out of business.
Y'ap fè m pèdi biznis la tank yo fè koutay.
Should I tiptoe around the expression "sou sa"?
I don't see why you should.
Sou sa (expression) → to be aroused, to be interested, to be in a pleasant mood, to be willing.
Sou sa (expression) → to be aroused, to be interested, to be in a pleasant mood, to be willing.
daughter, son (creole)
daughter → pitit fi
son → pitit gason
I have two daughters.
Mwen gen de pitit fi.
I don't have a son.
Mwen pa gen pitit gason.
son → pitit gason
I have two daughters.
Mwen gen de pitit fi.
I don't have a son.
Mwen pa gen pitit gason.
tell me about Jeremi?I am posing this question because of preposition about! That word constantly keep bothering me while trying to speak kreyolplease, ede m!! :)
about → osijè, sou or sou ki sijè
about also have other meanings: almost, around, approximately...
Tell me about Jeremie.
Pale m osijè Jeremie. (grammatically correct)
(Sometimes, you'll hear: Pale m de jeremie.)
(Sometimes, you'll hear: Pale m de jeremie.)
Tell me about you.
Pale m osijè ou menm. (grammatically correct)
Pale m osijè ou menm. (grammatically correct)
(Sometimes, you'll hear: Pale m de ou.)
It's a story about my family.
Se yon istwa sou fanmi m.
The book is about burial in Haiti.
Liv la pale sou antèman Haiti.
What is the movie about?
Sou kisa fim nan ye?
What are you talking about?
Sou kisa w'ap pale?
What is your book about?
Sou ki sijè liv ou a pale?
Ask me anything
What is the movie about?
Sou kisa fim nan ye?
What are you talking about?
Sou kisa w'ap pale?
What is your book about?
Sou ki sijè liv ou a pale?
Ask me anything
librery-library.. then what is biblioteca.
libreri → book store (where they sell books)
bibliyotèk → library (where you may borrow books)
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