Ou redi kont ou podyab :-(
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.
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