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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Everywhere, everyone, and everything (Creole)
Everywhere → tout kote, toupatou
Everything → tout bagay
Everyone → tout moun
Everything → tout bagay
Everyone → tout moun
Stay the same...
Stay the same.... → rete menm nan
She didn't change. She stayed the same.
Li pa't chanje. Li rete menm.
I will always be the same.
M'ap toujou menm moun nan.
Things will always be the same.
Bagay yo ap toujou menm nan.
She didn't change. She stayed the same.
Li pa't chanje. Li rete menm.
I will always be the same.
M'ap toujou menm moun nan.
Things will always be the same.
Bagay yo ap toujou menm nan.
bouke (pronouced boo-kay)
bouke → to be tired, to be weary
M bouke tann.
I'm tired of waiting.
M bouke travay.
I'm tired of working.
Nou bouke banboche.
We're tired of partying.
I'm tired of being nice.
Mwen bouke fè bon moun.
We are tired of fighting.
Nou bouke goumen.
But, I'm never be tired of living.
Men, mwen pa janm fatige viv.
M bouke tann.
I'm tired of waiting.
M bouke travay.
I'm tired of working.
Nou bouke banboche.
We're tired of partying.
I'm tired of being nice.
Mwen bouke fè bon moun.
We are tired of fighting.
Nou bouke goumen.
But, I'm never be tired of living.
Men, mwen pa janm fatige viv.
i will love you forever.
Impossible :)
Kou chanjman mete pye, tout santiman vole gagè.
Nevertheless, it's good to try.
I will love you forever.
Mwen va renmen w pou tout tan gen tan.
Kou chanjman mete pye, tout santiman vole gagè.
Nevertheless, it's good to try.
I will love you forever.
Mwen va renmen w pou tout tan gen tan.
Can an adult be "rechinya"?
Recovered...
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Rechinya (also known as reshiya, reshiyè) → crybaby, wimp, wuss
Li se yon ti rechiya.
Li se yon ti rechiyè.
He's a little cry baby.
L'ap fè rechiya.
He's being a crybaby.
And the verb "whine" is "rechinye", right? So, there's no verb "rechinye"? As in "sispann rechinye konsa!"
By Anonymous on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 12:59 PM
Wi, To whine → fè rechinya, fè rechinyè, plenyen, babye
Why does she whine so much?
Poukisa l'ap fè rechinya konsa?
Poukisa l'ap plenyen konsa?
Poukisa l'ap babye konsa?
By Mandaly on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 4:17 PM
Wait! According to what you wrote above, "rechinye" is not a verb.
It looks like "l ap fè rechinye" is right, "l ap rechinye" is wrong. Amwe!
By Anonymous on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 6:26 PM
LOL :) Ou komik anpil!
RECHINYA can be a noun.
Use it in:
Li se yon ti rechinya.
He's a little crybaby.
Poukisa ou rechinya konsa?
Why are you such a wimp? (It's still a noun here :)
FÈ RECHINYA is the verb
Use it in:
Pa FÈ RECHINYA non!
Don't WIMP OUT!
Don't BE A CRYBABY!
Dakò?
By Mandaly on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 6:35 PM
By Anonymous on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 7:45 PM
Yes, actually, some people do use "rechiyen" as a verb, "rechinyè" as a noun.
Sometimes it's even referred to as an attribute. Ex: "Ala timoun rechinyè / rechinya papa!"
"Sispann rechiyen!"
or
"Sa w genyen w'ap rechiyen konsa?"
No spam...
Rechinya (also known as reshiya, reshiyè) → crybaby, wimp, wuss
Li se yon ti rechiya.
Li se yon ti rechiyè.
He's a little cry baby.
L'ap fè rechiya.
He's being a crybaby.
And the verb "whine" is "rechinye", right? So, there's no verb "rechinye"? As in "sispann rechinye konsa!"
By Anonymous on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 12:59 PM
Wi, To whine → fè rechinya, fè rechinyè, plenyen, babye
Why does she whine so much?
Poukisa l'ap fè rechinya konsa?
Poukisa l'ap plenyen konsa?
Poukisa l'ap babye konsa?
By Mandaly on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 4:17 PM
Wait! According to what you wrote above, "rechinye" is not a verb.
It looks like "l ap fè rechinye" is right, "l ap rechinye" is wrong. Amwe!
By Anonymous on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 6:26 PM
LOL :) Ou komik anpil!
RECHINYA can be a noun.
Use it in:
Li se yon ti rechinya.
He's a little crybaby.
Poukisa ou rechinya konsa?
Why are you such a wimp? (It's still a noun here :)
FÈ RECHINYA is the verb
Use it in:
Pa FÈ RECHINYA non!
Don't WIMP OUT!
Don't BE A CRYBABY!
Dakò?
By Mandaly on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 6:35 PM
By Anonymous on Can an adult be "rechinya"? at 7:45 PM
Yes, actually, some people do use "rechiyen" as a verb, "rechinyè" as a noun.
Sometimes it's even referred to as an attribute. Ex: "Ala timoun rechinyè / rechinya papa!"
"Sispann rechiyen!"
or
"Sa w genyen w'ap rechiyen konsa?"
pede? as in L'ap pede pale.
Pede → to continue to, to keep on, to never cease to
L'ap pede pale.
He keeps on talking.
Chak swa mwen pede fè move rèv.
Every night I keep having bad dreams.
Tèt mwen ap pede fè m mal.
My head keeps hurting me.
I continue to have a headache.
Si w'ap pede ba li lajan, li pap janm ede tèt li.
If you keep on giving him money, he'll never help himself.
Poukisa w'ap pede anniye m konsa?
Why do you keep on bugging me?
L'ap pede pale.
He keeps on talking.
Chak swa mwen pede fè move rèv.
Every night I keep having bad dreams.
Tèt mwen ap pede fè m mal.
My head keeps hurting me.
I continue to have a headache.
Si w'ap pede ba li lajan, li pap janm ede tèt li.
If you keep on giving him money, he'll never help himself.
Poukisa w'ap pede anniye m konsa?
Why do you keep on bugging me?
One more (Creole)
One more → yon lòt ankò
Once more → yon lòt fwa ankò
Once more I want to thank you.
Yon lòt fwa ankò mwen vle di w mèsi.
Can I have one more?
Eske mwen ka gen yon lòt ankò?
Once more → yon lòt fwa ankò
Once more I want to thank you.
Yon lòt fwa ankò mwen vle di w mèsi.
Can I have one more?
Eske mwen ka gen yon lòt ankò?
How do you say "braids" if a girl has her hair in braids in haiti? thank you!
braids (n.) (cornrows)→ ti kouri, kòdonèt
single strands of small braids → ti très
To braid the hair (cornrows) → penyen ti kouri
To make individual strands (not cornrows) → penyen ti très
single strands of small braids → ti très
To braid the hair (cornrows) → penyen ti kouri
To make individual strands (not cornrows) → penyen ti très
Talking nonsense (Creole)
Radote (v.) → to talk nonsense, to ramble, to talk aimlessly.
Sispann radote.
Stop talking nonsense.
Stop rambling.
Mwen t'ale tande diskou li a. Men se radote li t'ap radote.
I went to hear his speech. But all he did was talking nonsense.
Radòt (noun) → foolish talk, gibberish, gossip, crap
Also called radotay
Tout sa se radòt!
All of this is crap (gibberish or nonsense talk)
Ki radòt sa?!
What kind of a foolish talk is that?!
Ala radòt mezanmi!
What a load of nonsense!
Radotè (noun) → someone who talks nonsense.
Ah! pa koute li. Li se yon radotè.
Ah don't listen to her. She's full of it.
Radotè!
Motormouth!
Chatterbox!
Jokester!
Sispann radote.
Stop talking nonsense.
Stop rambling.
Mwen t'ale tande diskou li a. Men se radote li t'ap radote.
I went to hear his speech. But all he did was talking nonsense.
Radòt (noun) → foolish talk, gibberish, gossip, crap
Also called radotay
Tout sa se radòt!
All of this is crap (gibberish or nonsense talk)
Ki radòt sa?!
What kind of a foolish talk is that?!
Ala radòt mezanmi!
What a load of nonsense!
Radotè (noun) → someone who talks nonsense.
Ah! pa koute li. Li se yon radotè.
Ah don't listen to her. She's full of it.
Radotè!
Motormouth!
Chatterbox!
Jokester!
Mwen pa tande ou. → I haven't heard from you.
Kouman ou ye? → How are you doing?
S'ak pase? → What are you up to?
Mwen pa tande ou. → I haven't heard from you.
Mwen pa tande w menm. → I haven't heard from you at all.
Mwen pa wè depi kèk tan. → I haven't seen you in quite some time.
S'ak pase? → What are you up to?
Mwen pa tande ou. → I haven't heard from you.
Mwen pa tande w menm. → I haven't heard from you at all.
Mwen pa wè depi kèk tan. → I haven't seen you in quite some time.
Could you please translate this: Hello Father Sampson! I am studying Haitian creole and I wanted to practice it with you!
Bonjou pè Samson. M'ap etidye lang Kreyòl la e mwen ta renmen pratike li avè ou.
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