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Saturday, December 31, 2011

what is money in creol

money → lajan, kòb, lamama, tyotyo, mago, grennbak, and even poud kafe :)

cents → santim, kòb
10 cents → di santim or dis kòb
50 cents → senkant santim or senkant kòb
$1.75 → yon dola swasannkenz santim or yon dola swasannkenz kòb

change → monnen

Do you have any change?
Eske ou gen monnen?

Give me back the change.
Remèt mwen monnen an.

please help translate, ma che,ou pwouve m sa ou knonnin konplimen

Machè, ou pwouve m sa ou konnen. Konpliman!
My dear, you prove to me what you know.  Compliments! (literally)
Dear, you've proved to be knowledgeable. My compliments!

malerez pye blanch

malerèz → poor person possibly living in misery.
pye blanch → ashy looking legs

malerèz pye blanch → a bum, a derelict, indigent, homeless, or a person of low-class in society

ou merite tout glwa lyrics

Within the posts in the following links are two songs with the lyrics 'ou merite tout glwa'. Check and see if what you're looking for is in there:

do you have the same po box, because I mailed you a christmas card and it came back. Please send me your po box again.

Eske ou toujou gen menm bwat postal la? Mwen te voye yon kat Nwèl pou ou e lapòs la retounen l ban mwen. Tanpri voye adrès bwat postal ou pou mwen ankò.

Ask me anything

a demen

A demen (from French à demain)See you tomorrow
Another way to say see you tomorrow is N'a wè demen which is the contracted form of Nou va wè demen (Literally: We will see tomorrow).

I have trouble with the "ò " sound. What would pòt rhyme with in English?

Concerning the sound of "o" and "ò" in Haitian Creole,

Pòt (door) rhymes with rot, bought, lot, dot, not of the English language

whereas

Po (skin), without the accent, would rhyme with beau, low, row, mow

Friday, December 30, 2011

How do you say "I'm thinking about you."?

The followings are the translation for I'm think about you. or I'm thinking of you. The translations include contracted and non-contracted forms. You can use any one of them. There's not one that's favored over the other.

Mwen ap panse avèk ou.
M'ap panse a ou
M'ap panse ak ou.
M'ap panse avè w.

mezanmi!!moun yo move oui la.....

I wouldn't translate that literally.
The base of the sentence moun yo move people are bad / angry (literally) could mean many different things depending on the setting.

It could mean:
The crowd is unsettling.
People are enjoying themselves.
The atmosphere is heating up.
etc...

something (creole)

Something → yon bagay
some things → kèk bagay, or just bagay

moun moin you tande yon coze. mesie yo le nou soti nan diaspora......

This... via e-mail please.

I do not live in Miami anymore so I do not have anyone to talk to me in Creole everyday.So I can talk to you and learn from you.

Mwen pa rete Miyami ankò. Sa vle di mwen pa gen moun ki pou pale Kreyòl avè m chak jou. Mwen ka pale e aprann nan men ou.

Ask me anything

Good luck with all of your classes this semester

Bòn chans ak tout klas ou yo trimès sa.

Ask me anything

how do i say i am going to get money for food and josh will take you

Mwen pral pran lajan pou m achete manje a e Josh va mennen w.
or
Mwen pral pran lajan pou m fè makèt e Josh va mennen w.

Go Over and above (in Creole), include a sentence please :)

Go over and above → sipase, ale odela, fè anplis

He went over and above what was expected.
Li sipase tout sa nou te espere.
Li ale odela sa nou te espere.
Li fè plis ke sa nou te espere.