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Saturday, January 7, 2012

what does nan tap mache oui lol oui mwen tap fe PR pou ou mean?

Did you mean:

Nou / Mwen t'ap mache wi. Mwen t'ap fè PR pou ou.
We were / I was walking. I was making PR? for you.

what is the Creole term for Community Healthworker?

Community healthworker
Travayè Sante Kominotè
also:
Travayè sante nan kominote a

a daughter (is it just "fi" or "pitit fi")?

daughter → pitit fi
son → pitit gason
boy → ti gason
girl → ti fi

man → nonm, mesye (also misye, msye, or mouche), nèg, monkonpè (or konpè), frewo, jennonm (for younger and for those who feel young), lepè (for older and for those who feel old)

woman → fanm, fi, madanm, dàm, sò, kòmè, makòmè

Young woman → demwazèl (matmwazèl, mademwazèl, or manmzèl), sò, kòmè, jenn dàm, jenn fanm, and jenn fi, and also fanm, fi, or dàm 

older person → granmoun, pèsonaj, grandèt

Older woman → grann (also means grandmother)

Older man → lepè, granpè (also means grandfather)

baby → bebe, ti bebe, ti katkat

child / kid → timoun, pitit, ti pitit

Friday, January 6, 2012

-nice try-good one(when you hear good joke)

Sa a bon nèt!
Sa a komik!

how do you say happy home

The closest I've heard is:

Yon kay beni.
Yon mezon beni.
A blessed house.

even he know that!

Even he knows that.
Menm li menm konnen sa

never mind

Never mind.
Bliye sa.

how do you say high blood preasure

blood pressure → tansyon

high blood pressure → tansyon wo

Your blood pressure is high.
Tansyon ou wo.

I suffer from high blood pressure.
Mwen fè tansyon.

Do you suffer from high blood pressure?
Eske ou fè tansyon?

Where is Bois Caïman, exactly?

Bois Caïman (or Bwa Kayiman in Creole) is that remote location in the North of Haiti where some of the slaves met under the leadership of the oungan (vodoo priest) Bookman in 1791. They then had a vodou ceremony and swore by the blood they drank that they will be free or die. They planned a revolt which occurred a few days later.

The Haitian government declares Bois Caiman a public site
214th anniversary of Bois Caiman
Bois Caïman, spiritual victory
Exorcising the vodou spirits of Bois Caïman

sapristi

If you mean sakristi, it's the church's sanctuary, the priest's prep room.

"Fok li pa ranse."

He must not play around.
He should not play around.

Ask me anything

big brother or big sister (Creole)

big brother / big sister
gran frè / gran sè

Little brother / little sister
Ti frè / ti sè

He's my big brother.
Li se gran frè m.

She's my little sister.
Li se ti sè m.

do you miss me yet

Ou poko sonje m?

Ask me anything

you hurt me!

You hurt me. (as in to offend?)
Ou ofanse m.
Ou atriste m.
and sometimes:
Ou fwase m.

Ask me anything

Thursday, January 5, 2012

To be against. "against" (Creole)

Against → kont

I am against it.
Mwen kont sa.
also:
I don't agree.
Mwen pa dakò.

We are against this type of behavior.
Nou pa dakò ak konpòtman sa.