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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

what's up

O O!

What's up :)
Sa'k pase?

God is love

God is love.
Bondye se lanmou.

Punching bag (in Creole)

punching bag (for boxing?) → sak pwensonaj

Crashe?

Did you mean: "krache"?
krache (n.) → spit
krache (v.) → to spit

Pye? (in Creole)

pye → foot
a pye → on foot, by foot
pye a tè → barefoot
kout pye (n.) → a kick
bay kout pye → to kick

pye bwa → tree
pye zannana (or pye anana) → pineapple tree*
pye fig → banana tree
pye mangomango tree
pye pòmapple tree
pye tabthe leg of a table
pye chèz → the leg of a chair

Pineapple, in Haitian Creole, can be ANANA or ZANNANA.

Private Bathroom

Private Bathroom → Twalèt Prive

"Bòn fèt sent valanten mon cherie- mwen renmen ou tou." ??


"Bòn fèt sent valanten mon cherie- mwen renmen ou tou"

Aww!  Somebody, somewhere is loving you too on Valentine's Day.

I would like to see you today. (Creole)

I would like to see you today
Mwen ta renmen wè w jodi a.

Ou pran yon kout ponya

Ou pran yon kout ponya.
You've been stabbed.

You've been stabbed by a dagger.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day (In Haitian Creole)

Happy Valentine's Day.
Bòn fèt Sent Valanten.

 
Yanick Etienne ap chante "Mwen Renmen w!"


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I LOVE YOU (In Creole)

I love you.
Mwen renmen w.

how do you say I love you

Seek and you shall find my friend :)
There are more than a hundred posts in this blog that says (and translates) "I love you" in Creole.
And also, just look up the computer screen by the blog's title, you'll find it too :)

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/search/label/love

Ask me anything

how u say on something in creole

Make me happy. Give me more details :)

On something? As in:

She's on drugs....?
They're on fire...?
I'm on a mission to save the world....?
We're on the island...?
We're on the road to nowhere...?
etc...

everybody

everybody → tout moun
each person → chak moun

No One, Anyone, Nobody (in Haitian Creole)


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Bonswa mesyedam.  Kouman nou ye? 
Good evening ladies and gentlemen.  How are you? 

Mwen espere tout bagay ap mache trè byen.
I hope everything is going very well.


No one, nobody, anyone 
Pèsonn, okenn moun, pyès mou

There's no one / There isn't anyone
Pa gen moun, pa gen pèsonn, pa gen okenn moun, pa gen pyès moun

Pa gen → Pa genyen → There isn't / There aren't
examples:
1. Pa gen anyen. - There's nothing.
2. Pa gen bis k'ap vwayaje jodi a. - There are no buses traveling today.

1. Nou envite yo nan fèt la, men pèsonn pa't vini.
    Nou envite yo nan fèt la, men okenn moun pa't vini.
    We invited them to the party, but no one came.


2. M gade a goch epi m gade a dwat, mwen pa't wè pèsonn.
    M gade a goch epi m gade a dwat, mwen pa't wè okenn moun.
    I looked to the left and I looked to the right, I saw no one.


3. Pèson pa konnen kisa sa ye.
    Okenn moun pa konnen kisa sa ye.
    No one knows what this is.


4. Pèsonn pa't janm di m sa.
    Okenn moun pa't janm di m sa.
     No one ever told me that.


5. Pa gen pèsonn ki janm renmen m tankou l.
    Pa gen okenn moun ki janm renmen m tankou l.
    No one ever loved me like he did.


6. Mwen pa janm rankontre pèsonn tankou w.
    Mwen pa janm rankontre okenn moun tankou w.
    I've never met anyone like you.

7. Nèg sa mechan.  Pèsonn pa ka touche l.
    Nèg sa mechan.  Pa gen okenn moun ki ka touche l.
    This guy is evil.  No one can touch him.

8. Mwen pa konn pèsonn nan katye a.
    Mwen pa konn okenn moun nan katye a.
    There's no one in the neighborhood that I know.

9. Pèsonn p'at janm di sa t'ap fasil.
    Pa't gen moun ki janm di sa t'ap fasil.
    No one ever said that it would be easy.

Se tout.  Mèsi e orevwa.
That's all. Thanks and goodbye.