Tout koukou klere pou je yo.
You're on your own.
You're on your own.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
How do you say "pills" in Creole?
pills → grenn, konprime, or pilil
medicine → medikaman, remèd
laxative → medsin, pigatif, lòk
liquid medicine → siwo
ointment → pomad, ponmad
medicine → medikaman, remèd
laxative → medsin, pigatif, lòk
liquid medicine → siwo
ointment → pomad, ponmad
"transparent" and "transparency" - both literally (light passes cleanly through) and figuratively (nothing is done in secret)
Literally:
transparent (light passes through)→ transparan, vizib, klè, klè tankou glas
transparency → transparans, viziblite, klète
Figuratively:
transparent (adj) → klè, san kache, san ipokrizi, san tronpri
tranparently (adv.) → a klè
also, the antonyms for transparent(figuratively) would be: ankachèt, anbachal, ansoudin, anchalpent (these words may be used as adj. or adv. in Creole)
what are the haitian creole words for plant
plant → plant, pye bwa(tree), touf bwa(bush), raje(wild field), rakbwa(forest type)
both eyes
both eyes → toude je yo
both my eyes → toude je m
both your eyes → toude je w
Apply the drops to both your eyes.
Mete gout yo nan toude je w.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
are you sure?
Are you sure?
Eske ou sèten?(are you certain?)
Eske ou si sa? (are you sure of that?)
Eske se vre?
Eske se tout bon?
Eske se laverite?
Are you telling the truth?
Eske w'ap di laverite?
Is that credible?
Eske se bon pawòl?
how do you I have to use the bathroom
I have to use the bathroom.
Mwen vle ale nan twalèt.
Mwen ta renmen ale nan twalèt.
Where's the bathroom?
Kote twalèt la ye?
Can I use your bathroom?
Eske mwen kapab itilize twalèt ou a?
Pipi kenbe m.
Mwen vle al pipi.
my eyes don't see anyone but you
My eyes don't see anyone but you.
Je m pa wè okenn lòt moun eksepte ou menm.
or
I have eyes only for you.
Mwen gen je pou ou sèlman.
What does "bon jan lodyans" mean?
Bon jan lodyans → great comedy, great entertainment, great comicality, great chat and conversation
"Fè yon jès", idiom?
Jès → gesture
Fè yon jès → make a gesture
Same meanings as in English (to make some type of motion, or to show someone how you feel)
Fè yon jès → make a gesture
Same meanings as in English (to make some type of motion, or to show someone how you feel)
Hello how are doing am interested in the lessons how do I start from the beginning or which lesson is the beginning thank you
To the right of the screen, start with any of the subjects listed, or start with February 2010 blog as suggested on top right of screen :)
Until → jis, jiska, jiskaske, jouk, jous, jouska , jouskaske
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Bonswa tout moun!
Hello everyone!
Kouman nou ye?
How are you?
M espere tout moun trè byen.
I hope that everyone is doing well.
Until → jis, jiska, jiskaske*, jouk, jous, jouska , jouskaske*
Until…
1. Nou te danse jouk kò nou te fè n mal.
Nou te danse jiskaske* kò nou te fè n mal.
We danced until our body hurt
2. Li te mache jouk li te bouke.
Li te mache jiskaske* l te bouke.
She walked until she was tired
Until as To/till
3. Chak jou yo te travay depi maten jouk aswè. Men yo pa't janm peye yo.
Every day they worked from morning till night. But they were never paid.
4. Biwo a ouvè depi nevè jouk senkè nan apremidi
The office is open from nine to five in the afternoon.
5. Yo te gade mandyan an depi nan tèt jouk nan pye, e yo pa’t ba li anyen.
They looked at the beggar from head to toe, and they gave him nothing.
Until as Down to
6. Mwen te mouye jouk nan zo lè mwen te mache nan lapli a.
I was drenched to the bone when I walked in the rain.
7. Tout moun dwe prezan nan reyinyon an, depi pi gran an jouk pi piti a.
Everyone must be present at the meeting, from the oldest to the youngest.
Until - As far as
8. Fanmi an te tèlman dezespere, yo t’al wè yon doktè jouk nan peyi Lachin
The family was so desperate, they went to see a doctor all the way to China.
9. Zette abite Philadelphia, men chak maten l’al travay jouk New Jersey.
Zette lives in Philadelphia, but each morning she goes to work all the way to New Jersey.
Until as Up till, up to
10. Peyi a toujou menm. Jouk jounen jodi, bagay yo pa janm chanje .
The country is still the same. Up to today, things have never changed.
11. Jouk kounye a, mwen te panse li te toujou New York
Up until now I thought she was still in New York
12. Jouk jounen jodi a, li pa janm pale avè m.
To this day, she’s never talked to me.
Until the time, until the day
13. Li pa't janm pale ankò jouk jou li te mouri
13. Li pa't janm pale ankò jouk jou li te mouri
She never spoke again until the day she died.
14. Ti bebe a te kriye depi lè l leve jouk lè l’al dòmi.
The baby cried from the time he woke up till the time he went to sleep.
Enben se tout. Mèsi, e pase yon bon jounen.
Well that's all, Thanks, and have a good day.
*jiskase or jouskaske is used as a conjunction since it means "until the time that"
What about jiska and jouska? Are there instances where you can't use them?
Well since the words jiska and jouska end with a vowel, I would only recommend that you avoid using them in front of words which begin with a vowel.
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