flea market → mache, (sometimes) ti mache

Se mwen menm → It's me

Se mwen menm. → It's me.
Se li menm. → It's him/her. or That's it.
Se yo menm → It's them
Se nou menm → It is us.

Eske sa a se ou menm? → Is that you?
Non, se pa mwen menm. → No, it's not me.

"left" as in 'She's been left behind.' and 'How many do you have left'?

That's two different verbs here (in creole).

to be left behind → kite, abandone, lese


She's been left behind.
Yo kite l dèyè.


We left it on the porch.
Nou kite l sou galeri a.


They left the kids on their own.
Yo kite timoun yo pou kont yo.




left (remain v.), left over) → rete


How many do you have left?
Konbyen ou rete?


Is this all that's left?
Se tout sa ki rete?


They took all my money.  I have nothing left.
Yo te pran tout lajan mwen.  Mwen pa gen anyen ki rete.

blessed

blessed
beni

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ki kote ou prale

ki kote ou prale?
Where are you going?
http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2012/02/where-are-you-going.html

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Mwen renmenw jouk mwen mouri

WOW!  Talk about using "jouk" the right way :)  great!!

Mwen renmen w jouk mwen mouri.

I love you to death

M'ap renmen ou jouk mwen mouri.

I 'll love you till I die.

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How do you say "Please pray"?

Please pray.
Lapriyè tanpri.
Lapriyè silvouplè.

Please pray for them.
Tanpri, lapriyè pou yo.

Let's pray for them.

An nou lapriyè pou yo.
Please pray for us.
Tanpri, lapriyè pou nou.

You do know, of course, that "please" is translated in Haitian Creole as tanpri, souple, tanpri souple, or silvouplè.

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Map?

map → m'ap → mwen ap → present progressive form

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what does "pa gen santiman" mean?

Pa gen santiman.

There's no feeling.

There's no sensitivity.

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Godchild?

Godchild → fiyèl

Ak tout kè mwen

Ak tout kè mwen...
With all my heart..

Tout koukou klere pou je yo? what does ti mean?

Tout koukou klere pou je yo.
You're on your own.

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

"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)

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what are the haitian creole words for plant

plant → plant, pye bwa(tree), touf bwa(bush), raje(wild field), rakbwa(forest type)

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