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Sunday, March 25, 2012

bender, carousel, drinking spree? say just one or two most common words for this cool activity :)

Activity for me? Yay ☺!!!!!

bender, drinking spree, carousal? (as in to go on a drinking binge?)
voye kleren/tafya desann
deboche nan kleren/tafya
banboche

tell me, can grapevine plant grow and also produce fruits in haitian climate? M ap mande ou kesyon sa paske kek moun di'm ke gen jaden rezen yo nan plenn lan bo kote Montruis(kijan ou di Montruis an kreyol)

Repons lan se "Wi!"
Gen bon kalite jaden rezen Ayiti.
Rezen yo pa donnen Monwi sèlman non! Yo kapab donnen tout kote Ayiti.

Montruis pwononse tankou Mon-wi

Kijan ou di "jungle" an kreyol?

Junglerakbwa, raje, forè, jeng

sak genla

Sa ki genyen la?
Sa'k gen la?
What's going on here?

-first guy from the left side -first guy from the right side

The first guy to the left /right
Premye mesye a goch /dwat la

First guy from the left / right side
Premye mesye sou bò goch / dwat la

what does mwen mean

Mwen → I, me, my, ...

Pretty little liars. (female if that makes a difference)

Yeah, Creole speakers say: mantè (for males and females), and mantèz ( strictly for females)

Pretty little liars
Bèl ti mantèz

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012

sanble w se swaf mwen tou vi mwen (is this something like I'm thirsty to appear like you all my life?)

yes.  
I thirst to be like you in all my life.

faone m jan w vle tout vononte m se bel tankou w (nan angle)

fasone m jan w vle
fashion me the way tou want

tout volonte m se bel tankou ou
all my will is as beautiful as you

Ask me anything

Sentete se sa m vle tout vi mwen (nan angle tanpri)

Holiness is what i need all my life

Ask me anything

anfom kou bas- what is the back-story of this phrase? mwen konnen sa vle di "excellent" oubyen "great" - men, poukisa? tou, sa ke fe "adye" "koulangit" and "wipip" vle di literalman? mwen pa vle di nan madichon pa aksidan! :)

Anfòm kou bas → "bas" may have something to do with a bass drum or conga. Where it would literally mean :as awesome as a bass drum

Dye (from French: Dieu) → God

Adye (A Dieu!) → to God (literally)

Bondye (Bon Dieu) → good God (literally)

Wipip! → Wow! Geez!

Koulangit (is a more tame version of Koulangèt)
Koulangit is acceptable
Koulangèt is bad

Depi w'ap pale Kreyòl, w'ap di yon madichon kanmenm :)

Ask me anything

Nothing he says is stupid = Anyen li di estipid. Nothing he says isn't stupid = Anyen li di pa estipid. Correct? Or does "Anyen" demand "pa" to complete the negative?

Nothing he says is stupid.
There's nothing he says that is stupid (literally).
Pa gen anyen li di ki estipid.