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Monday, March 26, 2012

how do you say help me get my cindy back in creole

Help me get my Cindy back
Ede m retwouve Cindy mwen an


Is Cindy a girlfriend? Then you should write:
Ede'm retwouve menaj mwen Cindy.
or

Help my Cindy to come back to me.
Ede Cindy mwen retounen vin jwenn mwen.

How do you form the past progressive with ALE? Is it TE + AP + ALE=TE PRALE or T APRALE?

Usually it's "t'ap prale"
And what you hear is "t'a prale" when people fuse the "p" at the end of "t'ap" with the "p" at the beginning of "prale".
Very often people get rid of the "e" at the end of "prale" and say: "t'ap pral"


Mwen t'ap pral Okap.
I was going to Okap.

Nou t'ap prale lekòl lè lapli te koumanse tonbe.
We were going to school when it started raining.

Ki kote ou t'ap prale lè m te wè w la?
Where were you going when I saw you?

Let's sing a song (in Creole)

Let's sing a song.
Ann chante yon chan.
or
Ann chante yon chante

what does bobbing chicken head mean in haitian

I had no idea this was a Haitian thing.
Is the chicken Haitian?

Ask me anything

Kouman vs. Kijan

Use either when asking a question.

Use kouman, kòman, or kijan for how
Kouman ou ye?
Kijan ou ye?
Kòman ou ye?
How are you?


Kouman w santi w?
Kijan w santi w?
Kòman ou santi w?
How are you feeling?


Kouman ou rele?
Kijan ou rele?
Kòman ou rele?
How are you called?
What's your name?


Kouman yo di "book" an Kreyòl?
Kijan yo di "book" an kreyòl?
Kòman yo di "book" an kreyòl?
How do they say "book" in Creole?
________
But, use Creole "Konsa" when you want to say "how as in the way"


That's how it is.
Se konsa li ye.


This is how we party.
Se konsa nou fete.


This is not the way to do it.
Se pa konsa pou fè li.

Thank you the cross Lord (in Creole)

Thank you for the cross Lord.
Mèsi pou lakwa Senyè.


We thank you for the cross.
N'ap di w mèsi pou lakwa.

Have you ever ...? simple sentences in Creole

Have you ever...?
Eske ou janm/jamè...?


Have you ever seen rara in Haiti?
Eske ou janm wè rara Ayiti?


Have you ever gone up a coconut tree in Haiti?
Eske ou janm monte yon pye kokoye Ayiti?


Have you ever sung a Creole song?
Eske ou janm chante yon chan Kreyòl?


Have you ever ridden in tap-tap?
Eske ou janm monte yon tap-tap?


Have you ever called! psst! to signal the tap-tap driver to stop ☺?
Eske ou janm rele psst! pou fè chofè tap-tap la kanpe?

Seize the day :)

Seize the day.
Pwofite jounen an
Pwofite tan an.

My car broke down

anpàn (pran pàn, gen pàn) - to break down (car)
pàn - breaking down, trouble, problems

pàn machin - car trouble pàn kawoutyou - flat tire
pàn gaz - out of gas
pàn motè - motor trouble
pàn lajan - to be broke
leve pàn - to repair
leve pàn yon machin - to repair a car

1.
Pa gen pàn (same as Pa gen pwoblèm) - No problem.
Nou pa gen pàn, nou genyen Jezi - We're alright, we got Jesus

2.
My car broke down.
Machin mwen pran pàn.


3.
My car broke down on the road.
Machin mwen pran pàn sou wout la.


4.
My car ran out of gas.
Machin mwen an pran pàn gaz.


5.
My car is broken down.
My car does not run
Machin mwen anpàn

6.
Can you fix my car?
Eske ou ka repare machin mwen an?
Eske ou kapab leve pàn machin mwen an?


7.
What's wrong with the car?
Ki pàn machin nan genyen?
Sa machin nan genyen?



what is hatian word for yes

"Yes" is simply "wi" in Creole

how to spell 30 in creole

kokorat

a bum, good-for-nothing, scamp, or crook

"Tou cho tou bouke" is expression for?

Tou cho tou bouke
all out of breath

Li parèt sou nou, tou cho tou bouke, pou ban nou move nouvèl la.
She came to us, all out of breath, to give us the bad news.

"Nou pral DJAYI!" What is "djayi"?

Djayi → to have fun, to hit the streets and have some serious fun, to lose yourself in the moment


Nou te djayi nèt nan kanaval la.
We had some serious fun at the carnival

Ou bon, ou gen zantray. Ou pran lanmo w bay lavi ou pot lape lajwa. Ala ou gran. Ou renye nan fon ke m. Ala ou bon Senye (nan Angle..mesi)

Ou bon, ou gen zantray.
You're good, you have entrails/heart?
Ou pran lanmo w bay lavi ou pot lape lajwa.
You take death, you give life, you bring peace joy
Ala ou gran.
How great you are 
Ou renye nan fon ke m.
You reign deep in my heart 
Ala ou bon Senyè
How good you are Lord