Are okenn and anyen the same thing?

Okenn and Anyen

No one, anyone, nobody
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this vidoe made me cry

Video sa a fè m kriye.

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Take___ tablet every ___ hours as needed for pain.

Take ____ tablèt every ______ hours as needed for pain

Pran _____ konprime chak ____ èdtan lè ou gen doulè

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Adopt

Adopt → adopte, asepte, anbrase, sipòte

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so what happened

So what happened?

Enben sa'k pase?

Enben sa'k rive?


Enben → Well

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beutifull family!

beautiful family → bèl fanmi

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Mwen te kontan tande pale

Mwen te kontan tande pale ...

I was happy to hear of ...

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do you know where can I find a download of the song E mwen adore w' Jezi?

Wi.  

E Mwen Adore w Jezi

You can download it into an MP3 file  directly from youtube.

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I pray love to enter here

I pray love to enter here.
Mwen priye lanmou pou l antre isit la.


I pray that love enters here.
Mwen lapriyè pou lanmou antre la.

I pray that enters this location/temple/house/church.
Mwen lapriyè pou lanmou antre nan plas/tanp/kay/legliz sa a.

I pray that God brings love into this place.
Mwen mande pou Bondye mete lanmou nan lokalite sa a.

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beaten

'Beaten', out of context, can be translated into anything.

And also, the passive voice is not translated too well in Haitian Creole.

Beaten (as in punished) → bat, pini, disiplinen, kale, fwete
Beaten (as in defeated) → vannen, mete atè, fese atè, bat
Beaten (as in injured) → bat, frape, krabinen, fwete, sabote,, dechèpiye, kalote, matirize, etc..

And there's a lot more

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carakol

Karakòl?

I haven't been there.
I have been mostly South and West of Haiti.

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Jeus christ is risen

Jesus Christ is risen.

Jezi Kri resisite

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how do you say "chicken gizzards" haitian dish

chicken gizzards → zizye poul

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In lesson 15 one of the answers to the practice problems is "Li di m la verite". In what instances whould the definite article precede the noun like this?

Actually the word is laverite or verite → truth.

It is not a Haitian Creole article that precedes it in this sentence. It is a French def. article which appear in many Haitian Creole words. See this link: http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2012/03/sometimes-it-looks-like-definite.html

To add a Haitian Creole article to this word, you would say: laverite a or verite a (the truth)

Li di laverite.

Li di verite.

Li di la verite a.

Li di verite a.

all the above translates : He/she tells the truth.

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stop fussing and go play

Does 'fussing' here mean 'crying'?

Stop fussing and go play.

Sispann kriye, al jwe pito.

to fuss → bat kò, anniye tèt, trakase, tapaje

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