Haitian Creole

There are many ways to say it. The followings are just some of them :)

Where are you?
Kote w?
Kote ou?
Kote ou ye?
Kote w ye?
Kote ou ye la?
Ki kote ou ye?
Kibò ou ye la?

Kote w fè la?

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how do u say stubborn in creole?

stubborn → tèt di, tèti, malouk, tyak, chimerik

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I'm writing a children's story and the main character will be a Haitian child. Can you tell me a good source for proverbs? I want to weave some proverbs into the dialogue to give my story a Haitian flavor!

The best source I've come upon so far is Maks Maniga's Sajès Ayisyen (it's all in Creole)
But it might be best to collect the Haitian proverbs by googling the same name. You'll find a lot of websites with long list of proverbs. Many of these sites offer an English equivalent to these idioms. It might take some time before finding the perfect proverbs that you want to use, and the fact that they are spread out on different sites does not make it any easier, but you'll get acquainted with many of them in this way.

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Please differentiate between 'gwo' and 'gran'.

Somewhere along the line, the paths of 'gwo' and 'grand' converge. Don't you think?

gwo → big, fat, thick, heavy, vast, large, enormous, ...

grand→ adult, older, famous, excellent, exceptional, extravagant, major, splendid, large, enormous ...

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In the Classroom (a few useful sentences)

the school principal
direktè lekòl la

English class
kou Angle
klas Angle

pen and paper
plim ak papye

pencil and paper
kreyon ak papye

Good grades – bon nòt
Bad grades - move nòt

To have good grades – fè bon nòt

To have bad grades – fè move nòt

Take an exam / Take a test

konpoze

pran egzamen

Pass the exam.

Pase egzamen an.

Fail the exam.

Echwe egzamen an

Pa pase egzamen an

Homework for tomorrow/next week

Devwa pou demen/semèn pwochèn

Fill in the blanks.

Ranpli espas vid yo.

Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Ranpli espas vid yo ak bon repons lan.

Write your first and last name.

Ekri prenon w ak non ou.

How do you say your name?

Kouman yo pwononse non w?

I love teaching. - Mwen renmen anseye.

I take attendance. - Mwen fè apèl.

I don’t take attendance. - Mwen pa fè apèl.

Can you tell me what that means?

Eske ou kapap di mwen sa sa vle di?

Can you repeat the question?

Eske ou kapap repete kesyon an?

How would you say ‘…….’ In English?

Kouman ou ta di ‘…….’ An Angle?

Let me know if I talk too fast. Epi, ma va ralanti.

Kite’m konnen si’m pale twò vit. And, I’ll slow down.

Write two or three paragraphs on ...
Ekri de ou twa paragraf sou ...

Make a sentence with ...
Fè yon fraz avèk ...

You may raise your hands to ask a question at any time during the class.

Nou mèt leve men nou pou poze yon kesyon nenpòt lè pandan klas la.

It’s important to take notes, but it more important to interact in English.

Li enpòtan pou pran nòt, men li pi enpòtan pou nou konvèse an Angle.

We have a lot to cover in this class.
Nou gen pou kouvri anpil sijè nan klas sa a.

There will be a quiz every week, on what we had learned during that week.

Ap genyen yon ti egzamen chak semèn, sou sa nou te aprann nan semèn nan.

Have a good weekend / afternoon!

Pase bon weekend / apremidi