Haitian Creole

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

How to say fried goat

Fried goat meat → taso, taso vyann kabrit or taso kabrit

Mandly, help me with this a bit. 'She missed the kid so much she came back early.' Now I have 'Li sonje piti li twòp li tounen bone.'

Mwen ta di:

She missed the kid so much she came back early.
Li tèlman sonje pitit la, li tounen bonè.

In December

December
desanm

In December
An desanm
Nan mwa desanm

I'll see you in December.
M'a wè ou an desanm.

I'll see you in the month of December.
M'a wè ou nan mwa desanm.

love (noun)

Love (n.) → lanmou, afeksyon, tandrès, renmen, pasyon, dezi, charite, admirasyon

Kisa or Sa (contracted) → what ...

Kisa ou vle?
Sa ou vle?
What do you want?

Kisa nou dwe fè?
Sa nou dwe fè?
What must we do?

Kisa sa vle di?
Sa sa vle di?
What does that mean?

Kisa nou va fè?
Sa nou va fè?
What will we do?

Link to More on What

how to say "That or this is my favorite...(fill in the blank)

This is / That is ... → Sa se ... or Se...

This is my favorite ....
Sa se ... prefere mwen.

This is my favorite t-shirt.
Sa se mayo prefere mwen.

This is my favorite radio show.
Sa se emisyom radyo prefere mwen.

how to you say "not so good"

Not so good (as in 'not well')
Pa si tèlman byen.
Poko bon
Poko yès

What is KOUPET DWET in SE KOUPE DWET?

Koupe dwèt - expression for delicious, tasty, equivalent to finger-licking good.

Se koupe dwèt.
It's delicious.

Sweet girl ... (Such a sweet girl)

Sweet (definitely not sugary here :)
Sweet → janti, amikal, senpa, san fason.

Such a sweet girl.
Yon ti fi janti.
Yon ti fi san fason.

I want you to be happy (best Creole term)

I want you to be happy.
Mwen vle ou gen kè kontan.

I would say 'Health Center' as 'Sante Sant'?

Mwen ta pito di:

Sant pou Sante
Sant Medikal
oubyen
Klinik Medical

Punishment (Creole terms)

punishment → pinisyon, kondanasyon, chatiman, madichon