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Friday, July 20, 2012

I'm trying to translate " on purpose" or "deliberately". Is "Espreseman" ok?

deliberately → eksprè, entansyonèlman
I rarely hear 'ekspreseman'

She left me here on purpose.
Li fè eksprè, li kite'm la.


She purposely stepped on my toe.
Li fè eksprè, li pile zòtèy mwen.


They purposely left their homework at home.
Yo fè eksprè, yo kite devwa yo lakay yo


I did not hit him on purpose.
Mwen pa't frape li entansyonèlman.
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Mwen pral pase dis jou Ayiti pou premye fwa depi venntwa zan..

Bon vwayaj e bòn chans.
Ayiti jodi pa Ayiti lontan.... malerezman.
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Where are the songs (in Creole)

Where are the songs?
Kote chante yo?


songs (noun) → chan, chante, chanson, kantik, refren, kè
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Would 'rale kò la' be the same as 'Excuse me' when you ask someone to clear the way so you can get through...

Rale kò'w or Rale kò'w la, or Rale kò nou! (plural)
literally:  Remove your body
means Clear the way!
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Mandaly, I have asked you many times about the F word and you've ignored my questions. I'm not trying to be rude. I work with some Haitians and sometimes they throw a word at me and I can tell they're cursing me out. Now my Haitian dictionary may have the F word on the Creole side but they don't have it on the English side. And if I knew the Creole spelling I would look it up. Thanks.

First of all when you ask a question on Formspring, they flag all "English" hate words which means I do not get to  see it in my list of questions.  I have an option to either 'show'  or 'delete' a flagged question.  I usually delete flagged questions if I don't feel like being flustered.  Formspring is so good that they even flag any question that has the word 'hate' in it :).  Once, I 'opened' a flagged question, and the 'asker' just wanted to know how to say 'hate' in Creole :)
Now back to your question...
to fuck literally translates as konyen in Creole
but the equivalent (not literal translation) of F... you! (as was asked on Formspring) in Creole would be Lanmèd!, Nan mèd!, Lanmyann!, Lakwann!, Laba!, Laba pou ou!,  Vouzan!; and  Ale vouzan!, Ale'w vouzan!, or  Ale'w laba (go to hell)!
Perhaps you could google any of these words and see what you get.
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koman yo di 'sol' an angle?

Eske ou vle di sòl (nòt mizik la), oubyen sòl (sifas atè a)?

sòl (nòt mizik la) se menm bagay an Angle.  Ameriken yo di Sol oubyen G clef.

sòl (sifas atè a):  Ou kapab di the ground, the floor, oubyen soil tankou nan fraz sa a: We're on American soilNou sou tè Ameriken.
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where can i print a free haitian dictionary ? any suggestions ?

I knew of two sites that had a Creole - English dictionary, which you possibly could have printed, but I googled them today and their URL is no longer valid. I'm pretty sure there are some free dictionaries available online, which you can print.  When you find it, please come back and share your info with us.  Thanks.
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How can someone who's been adopted from haiti go back and help the people?

It is good that you were adopted from Haiti.  It is good that you want to help Haiti, too.  How do you want to help?  What skills do you want to volunteer?  Are you fluent in Haitian Creole?  Do you want to serve as an interpreter?  Are you an electrician? Maybe you're in environmental health sciences?   There are many professional organizations seeking volunteers with specific skills to travel to Haiti.  You can do a little research online to find which organization is looking for people with your skills.  Or you can travel with a church group and give a hand helping with construction, Evangelisation, and many other stuffs.  Whatever you choose to do, be sure your heart is in it.  It takes a special person to to be a volunteer
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

fe pa se sis twa

Is this the correct spelling?  The words in this arrangement don't make much sense to me.
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"Mwen ta renmen aprann pale Kreyol pi bon" oubyen "Mwen ta renmen aprann pale Kreyol pi byen" Ki youn plis korek?

The second one is correct.
Mwen ta renmen aprann pale Kreyòl pi byen.

By the way :)  Which one is correct? Kilès ki kòrèk?
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which is better to say, "kite'm an repo!", "Sispann anniye'm!", or "Dekole'w nan dengonn mwen!"

That depends on how pissed you are.
But if you said the last one to me, I'd definitely leave you alone :)
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sorry for saying such a word

Sorry for saying such a word
Eskize'm deske mwen te di yon mo konsa.


Sorry for what I said.
Eskize'm pou sa mwen te di a.
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in....

in → nan, anndan, andedan
into → anndan, andedan

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How do you say nausea (as noun) in Creole? Is there another word other than 'kè plen'?

I'm trying to say 'Although you are small you can accomplish big things" , Does 'kwake' sound right for 'although'? thanks!

Yes, it does.
although → kwake, byenke, malgre

Although you are small, you can accomplish big things.
Kwake ou piti, ou kapab akonpli gran bagay.

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