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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

what does "Wap fait lobey" mean?

lòbèy, tapaj, eskandal piblik.....?

W'ap fè lòbèy.
You're being rowdy.
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This is my oldest son: Sa se pitit gason pi gran mwen?

This is my oldest son.
Sa se pi gran pitit gason mwen.
Sa se pi gran gason mwen.
Sa se pi gran gason mwen an.
Sa se pi gran gason'm nan.

These are all the different ways you can say this.
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"ki mirak" meaning

Ki mirak! → (litwhat a miracle),  what an unexpected surprise, how unpredictable
It's an expression that people say to express surprise when someone does something unexpected or out of character.
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What is the word for "ago" as in: "a long time ago", "three years ago"?

ago → pase, desa
some time ago → kèk tan pase
three years ago → twazan pase
many years ago → anpil ane pase
a long time ago → lontan, nan tan lontan 

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Do you have a Creole saying similar to Finder's keepers? thanks

Finder's keepers (in Haitian Creole?)
Sa'k atè pa gen mèt.
Sa'k atè se pou chen.
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Hello, Do we sign up for the courses on this website?

what does bon timoun mean

Monday, October 1, 2012

I always get "poutet" and "petet" confused. What's the difference? Mesi.

petèt → maybe, perhaps
poutèt → because of

Mwen dezole ou pèdi match la jodi a, petèt demen se va jou pa'n.
I'm sorry you lost the game today, perhaps tomorrow will be our day.

Se poutèt peche nou li te mouri sou lakwa.
It's because of our sins that He died on the cross.

Yo pa't kite'l antre nan fèt la poutèt fason li te abiye.
They did not let her into the party because of the way she was dressed.

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Having trouble finding a kreyol word for "win". They won the game. He always wins

to win genyen

They won the game.
Yo te genyen match la.

He always wins.
Li toujou genyen.
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what by the way means

Ou vle mande Kouman yo di li an Kreyòl?

by the way anpasan, antwot, kite priyè pran kantik, or kite kantik pran priyè
speaking ofanpalan de
While on the subject → pandan nou sou sijè
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We sometimes use the word ¨look¨, to introduce any statement in conversation. What would be the best word in Hatian Creole to translate this?

This looked like an easy task until I tried to pen it down. I know that 'Jezi vivan' means 'Jesus is alive', but how would you say 'My Jesus is alive'? ...Jezi m vivan ?

If you're going to use the contraction "m", then you should say it with the article: Jezi m nan vivan.
My Jesus is alive.
Jezi mwen an vivan. (non contracted)
Jezi m nan vivan. (contracted)
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granneg bwe vineg san mantèg, what does this mean?

Anverite sa sanble ak pawòl tafya!  Pawòl la gen pye, li gen tèt, men li pa fè sans.
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