Haitian Creole

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Do you use the to be verb in front of prepositions? For example, how would you say, 'I am at home' or 'he is under the car"?

It depends.
Prepositions at and under, in Creole, are used differently.

I am at home.
Mwen lakay mwen.
or
Mwen lakay.

He's under the car.
Li anba machin nan.

Check out the posts on some prepositions. Scroll down the list to the right side of your computer screen and find some posts on the prepositions at, in, on, to, from, etc...
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

tout moun se moun sou late beni men selman yo pa gen menm chans nan la vi-a.

Sa se gwo laverite.
Men, ou kwè nou ta sipoze rele sa chans?
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how to say my family means the world to me / or i love my family in creole

My family means the world to me.
Fanmi m se tout mwen.

I love my family.
Mwen renmen fanmi m.
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se nan chimen jennen yo kenbe chwal malen

Chak chwal malen genyen yon chimen jennen sou wout yo. Chwal la te mèt galope jan li vle, bay payèt jan li vle, yon jou li va kwense nan chimen jennen.

Se nan chimen jennen yo kenbe chwal malen.
It is on a narrow path that they'll capture the wild horse
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N'ap kenbe fo

Natirèlman :)
Nan lavi sa, pa gen plas pou moun ki fenyan. Se moun ki kenbe fò ki reyisi.

N'ap kenbe fò.
We're holding strong.
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I would like to be there with you all

I would like to be there with you all.
Mwen ta renmen la avèk nou tout.
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How do you say: Happy Birthday! Hope your heart is filled with the beauty for then it will be filled with many blessings!"

Happy Birthday! Hope your heart is filled with "the" beauty, for then it'll be filled with many blessings.
Bòn Fèt! M'espere kè ou plen ak bote "a", paske se lè sa li va konble ak anpil benediksyon.
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

How do you say "some kind of" as in "there's been some kind of progress"

you could say yon sòt de (some sort of)
yon can also say kèk or yon ti

There' been some kind of progress.
Genyen yon sòt de pwogrè ki fèt.
Gen yon ti pwogrè ki fèt
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"Moun Fou"

I hope someone didn't call you that :)
Moun fou → a lunatic, psycho, or screwball :-\
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How do you say castle in Creole?

castle - chato
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Hey how you doing I would like to ask you something

Ale, mande mwen non. M'ap koute
Go ahead and ask me. I'm listening.
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Mandaly, Re: the verb "sanble ak - to look like", where to place preposition "AK" when you ask the question WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? Kisa li sanble ak...?

Verbs with prepositions: sanble ak (to look like), fèt ak (to be made of), mete nan (to put in), ale ak (to go with).], etc...
When asking questions, these Haitian Creole prepositions are usually place at the beginning of the question.

Ak kisa li sanble?
What does it look like?

Ak kisa li fèt?
What is it made of?

Nan kisa ou te mete l?
What did you put it in?

Ak kilès ou prale?
Who will you go with?

Pou kilès machin sa a ye?
Who is this car for?
WHo does this car belong to?
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