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Saturday, November 10, 2012

have nice rest of the day

ou pale kreyol tre bon ??

You can say:
Ou pale Kreyòl trè byen. (you speak Creole really well)
or
Ou pale bon Kreyòl. (you speak good Creole)
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Mesi anpil pou tout ou ap fe pou ede moun ki vle aprann kreyol! Just got back from Anse-d'Hainault on the far western tip of Haiti. I can't describe the joy I found in speaking to my new friends there. Ou ap fe yon sevis pou tout moun haisyen. Thank you!

Mèsi pou ankourajman ou.
Mwen kontan anpil vwayaj ou te byen pase.  I'm glad you had fun and enjoyed your trip.
I hope you'll visit Haiti again soon.
Kontinye pale Kreyòl :)

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What is PALE MET LA?

pale met laall talk and no action
se pale met lait's all talk and no action
m'espere se pa pale met la → I hope it's not all talk and no action

1. Prezidan an di li pral bati anpil lekòl nan peyi a, men mwen remake ke tout se pale met la.
2. Menaj mwen di m lè nou marye l'ap achte yon bèl kay ak yon bèl oto pou mwen, m'espere se pa pale met la.
3. Pastè legliz la te di kou fon legliz la rive plis pase $100.000 l'ap koumanse konstriksyon legliz la, men nou tout konnen ke se pale met la.
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Nate Silver is the Antoine nan Gommier of Haiti?

Quelle comparaison!

He must have been Antoine nan Gommier (Antwàn nan Gonmye)'s apprentice at some point in his life :)
I guess now you can translate the following expression differently in English:

Sa'm wè pou ou, menm Antoine nan Gonmye pa wè'l. (Haitian Creole idiom)
What I see coming for you, not even Nate silver could have foreseen it
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Exactly, suddenly, eventually....

exactlyegzakteman, tèt koupe (similarity), tapan (exact time), pil (exact time)
suddenlytoudenkou, sanzatann
eventually → alalong, anfennkont
see links

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If you don't sleep enough you will get wrinkles (Creole)

O O! enben pito m koumanse mete dòmi atè :)
Moun k'ap travay lannuit yo nan tout sa ki pa bon.

If you don't sleep enough you will get wrinkles.
Si ou pa dòmi ase, figi w ap fè anpil pli.
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Friday, November 9, 2012

Are you laughing at me? (Creole)

1. Are you laughing at me?
   Eske w'ap ri'm?

2. You're laughing at me?
   W'ap ri'm?

3. Are you making fun of me?
   Eske w'ap pase'm nan rizib?
   Eske w'ap pase'm nan tenten?

4. Today I fell off my bike and some people started to laughing me.
    Jodi a mwen te sot tonbe sou bekàn mwen e kèk moun te tonbe ap ri'm.

5. Don't laugh at me.
    Pa ri'm.

6. Don't make fun of me.
   Pa pase'm nan rizib.
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Poukisa nou jwenn diferan tradiksyon pou yon menm fraz nan Kreyòl la?

Mwen pa kwè sa rive nan lang Kreyòl la sèlman.  Yon repons ki fè sans pou mwen se, tout moun gen dwa pale menm lang, yo gen dwa ap reflechi sou menm koze a, men tout moun pa pale avèk menm ton.
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My precious angels

precious, here, can be translated as cheri (darling), adorab (adorable), byenneme (beloved), or presye (precious, dear).  You can use either one.
The Google translation for that phrase is a little bit off.

my precious little angels
ti zanj byenneme mwen yo
ti zanj cheri mwen yo

The girls are my precious angels.
Ti fi yo se zanj cheri mwen.

They are my precious little angels.
Yo se ti zanj cheri mwen.

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ak ki moun wap viv Report

What is the correct way to write a Haitian name? Is it first name, then last name or last name, then first name?

We usually have the First name (prenon) first, then the middle name (non batèm), then the last name (siyati or non fanmi)
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kisa sa vle di: stir it up little darling

O O! Someone is going to banbile!

Stir it up little darling.
Bwase'l non ti cheri.
Bwase'l ti cheri.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Best way to say ONE MORE TIME in Creole. mesi!

1. one more time
    yon lòt fwa ankò
    yon fwa ankò

2. two more people
   de lòt moun ankò
   de moun ankò

3. Stay with me one more day.
    Rete avè m yon lòt jou ankò.

4. Bring us two more chairs?
    Pote de chèz ankò pou nou.

5. There are two more people that will come eat with us.
    Genyen de moun ankò k'ap vin manje ak nou.

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What is ou manke yon fèy in Creole?

manke yon fèy (literally  missing a leaf) means the same thing as the English expression to have a screw loose, to not be in the right frame of mind

Ou manke yon fèy
You're crazy.
You're not thinking straight.
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