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Friday, November 23, 2012

COOKIE

Very interesting, i was reading your thread afos and akoz means the same thing? If so, can i use afos any time i feel like? I have never heard haitians use it. I am haitian born to haitian parents in the bahamas.

There are many reasons you'd use the word afòs. One of these reasons shouldn't be as a synonym to the word akoz. 
afòsas a result of.
see this link for the use of the word  "afòs": View

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M pa rantre nan won san baton. Sipò a vin tout jan, tout mannyè. meaning?


Mwen pa rantre nan won san baton
I don't go into the ring without a club. (lit.)
I don't go to war without a weapon.

Sipò a vin tout jan tout mannyè
The support comes from many different sources
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yon woman....a?

yon woman a novel

M'ap li yon woman.
I'm reading a novel.
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what is footmonshay mean


what does futmonshe idk how to spell it but my mother says it all the time! foot-Mon-sh-ay
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  1. it's fout monchè!.
    and your mother is definitely cursing.
    This would be an equivalent to "damn it!" or "crap!"

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What Haitian Creole word best describe word jumpy as in "to be apprehensive"?

i would say: gen kè sote, gen kè sou biskèt

Why are you so jumpy?
Poukisa ou gen kè sote konsa?

You been very jumpy since this morning.
Depi maten kè w sou biskèt.
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what does tale mwen pral rele ou

I am trying to learn the Haitian language better... what does the "w'" mean and how is it pronounced? Example: E mwen adore w' Jezi? Mesi

W → contraction of pronoun OU which, in English, means YOU, YOUR
See this link about OU and W

1. E mwen adore w Jezi.
   And I adore you Jesus.

2. Mwen renmen w.
    I love you.

3. Ou dwe retire chapo w lè w rantre legliz la.
    You must take off your hat when you enter the church.
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When saying GOD WILLING in haitian Creole, do you use sidyevle or sibondyevle>

You may use either one of them,
Some people say si Dye vle, and some say si Bondye vle.
The difference is Dye (God), and Bondye (Good God)
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