Jwe pezemen? in English

Jwe pyezemen → do one's best, try very hard, do whatever possible

1. Madanm nan te jwe pyezemen pou l fè timoun li yo rantre a letranje.
   The woman did her best to bring her kids overseas.

2. Ou te jwe pyezemen pou yo revoke m nan travay la.
    You did everything possible so that I would be fired me from the job.

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Just confirming that "Maten an, m leve men m pa t santi m anfòm" is translated as "this morning ..." not "The morning..." . That I can say "this" even when the creole clearly say "the"

Yes, confirmed.

Maten an → this morning.

1. Kouman ou ye maten an?
   How are you this morning?

2. Yo te sòti depi yèreswa.  Se maten an yo resi rantre lakay yo.
    They went out since last night.  They finally came home this morning.

3. Poukisa w akaryat konsa maten an?
   Why are you in such a bad mood this morning?

4. Sa w'ap ban'm manje maten an?
    What are you feeding me this morning?
    What are you cooking this morning?

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Sa sa vle di? "Mwen pa moun Jakmèl. M pa moun Pòtoprens. M pa moun Miyami. M pa moun Nouyòk. Nou pa moun okenn kote sou latè. Nou pa moun nan syèl. Nou pa menm yon vye lwa Lafrik Ginen"ki vin danse nan tèt yon kretyen vivan." by Moriso-Lewa

sounds like Morisso-Leroy's Moun Fou....

"Mwen pa moun Jakmèl." → "I am not from Jakmèl"
"M pa moun Pòtoprens.  " → "I am not from Pòtoprens"
"M pa moun Miyami. " → "I am not from Miami"
"M pa moun Nouyòk. "  → "I am not from New York"
"Nou pa moun okenn kote sou latè. " → "We're not from any place on earth"
"Nou pa moun nan syèl.  " → "We're not from heaven"
"Nou pa menm yon vye lwa Lafrik Ginen ki vin danse nan tèt yon kretyen vivan." 
"We're not even a good old spirit from Africa's Guinea that have come to dance into somebody's head"

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maladi ou genyen an, se pa li ou di doktè

Yon ekpresyon Kreyòl

Maladi w genyen an, se pa li w di doktè
The ailment you have is not the one you tell the doctor
to beat around the bush
To complain about one thing when you really mean to complain about another.

example:
Your wife complains about the house being too small when, in fact, she really wants her mother-in-law moved out of the house.
Maladi l genyen an, se pa li l di doktè

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Are there constructions or words that are used to translate the Present Emphatic Tense and Past Emphatic Tense? Examples,"I do wash the dishes every night" and "I did wash the dishes every night."

The emphatic "do", "did", "will" are not translated in the Haitian Creole language.
So an emphatic present tense will become a simple present in Creole.
An emphatic past tense will become a simple past tense in Creole
Otherwise you will see these emphatic wi or non, usually, at the end of a Creole sentence.
Pa egzanp:
1. I did see her last night.
    Mwen te wè li yèreswa wi.
or we might use an adverb for emphasis as is sometimes done in English too
    Mwen te wè li yèreswa tout bon vre.
    or
    Mwen te wè li yèreswa vrèman vre.

2. I do wash the dishes every night.
    Mwen lave asyèt yo chak swa wi.

3. Please, do sit down.
    Tanpri, chita non.

4. Do play the piano for me.
    Jwe piano pou mwen non.
   

5. Please, do call me when you get there.

    Tanpri, rele m wi lè w rive.

7.  I did my homework, I did!
     M te fè devwa mwen, m te fè l wi!    

8. If you don't stop bugging me, I'll bite you.  Serously I will!
   Si w pa sispann takinnen m, m'ap mòde w.  Seryezman, m'ap fè l wi!

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Haitians say "to use someone as toothpick", which translation do you use, kidan or bwa dan?

Is this an American expression also?

Li pran m sèvi bwa dan.
He used me as a toothpick.
He embarrassed / humiliated me.
He treated me badly.

I have heard people use both kidan and bwa dan for this expression.
kidan (from French Cure-dent) if Creole for toothpick
bwa dan (which is lit. wood tooth) is native.  People use small pieces of wood, such as the middle vine of dried coconut leaves, as toothpick.  The vine closest to the base of the stem is usually best since it's sturdier.

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Es ce ke moun san antraill ce moune ce pitie?

 "Moun san zantray" se moun ki san pitye, moun ki san kè, moun ki pa gen konpasyon.... moun ki pa konn renmen petèt...
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"Tout moun rete bouch be"

Poukisa?  Yo te sezi?

Tout moun rete bouch be
Everyone was speechless.

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Is it working?

Is it working?
Eske l mache?
Eske l fonksyone byen?

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"Li pati kite madanm li gwovant" Is this he abandoned her?

M pa fin sèten.

Sounds like he went on a trip, and his wife was pregnant when he left.

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Is is Ok to use "denojou"(french, De nos jours) alongside the others, "sejousi", "sètansi"? How would one say "in the olden days" with one word instead of a phrase like its opposite above? More Synonyms for both(if possible)?

Yes,

these days 
denojou
sèjousi 
sètansi
sètanprezan
aprezan
alèkile
alòkile
kounye a 
kounye a la

In the olden days (not all the followings are one-word, but Haitians have a lot of  "expressions" for the olden days
lontan (long time ago)
otrefwa (a very long time ago)
tan dantan (good old days, olden days)
tan lontan (in the old days)
tan benmbo (a very very long time ago)
depi digdantan ( a very very long time ago)
tan prezidan bann machwè ( a very long time ago)
depi ti konkonm t'ap goumen ak berejèn ( a very distant past)

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감사합니다 vle di , Mèsi nan lang Koreyen an!

AnonymousJanuary 6, 2013 6:35 PM

감사합니다. from all Korean in Haiti !

감사합니다 means "Mesi" in Korean

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I love this, anonymous.

Mèsi anpil!

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Inosan peye pou koupab

Wi. Inosan peye pou koupab.
Sa rive souvan.  Sa rive toupatou.
Nou plenyen anpil chak kou n wè yon pòv inosan pran chatiman yon koupab.
Men malerezman sa rive chak jou.
Sa rive nan lekòl, lè yon pwofesè pini tout klas la pou zak youn ou de nan elèv yo.
Sa rive nan peyi Etazini, lè klas mwayen an ap peye pou goumandiz mesye Wall Street yo.
Sa rive Ayiti, lè abitan peyi a ap soufri poutèt move gouvènman mesye antèt yo.
E yo di, sa te rive Jerizalèm lè yon nonm te peye dèt peche lemonn sou yon kwa.

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"Mwen fou pou ou"

Oh wow....
You know, I just realize that I've never said these words to anyone.  ...I don't remember anyone ever said this to me either.  ...But I'm not losing sleep over it :)

M fou pou ou.
Mwen fou pou ou.
I'm crazy for you.

note:  You cannot have a contraction at the end of that sentence.  It would be grammatically incorrect. Mwen fou pou w. or M fou pou w. is not correct.

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How would you say "where were you brought up?"

Where were you brought up?
Kibò ou te leve?
Ki kote w te leve?

Men kèk egzanp:
1. Mwen fèt Pòtoprens, men mwen te leve Jeremi.
2. Timoun sa yo pa konn kapital la paske yo te leve andeyò.
3. Malgre mwen te fèt Ayiti, mwen pa konn yon mo Kreyòl.  Mwen leve nan peyi etranje.
4. Leplisouvan yo panse timoun ki leve Ayiti toujou gen bon konpòtman.

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