Jan w vini an se konsa yo pran w (the way you come is how you are perceived)? Is this right?

Men wi se sa.  I think it's about first impression.

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Cet affaire de Créole, c'est une perte de temps. Sa pap ammener un Haitien loin. Ki Haitiens ou we ki rive loin avec ce Creole?

Wòl Kreyòl se pa pou mennen moun lwen non.  Wòl li se pou l kominike, rasanble sa ki pre ak sa ki lwen, trase wout tan dantan pou nou ka wè kote pou n mete pye n pou n kontinye douvan n, e simante nou kòm yon pèp e ede nou etabli idantite ke n'ap chache a.
Avèk respè mwen salye w, men san regrè m kondane mepri w.

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Barely, hardly, scarcely? "The bullet grazed my skin but I barely felt it." and "Hardly anyone turned up for the meeting." and "I had scarcely entered the room when the lights went out."

Barely (hardly, scarcely, just) →  apèn, apenn, annik, senpleman, jis, preske pa
Not quite → pa toutafè, preske
scarcely (infrequently) → raman, pa souvan   

1. Nou apenn rive.
    We just arrived.

2. "The bullet grazed my skin but I barely felt it."
     "Bal la te fwole po m men mwen pa toutafè santi li."

3. I barely know her.
    Mwen apenn rekonèt li.
    Mwen pa toutafè fin konnen l nèt.

4.  "Hardly anyone turned up for the meeting."
     "Apenn si gen enpe moun ki parèt pou reyinyon an."

5. "I had scarcely entered the room when the lights went out."
     "M te annik antre nan chanm nan lè limyè yo te tenyen."

6. I scarcely remember anything about the day my father died.
    Mwen preske pa sonje anyen nan jou papa m te mouri a.

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O'clock sharp and flat? "I will pick you up at two o'clock sharp." and "Have this report done at seven o'clock flat."

Precise or exact? (at an exact time in Haitian Creole)
We say:
presiz
pil
tapan
egzak
won kon boul

1. M'ap vin chache w a uitè tapan.
    I'll come pick you up at exactly eight o'clock.

2. Li te fè midi won kon boul lè solèy la te fèmen je l, nyaj yo te vin tou nwa, e lapli te tanmen tonbe.
    It had just turned 12:00 on the dot, when the sun stopped shining, the clouds became dark, and it started to rain

3.  Depi l fè setè pil, klòch legliz la pran sonnen.  
     At exactly seven o'clock the bells of the church start ringing.

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What does the Mi- at the beginning of the names Miloudy, Miloury, and Milove mean? What does the name Merujy/Meroudjy/Meroudjie mean? What does the name Rood/Wood mean? I've read theories that it's a form of Rudy, but the people theorizing weren't Haiti

These name are not "typical" Haitian names, as far as I know.

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Bon swa! Mwen vle konnen kisa "cachiment" se nan anglais. Mesi anpil.

Kachiman → cherimoya, sweetsop, sugar apple or sugar pineapple
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Exclamatives 1)nouns:"what a relief(mess, disaster)!" or "What a lot of work!" 2)modified nouns:"What a good idea!" or "What a handsome/beautiful man/woman!" 3)Adjective:"How interesting(lovely, tedious)!" 4)Adverbs:"How eloquently he speaks!"

To express these exclamatives, with nouns and / or modified nouns, we may use Haitian Creole interjections ala, ala de -
You may also use se pa ti as noted in #4 and #5.

1. What a pain in the neck !
     Ala yon pongongon!
   
2. What a dilemma!
     Ala tèt chaje!
     Ala traka!
     or you can say:
     Ala de tèt chaje o!
     Ala de traka mezami!

Some people say:
3.   What a nuisance for me!
      Ala de tèt chaje pou mwen!

4. What tight corner I'm in!
     Ala de traka m'ap pase!
    Se pa ti traka m'ap pase non!

5. What an embarassment!

     Ala yon wont!
     Se pa ti wont non!

It's the same for modified nouns.  You may use ala or ala de

6. What strange traditions you have!
     Ala tradisyon dwòl nou genyen!
      or
     Ala de tradisyon dwòl nou genyen!

7.  What strange people, these Haitians!

     Ala moun dwòl, Ayisyen sa yo!

     Ala de moun dwòl, Ayisyen sa yo!

8. What arrogant child!  He just walked past me, he doesn't care to say hello.

   Ala timoun malelve. Li pase bò kote'm, li pa menm ka di bonjou.

9. How rowdy your sister is!

     Ala sè w la woywoy!

With adjectives or adverbs, Use ala or ala de.  You may also use se pa ti or se pa de.  Feel free to use emphasis here, using these modifiers more than once in the same sentence:

10. How pretty!
    Ala bèl!
    or
    Ala bèl sa bèl!
    or
    Se pa ti bèl non!


11. How pitiful!
     Ala tris!
     or
     Ala tris sa tris!
     or
     Se pa ti tris non!

12. How clever she is!
      Ala l entelijan!
      Ala entelijan l entelijan!
      Se pa ti entelijan l entelijan non!

13. How quickly she ran to come here when she saw you!
      Ala li kouri vin la vit lè l te wè w!
      Se pa ti vit li te kouri non lè l te wè w!

14. How great it would be if I won the lottery.
      Ala bon sa ta bon si m te genyen nan lotri a.
      Se pa ti bon l ta bon non si m te genyen lotri a.

15.  What a vicious man!
        Ala nèg mechan!
       Nèg sa, se pa ti mechan non l mechan!

I also want to add the following types of sentences:  "There's no one more .....! " or "There's nothing more ...!"

16. Nanpwen moun malelve konsa!
     There's no one more arrogant!

17. Nanpwen jenerasyon engra konsa!
     There's no generation more ungrateful!

18. Nanpwen nèg peng konsa!
     There's no worse penny pincher!

19. Nanpwen fanm manfouben konsa!
      No one is more of tramp than this woman!

20.  Nanpwen anyen m ta pi renmen konsa!
       There's nothing I'd like more!

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How come ...?

How come ... → kouman fè, kijan fè, or kòman fè.... and sometimes we add ...ke

1. Kouman fè ou pa rele m ankò?
    How come you don't call me anymore?

2. Kijan fè ou malad si souvan?
    How come you get sick so often?

3. Kouman fè ou pale Kreyòl byen konsa?
    Hoe come you speak Creole so well?

4. Kouman fè pa gen lanèj Ayiti?
    How come there no snow in Haiti?

5. Kijan fè Ayiti poko fin rebati?
    How come Haiti has not been rebuilt yet?


This is different from:
Kouman ou fè ..... How do you make .....

6. Kouman ou fè tyanm tyanm?
   How do you make tyanm tyanm? 

7. Kijan n'ap fè pou soti la a?
    How will we get out of here?

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Ou bannann??

You're in deep trouble.
Ou bannann
Ou pran
Ou chire
Ou nan ka
Ou pran nan mera
 Ou pran nan twa wa
Ou nan tout sa k pa bon
or
Ou jwenn ak zo grann ou.

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Ki bwason alkòl ki pi gou nan Ayiti?

Gou?!!!  Pou mwen se Prestige. (if you're talking about just taste)

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Limani - Is there a way to download all the audio files at once? It seems like I have to click on each file individually (and there are pages and pages to go through). Is that right? Also any plans to make it a podcast on itunes? thx

I'm not sure that can be done at this time.... downloading all of them at once.
But I'll look into putting a list together. ...and number the corresponding written post.

I've been meaning to do the podcasts... I look into that too.

Kenbe la toujou.

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'To meet' in contexts? "I am delighted to meet you." or "I'm finally going to meet Jean-Paul." or "I met my professor at the movies." or "I ran into your sister in town." or "I will meet you at the restaurant." or "Congress meets on Thursdays."

To meet (to be introduced, to make acquaintance) → rankontre, fè konesans, rekonèt ou

1.  I am delighted to meet you.
    Mwen te kontan fè konesans ou.
    Mwen te kontan rekonèt ou.

2. I'm finally going to meet Paul. (for the first time?)
    Mwen resi pral rekonèt Paul .

Pleased to meet you link

To meet (to encounter) → rankontre, kontre, kontre bab pou bab, kwaze ak, jwenn ak

3. "I met my professor at the movies."
    "Mwen te kwaze ak pwofesè mwen nan sinema a"


To meet (get together) → reyini, rasanble, met tèt ansanm, pote kole

4. "The ladies club meet on Thursdays"
    "Gwoup dàm yo rasanble lèjedi."

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Too bad!? "You can't come to the party? Too bad!" or "You missed the final exam? Too bad! Better go ask the professor to make it up." or "It is too bad that the university decided to close the bookstore last year. "

Too bad!
Domaj!
Se domaj! (What a pity!)
Malerezman! (unfortunately)
Se malere!
Devenn pou ... (Unfortunately for ...)
Adye papa!
Adye manman!
Adye frè m!
Adye sè m!

Also...
Devenn → literally: misfortune, bad luck
andevenn (an devenn) → to be cursed, to have a string of bad luck
Adye → literally: Alas!

1. You missed the final exam? Too bad!
     Ou rate egzamen final la?  Se domaj!

2. He just finished building his house and he died soon after.  It's too bad he didn't get enjoy it.
    Li fèk fin bati kay li enpi li mouri tousuit apre.  Se malere, li pa't gentan jwi li.

3.  He had a motorcycle accident.  Too bad he didn't wear his helmet that day.
     Li fè aksidan ak motosiklèt li. Devenn pou li, li p'at mete kas li jou sa a.

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Neither...nor. 1)As subject:"Neither Paul nor Peter smokes." 2)As object:"He wants to drink neither tea or coffee." 3)With verb: "Keith neither drinks nor smokes nor takes drugs." 4)With preposition:"He is neither from Paris nor from London."

also see link for either ... or

Ni ... Ni → Neither ... nor, neither
A H. Creole negative sentence with "Ni ... Ni" may still include the negation "pa" which would be considered double negation in English.

(with prepositions)
1. Madanm nan t ap chache nan tout rakwen.  Ti bebe a pa't ni nan bèso l ni nan chèz li.
    The Lady was searching everywhere.  The baby was neither in his crib nor in his chair.

(with subjects)
2. Mwen pa't ka jwenn non aktè a sou entènèt la.  Ni Google ni Bing pa't mansyone l.

    I couldn't find the name of the actor on the internet.  Neither Google nor Bing had mentioned him.

3. "Ni Pyè ni Pòl pa fimen."
    "Neither peter nor Paul smokes."

(with objects)

4. "Li pa sot ni Pari ni Lond."

    "He is neither from Paris nor from London."

(with adjectives)

5. Lè diktatè a te mouri, pèp la pa te ni kontan ni tris.
    When the dictator died, the people were neither happy nor sad.

6. Lang Kreyòl Ayisyen an pa ni konplike ni senp. Pou w aprann li pi vit, se pratike konvèsasyon ki konte.

    The Haitian Creole language is neither complicated nor simple.  To learn it faster, it's practicing conversations that counts.

(with verbs)7. Se pawòl serye m'ap pale wi.  M p'ap ni bay blag ni egzajere.

    I am being serious.  I am neither joking nor exaggerating.

 
Ni ... Ni → Neither, neither one

8. Mwen pa bwè kafe onswa te.  M pa renmen ni youn ni lòt.
    I don't drink coffee or tea.  I like neither.

9. Kilès nan machin yo ou te chwazi? Mwen p'at chwazi ni youn ni lòt.
    Which one of the cars did you choose?  I chose neither.

10. Nattie ak Fanfan pa te al nan dans lan paske ni youn ni lòt pa't konn danse.
    Nattie ak Fanfan didn't go to the dance because neither of them know how to dance.


Ni ... ni → Both ... and 
11. Sèjousi ni dantis ni famasyen se bon chwa pou yon metye.
    These days both dentistry and pharmacology are good choices for a career.

12. Jou premye Janvye 1804 la, ni esklav ni moun lib te selebre yon nouvo espwa pou peyi a.
     On that day of January 1st, 1804, both slave and free people celebrated new hope for the country.


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Mandalie, ban m di w, se ayisyen m ye tou. men zafe 'twade' a, m pa ta janm dòmi reve ke l te yon bon mo Kreyol non. Ki kote w bare avè l?

M kapab konprann kote w ye a.  Mwen te fè zòn Lakayè, Lakolin, Aken, Pòtoprens anvan m te vin resi tande mo sa a nan bouch yon nonm Pòdepè.  Mwen menm se wayal ak kasavamanba m te konn di.  Se nan bouch menm nonm sa a m te premye tande mo chenjanbe a tou.  M pa't konn dènye sa a nonplis.  Kifè la a, m imajinen mo sa yo so soti, omwens, nan zòn Nòdwès yo.

Fò'm di w tou, yon jou m te di zanmi sa a ke pye l te santi mayas.  Lè sa a, li te fè grimas ak figi l, li mande m, "Ki kalite mo mayas sa w'ap di la a?  Sa sa vle di?" Lè m te di l se te sant soulye, li pa't kwè m ditou.  M ta panse yon mo jeneral konsa, ki nan tout peyi a, fòk on Ayisyen ta konnen l.  Anmwey o!

Si pa gen yon diksyonè ki pou ranmase tout mo sa yo ki degrennen nan tout rakwen peyi a, pou blije mete yo nan yon branch pou montre moun kote yo anrasinen, sanble gen anpil mo Kreyòl k'ap tout desann nan latonm ak mèt yo. Nou p'ap janm konnen yo.
 
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