I can use konsa to say about, almost?

Yes, “about, approximately, around….”

Y’ap koumanse a witè konsa. – They’ll begin at about 8:00.

N’ap sòti bò zòn apremidi konsa. – We’ll go out around the afternoon.

Te ka genyen yon santèn moun konsa anndan an. – There could have been approximately a hundred person inside.

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What is the different between: atoufe, chime, detrake, malfekte, rakete, magouye, vole, and eskamote?

What is the different between: atoufe, chime, detrake, malfekte, rakete, magouye, vole, and eskamote?

Atoufè (mechan) – mischievous person

chimè (sovaj) – cruel, heartless person

detrake (fou) – crazy, demented person

malfektè (lougawou) – evil person

raketè (vòlè, piyajè) – racketeer, pirate

magouyè (manigansè, tronpè) – imposter, sham

vòlè (dwèt long, chat mawon) – burglar, crook

eskamotè (tripotèz) – scandalous, backbiting

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Hello Mandaly, Did I ask you questions about punctuation in Haitian creole? I feel like I did but let me know if you did or did not. If did you received the questions, could you explain them in great detail

Yes, you will find them in the Haitian Creole language just like you find them in French...  a period at the end of a statement; a question mark at the end of a question; commas to connect words, clauses, lists, you may see apostrophes or dashes with contractions such as manman'l, l'ap, se manje li-a; you will find the hyphen with names a lot of times like in Mari-Lwiz, Jan-Mak, or Jan-Pòl; etc...

periods - pwen, pwen final

question mark - pwen entèwogasyon
exclamation points - pwen esklamasyon
comma- vigil
hyphen - trèdinyon
dash – tirè
semicolon – pwen vigil
colon – de pwen
apostrophes - apostwòf
quotation marks - gimè; (quote … end quote – ant gimè, nan mitan gimè)
parentheses – parantèz,  (in parentheses – ouvè parantèz … fèmen parantèz)
commercial at- awobaz
ellipsis -  pwen sispansyon
pipe – ba vetikal
forward slash - ba oblik
backslash - ba oblik envès
brackets ([...]) -  kwochè
brackets ({...})  - akolad

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Hey! I love how useful and real your answers are, or well seem to be baha. Can you please give me the translations to these phrases or the best way to get the point across.Thanks!....

“Hey! I love how useful and real your answers are, or well seem to be baha. Can you please give me the translations to these phrases or the best way to get the point across.Thanks!....
This is yours (like if I was giving them something to keep)
Do you like it? (like if I was giving them a new food to try)
And lastly this phrase...
We appreciate all that you do for us, I hope one day we will be able to speak to
you in kreyol.”

 This is yours – Sa se pou ou or Sa se pa’w la.

Do you like it? – Eske ou renmen li?

We appreciate all that you do for us, I hope one day we will be able to speak to
you in kreyol. – Nou apresye tout sa ou fè pou nou, m’espere yon jou nou va kapab pale avèk ou an Kreyòl.

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in the expression koupe m sa sek, can you say kase instead of koupe?

I think that this expression is what it is.  It will not sound the same with "kase".

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I know you can use "se" to mean "it is." Like "Se yon bèl jounen." I know that you can make it past tense by saying, "Se te yon bèl jounen." Can you put "se" with other tenses? Se pral... or Se ap...?? Thanks!

Yes we can, Men kèk egzanp:

Se pral yon gran jou.

Se va yon gran jou.

Se ta pral yon bèl sipriz pou tout moun, men malerezman  yo te aprann nouvèl la. 

Se dwe te papa l ki ba l machin nan

Se ka yon move nouvèl li resevwa ki ba l gwo sezisman sa a.

 --As far as progressive is concerned, it can’t be done because it’s a passive voice.

It’s being washed. – Se lave y’ap lave’l

It’s being done right now. – Se fè y’ap fè’l kounye a.

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How do you ask someone to bring you something or get you something? "Please get me a loaf of bread from the store.

We use “pote” , “mennen”, and sometimes “pran”
Examples:

1. Mennen l ban mwen. or Pote l ban mwen. - Bring it to me.

2. Pran l pou mwen tanpri. - Get it for me please.

3. Bring me the baby. - Pote bebe a ban mwen.

4. Get me a cold glass of water please. - Pote yon vè dlo glase pou mwen tanpri.

5. Can you get this bag for m? I can reach it. - Eske w kapab pran valiz sa a pou mwen,? M pa ka rive pran l.

6. Please get me a loaf of bread from the store. - Tanpri achte yon pen pou mwen nan magazen an.

7. Please get me a loaf of bread while you’re at the store. - Tanpri pran yon pen pou mwen pandan w nan magazen an.

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How do you say "Happy Birthday, my precious daughter"?

Happy Birthday, my precious daughter.
Bòn fèt, pitit fi presye mwen an

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m tonbe pale koze m pa gen biznis pale sou tab la. Tout moun blije met tèt atè – m te mare kon krab. Can you plz explain HOW the way you translated ?

"m tonbe pale koze m pa gen biznis pale sou tab la.  Tout moun blije met tèt atè – m te mare kon krab"

1.

 tonbe, here, is translated as to start, to begin

example:

M tonbe kouri - I started to run.

Nou tonbe danse - we started to dance

2.

koze is translated as things, conversations, dialogue, chats

 

3.

M | tonbe | pale | koze                  | m |  pa | gen   | bizinis     | pale     | sou | tab la

I    |started | talk  |  conversation I  I    |not | have | business | to talk | on   | the table
I started talking about things I had no business talking about at a dinner table.

 

4.

Tout moun  | blije (or oblije) | met (or mete) | tèt atè.

Everyone      | obligated          | put                   |  head down
Everyone was forced  to put their head down.

 

5.

M te mare kon krab

I was tied like crab
I was uncoordinated

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Mandaly. An "E nou va (na) fe konesans ak bokou(anpil) moun demen maten." Yo se "bokou" ak "anpil pi ranplase nan moman an? M konnen sa "bokou"

Bonjou Rachal :)

Haitians don’t generally use “bokou” when they want to say “a lot (anpil)” unless it is to say “mèsi bokou”.  It might be a term that’s used more in other Creole cultures.

In that sentence it’s best to use “anpil”.

Dakò.

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Madanm. When writing down "in Haiti" in Creole and "in the plane", should it be: "ann Ayiti" and "ann avyon", instead of "an Ayiti" and "an avyon"? The reason I ask is because in spoken form, there is a liaison between these two expressions. Am I right on this? Mesi bokou.

Yes you are right.  It comes from French articulation…. The liaison between “en” and the word that follows if it begins with a vowel or silent “h”.

We do say

“an Ayiti”  (from French “en Haiti) - in Haiti

 “an avyon” (from French “en avion”) - by plane

 

Other places you’ll see A French preposition being used are:

An Chin (from French “en Chine”) – in China

An Afrik (from French “en Afrique”) – In Africa

Also

A Pari (from French “Á Paris”) – in Paris

O Kanada (from French “Au Canada”) – in Canada

 

Also

Bak annaryè (from French “faire back en arrière”) – to step back

Etc…

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What would "lap chachem kont" vle di an kreyol. Mesi! Also what does "kwake" vle di? I always hear that word but I can never really understand its meaning.

Chache kont – to tick off sb,  to push sb’s button, to ask for it, to provoke
Adding the subject between “chache” and “kont” indicates “who” is being ticked off.
example:

1.

L’ap chache m kont.

Li ap chache mwen kont (not contracted)

He’s ticking me off.

 2.

Poukisa w’ap chache l kont?

Why are you teasing him?

 3.

Si w chache chen an kont, l’ap mode w.

If you provoke the dog, he’ll bite you.

 

Kwake or kwak – although

 example:

4.

Kwake nou te fatige nou te ale nan fèt la kanmenm

Although we were tired we went to the party anyway.
 
5.

Nou te kondui apeprè 8 km ak machin nan kwake kawoutyou devan an te pete

We drove approximately 5 miles with the car although the front tire blew.
 
6.

Kwake prezidan an pa’t kenbe pawòl li sou pwomès li te fè, moun yo vote pou li kanmenm.

Even though the president didn’t keep his words on the promises that he made the people voted for him anyway

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Does adding konsa after di "di konsa" mean something other than "said"? I want to say Jezi di konsa.

"di konsa" basically mean "to say".  "konsa", here, literally means "like that"

egzanp:
1.  Jezi di konsa, "Vin jwen mwen".
     or
     Jezi di, "Vin jwenn mwen".
     Jesus says, "Come to me."


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"Fouye zo nan kalalou"? kisa vle di?

fouye zo nan kalalou - to investigate, to nose around, to dig

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Where can I find the correct terms for the different parts of the face and body in Haitian Creole? Thank you for your help!

 

 

Hair - cheve, chive

Face – figi, vizaj

facial creases – pli nan figi

forehead -  fwon or fontèn

eyebrow – sousi

eyelashes – plim je

eyelid – po je or do je

eyeball – boul je

eye– je or zye

eye socket – twou je

cheek – bò figi

cheek bone – zo figi

jaw – machwa,  machwè

jawbone -  zo machwa, zo machwè

chin - manton

dimple – twou bote

mouth - bouch

teeth - dan

nose - nen

nostrils – twou nen

profile view – depwofil 

Parts of the face / Diferan pati nan figi a
Kreyol

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