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What are verbs for "to provide" in creole? For example, "It is difficult to provide for my family on minimum wage."

You can use, swen, pran swen, okipe or nouri.

"It is difficult to provide for my family."
"Li difisil pou  m okipe fanmi m."

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Wap twouble sante m?

Jouk kote sante w ye a pou w ap kite moun twouble l, mezanmi o!

Twouble sante yon moun, se anniye l, deranje l, entenwonp li, djigèt lespri l.

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Est-ce-que penyen lage gen lòt siyifikasyon autre que kwafi?

Wi.
Li vle di alèz (tankou yon moun ki mete l konfòtab, ki pa jennen, ki alèz kon blèz).

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I had my friend write this for me after she said it. "Se Americain ou ye sorry ou nan pointe bouche ou". She said it means that I'm not sincere. Can you explain this for me? Thanks.

She is right about the meaning
..nan pointe bouche ou (written: nan pwent bouch ou) - at the tip of your mouth (meaning not from deep within)
as far as the sentence "Se Americain ou ye sorry ou nan pointe bouche ou" it means "You are American, your apology is not sincere"
Sorry to hear that she's got some bad sentiments toward you.

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Bonjou Mandaly. Mwen se Ayisyen. how would you translate this quote to English, "sòt ki bay egare ki pa pran"?

Do they also use 'egare' for this expression? I often hear 'Sòt ki bay, enbesil ki pa pran'.
Anyway the translation to English is: You'd be a fool not to take/accept/take advantage of this.

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Hello, I was wondering if you knew of any translators (such as google translator) that I could input a English word in at any time and hear the Creole pronunciation? Thank you

Of all the translator apps that can also 'speak' the translations, iHandy and Google Translator are the least frustrating. iHandy is cool, gets it right 60 to 70% of the time.

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Hi I would like to find this song, can you help me please it's called. Vini non vini non pa di ou va gintan demain se pa pou piga ou konte sou li. Thank you

M ap kontinye chache rès la pou ou :)


Les Etincelles de l'Evangile
Marie Mirca Tangar

Kouri vin jwenn Jezi avan ke li twò ta

Pa rete, sa  w ap fè?

Jezi vle ba ou la vi

Sonje Bondye renmen w

Pinga ou reziste

Kisa li di ou fè

Pou kapab genyen lavi

Vini non, vini non

Pa di ou va gen tan

Demen se pa pou ou

Piga ou konte sou li

Sonje nan tan lontan, 

Se te toujou konsa 

Noe preche san ven tan, 

Pèsòn pa t vle kwè nan li 

Lè delij la rive, 

Tout moun te vle sove 

Li te twò ta pou yo, 

Piga w kite sa rive w

Nou menm ki kwè deja,

Kenbe pi fè m nan jezi

Lè lè a va rive

Pou na l rankontre mèt nou

Ala bèl sa va bèl

Pou moun ki nan jezu

Se va lajwa lapè

Pandan tout letènite

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Bonjou Mandaly! I am pretty new at speaking Kreyol. On a recent trip to Haiti, we heard the word boadup (spelling?) a lot. I understand it as being a slang word for "broken". Is that correct. If not, what exactly does it mean. Thanks so much!

Hi,
I cannot think of a Haitian Creole word with similar spelling that would mean break or broken.
If, however, this word is used twice, like this (bodòp bodòp) it does describe the sound that a broken machine / equipment makes. In that case we use these terms in conversational context.

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How would you say, "you are dreaming?" As in, you are imagining that you are going to get that, but you are not. "W'ap reve" apparently doesn't translate the same. Mèsi pou tout ou fè!

You could say:
W'ap tronpe tèt ou.
W'ap pase tèt ou nan betiz.
You're fooling yourself if you think that 'this' is going to happen.

There are many other unconventional ways to say this in Creole, depending on the situation.
And instead of 'w ap reve', people might say, 'Ou nan rèv.'  or 'Ou dwe nan rèv.' which means the same as 'you must be dreaming'.


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kisa manfouben ak vag vle di? eske se menm bagay?

Wi. Yo kapab genyen menm siyifikasyon,

Manfouben means irresponsible, sloppy and careless
Vag - vague
They can be synonymous when 'vag'   means unconcerned or nonchalant.

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If I wanted to say ‘look at Matthew chapter 20 verses 25-28’ would it be: ‘gade nan Matye chapit 20 vèsè 25 rive nan 28’? And for ‘look at John 3:16’ could I say ‘gade nan Jan twa sèz’ or do I need to say ‘gade nan Jan chapit twa, vèsè sèz’?

'gade nan Matye chapit 20 vèsè 25 rive nan 28' is correct.
and it will also be correct if you said:
'gade nan Matye chapit 20 vèsè 25 a 28'

‘gade nan Jan twa sèz' and ‘gade nan Jan chapit twa, vèsè sèz’ are both correct. It is isn't necessary to say the latter for people to understand.

Kenbe la :)

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What is ou pa ban m (mwen? is it?) bouch pou pale?

pa bay bouch pou pale, pa bay bouch pou di anyen - when one's babbling/talking is so much that you don't get a chance to reply or say anything.
ex: Marie and Esther are having a conversation. Mary's talking is so continual that she doesn't give Esther any room to reply or say what she thinks. Then you would say that Marie pa bay Esther bouch pou l pale.
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senkant kob a degouden? meaning please?

senkant kòb ak degouden - the same thing, one in the same

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Can you please translate this, 'm pa janm konnen ou te ka alsiyis konsa', for which online translating tools is no help. Thanks

Oh man! That is some serious r-rated stuff :)
M pa janm konnen ou te ka alsiyis konsa - I didn't know you could moan like that.
(sexually related)
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