To whom it may concern, here is the song:

Nan lavi mwen, mwen santi m gen yon gwo vid

Tout s am t ap chèche pou m ta santi m byen

Poutan, m vin pi mal.

Mwen te tankou yon ti mounton ki egare,

k pa konn kote l prale,

byen grangou e byen swaf,

lage nan yon dezè abandone.

Tanpri Jesus pote m sekou (2 times)

Prezans ou se sa k ap pase swaf mwen an ,

Prezans ou se sa k ap konble vid mwen,

prezans ou, prezans ou se sa m ap chèche,

Prezans ou, prezans ou se sa m'reklame.

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hello do you know the song wi kris toujou la pou li tande mwen pou li ede mwen e poul bay mwen lavi if so do you know the rest of the lyrics? thank you God bless you

Lè m nan pwoblèm yo, m ap chante pou Kris

Lè m nan doulè yo, m ap chante pou li

Lè m nan tristès yo mwen rele jezi

Ka li toujou ede m

Wi Kris toujou la, pou li tande mwen

Pou li ede mwen, e pou l ban mwen lavi

Wi Kris toujou la, pou li tande mwen

Pou li ede mwen, e pou l ban mwen lavi

Nan mitan lannwit mwen pa janm tou sèl

Nenpòt kote m ye li toujou la avè m

Ala yon bon papa ki renmen m tout bon

Mwen vle soufri pou li

Ou menm zanmi mwen, vini jwenn Jezi

Li genyen repo pou kè ki fatige

Si li kenbe men ou, ou p ap janm tonbe

Ou va genyen lavi

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I know this is an old post but I am living in haiti and ran across your blog. I had someone teach me "pozie" and said it meant wait. (The spelling could be way off) is this true or do you know what this means?

Yes it is.

Yes. It's written as poze. It's more like hold on, take your time, wait a minute, or to cool it.

We also use poze in the expression poze san ou which means to calm down, cool it, or don't be in such a haste.

Some examples:

Poze san w non! - Calm down!

Pou kisa ou prese konsa? Poze san w tande. - Why are you in such a hurry. Take your time, you hear?

Ou wè nèg la. Ou pa ko konnen l pou menm de (2) semenn, men kounye a ou pral marye avè l. Se pou poze san w. Chache konnen ki kalite moun li ye anvan.

You see the man. You have not known him for even 2 weeks, and now you're going to marry him. You should wait. Try first to find out what type of person he is.

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Hello Mandaly, What are the many terms of respect that exist in creole? For example, "Mant Jean" or "Mant Pauline" Can you also show the proper ways to use them?

I still find it hard to call people who are older than me by their first names.
Yes, we do use matant (mant), tant, monnonk even if the person is not our aunt or uncle.
We tend to call our boss or people who practice a trade bòs. We put sè (females) or frè (males) in front of the names of people who frequent the same church. We sometimes put matmwazèl in front of a young unmarried woman's name. We use the title of madan (or man) for married women.  Doctors are dòk. Nurses are mis. We are more comfortable addressing anyone by a title which describes the roles they play in our lives.
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Kisa " reskonsab" vle di? Egzanb: Moun yo ki reskonsab pou pote tout bagay ki apa net ou Bondye a. Does it mean responsible ?

Yes.

We say reskonsab or responsab. It means to be responsible, to be in charge of, to be accountable

moun yo ki reskonsab pou pote tout bagay ki apa nèt pou Bondye a
People who are responsible to carry things that are consecrated to God

Se ou ki reskonsab tout sa ki sot pase la a.
You are responsible for everything that just happened.

Se yon moun ki responsab li ye.
He/She is a responsible person.

Mwen mete yon moun reskonsab timoun mwen yo antan m al travay.
I put someone in charge of my kids while I go to work.

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What are the various ways "and" can be written or expressed in Haitian Creole. I have noticed ak but also "e" , and epi...are these all correct.

Yes. We use e, epi, ak, avèk avè.

"e" joins two or more independent clauses
Mwen bouke, mwen grangou, e dòmi nan je m.
I am tired, I'm hungry, and I'm sleepy.

"epi" - and, and then, then
Li te rele m de (2) jou pase pou revoke m, epi apre sa li pa janm rele m ankò.
He called me two days ago to fire me, and after that he never called me again.

ak, avèk, avè joins two or more words or groups of words.

Papa w ak frè w te vin wè w maten an men ou pa t lakay ou.
Your father and brother came to see you this morning but you weren't home.

Machin ak vwati se menm bagay la.
Machin and vwati are the same things.

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How would you spell she or he was a Christian

He/She was a Christian. - Li te yon kretyen.
Sometimes we describe Christians in Creole as pwotestan.


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