birds

birds → zwazo, zwezo

flying birds → zwazo k'ap vole

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how is everyboby doing

How's everybody doing?
Kijan tout moun ye?

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debat. Poukisa l ap debat?

debat → to struggle, to fight, to go up against

debat a lavi a → to fight the daily struggle of life.

L'ap debat → He / She is hanging in there.

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The noun "potential": "potensyèl" or "potensyalite"?

Wi, "potansyèl" oubyen "potansyalite"

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"fraz" -- Is there an easy way to distinguish between "sentence" and "phrase"? (e.g. "Fix the second phrase of the sentence.")

Haitian Creole "fraz" is a "sentence"

Haitian Creole "fraz" does not have the same definition as English "Phrase"

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urinate in bed

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to wet the bed → pipi nan kabann, pise nan kabann

someone's who wets the bed → pisannit

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WHATS YOUR NAME

http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/search/label/what%27s%20your%20name%3F

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is a haitian

...is a haitian.
...se yon Ayisyen.

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how do you say lover

lover → anmoure, anmourèz, boubout, menaj, fanm, nonm, kòkòt

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"My mind went blank."

My mind went blank
Tèt mwen pa't la.

or

Tèt mwen te pati.

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"The most distinguishing feature of the house"

The most distinguishing feature of the house
Detay ki mete kay la apa (the details that stand the house apart)
Karakteristik ki fè kay la pi atiran (the features that makes the house more appealing)

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I'm looking for a Creole word that captures the breadth of meaning in the English word "momentous". "Enpòtan", "santral", "sengilyè" just don't do it. Any ideas?

momentous → fondamantal, kritik, konsekan, prensipal, esansyèl, karakteristik, or siyifikatif (significant)

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kijan poum fe poum pran tes la an kreyol

se yon kesyon ou poze?

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"men and boys" and "a boy or a man"

man → mesye, gason, nèg, nonm, jenonm, konpè, mouche, tip, frewo
boy → ti gason, tibray

men and boys
mesye ak ti gason yo
or just
gason yo


a boy and a man
yon ti gason ak yon mesye

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how do you say stop in creole

stop! (as in Don't move!)
Kanpe la!
Rete la!

Stop right there! Do not take one more step!
Kanpe la! Pa pran yon pa anplis!

stop (to end, to cease)
sispann
kanpe

The car had stopped.
Machin nan te kanpe.

She stopped singing.
Li te sispann chante.

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