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Sunday, September 22, 2013

"bay yon replik", doesn't replik mean "reply"? But in creole bay yon replik seems to mean to give a bad answer. why BAD ANSWER?

Bay yon replik to talk back.

You might have heard bay yon replik as in to give a corresponding reply, or showing affront by talking back especially when it comes to children.


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When can I expect the next set of audio ?

I am working on that.  Sorry for the delay.  The laptop that I use for editing broke (this laptop has my editing applications and the group of audio I was working on in the hard drive) - I brought it to the seller to be fixed, but they had to ship it out.....  Give it a couple more weeks :) 

Ps: This laptop is my favorite.  It's an HP which I named Henry Paul :)   It's got many many documents of mine which I did not save on a flash drive....sigh.

So... a couple of weeks :)

Kenbe la.

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I like sound of that....Please translate that, M

Unfortunately we cannot translate this literally:

You might say:
M renmen lide sa a.
M renmen sijesyon sa a.
M pa fin rayi l non.

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sak "malfrendeng" lan vle di? Mwen pa kwe ke mwen te ekri mo a byen, mèsi!

malfrendeng (malfwendeng) -  good for nothing, shameless scumbag

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what does tre prop mean

how would you say in hc "to seduce"

Saturday, September 21, 2013

What is cuddle (v) in kreyol?

what does manke dega mean?

manke dega - to show lack of respect toward someone, to be rude to, to sass

1.  Ou pa respekte papa w.  W'ap manke l dega.
      You don't respect your father.  You're being rude to him.

2. W'ap manke m dega.
    You're being disrespectful to me.

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Friday, September 20, 2013

Kote ou ye konsa? / Kote ou ye? / ki kote ou ye? are the same question?

Yes, they all mean the same thing.

Kote yo ye konsa? → So, where are they?
Kote yo ye menm*? → Where are they anyway?
Kote yo ye or Ki kote yo ye? → Where are they?
and also...
Kibò yo ye? → Where are they?

*Other ways to use MENM (which seems to mean ANYWAY)
Kijan ou ye menm? - How are you anyway?
Sa ou fè menm? - What's you been up to anyway?

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Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Madanm, when I heard the sentence (Nou pral ale Jacmel demen maten avek ou." The speaker actually says sound-wise, "prale" for "pral ale". I know this is a spoken contraction, but is not this confususing to the listener? Instead, I pronounced it "pral ale". Also, if one were to say in spoken context, "prale ale", would it sound all right or sound funny? Mesi.

No, It would not sound funny.
When using the verb "ale" and the future marker "pral" we tend to do that.
Most of the time we do say "prale"; but once in a while we'd say "pral ale"

You will hear it most often when someone is referring to some "event" that is going to be happening soon.
Mwen pral ale talè.
I'm going to be going soon.
I'm going to be leaving soon.

as opposed to:

Mwen prale talè.
I'm leaving soon.

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kijan ou di 'immature', 'grow up' 'get your life together' ak 'welfare (like foodstamps)' an kreyol

immaturekannannan, krebete, anfanten
grow up (stop acting like a child)sispann aji tankou yon timoun; sipann fè kannannan; sispann fè nayif; mete granmoun sou ou.
Get your life together (Get your act together?) Òganize tèt ou; Ranje lavi w; Mete lòd nan lavi w; Ranmase kò w.

food stamps (welfare) → equivalent to èd leta, or sinistre
food stamps - foudstanp
welfare - wèlfè


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Is this a good translation for the song "Give Thanks"? I couldn't find it online so I made it myself, and my Creole is not very good. Thank you!


"Bay gras avek kè kontan
Bay gras a Papa Bondye
Bay gras paske Li te bay Jezikri, piti Li
Bay gras avek kè kontan
Bay gras a Papa Bondye
Bay gras paske Li te bay Jezikri, piti Li
Epi se pou fèb la di “mwen fò”
Se pou pòv la di “Mwen rich”
Poutèt bagay Seyè te fè pou nou
Epi se pou fèb la di “mwen fò”
Se pou pòv la di “Mwen rich”
Poutèt bagay Seyè te fè pou nou ..."


I find it to be an great translation.
The only thing I would change is line 9 and 12.

I would translate it as: Pou bagay Seyè a fè pou nou.
So it would be POU instead of POUTÈT

Dakò :)



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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Yon lot keksyon anko souple - konsenan mo " vre " pafwa nou jwenn li ak accent : vrè e pafwa san accent eske w kapab eksplike nou pouki e komen aprann ki lè nou dwe sevi ak accent e ki lè accent pa nesesè ? Men kek egsanp kote nou pa konnen si se bon ou non. . .mesi anko pou ede nou nan translasyon n ap fè la. Yon ti reg nou jwenn (si se bon ou non ?) se lè yon nom vini aprè mo "vre" se ak accent nou sèvi men si se yon nom avan mo "vre" a se san accent - eske nou korek lè nou fè konsa?


Yon lot keksyon anko souple - konsenan mo " vre " pafwa nou jwenn li ak accent : vrè e pafwa san accent eske w kapab eksplike nou pouki e komen aprann ki lè nou dwe sevi ak accent e ki lè accent pa nesesè ?
 
Men kek egsanp kote nou pa konnen si se bon ou non. . .mesi anko pou ede nou nan translasyon n ap fè la.
Yon ti reg nou jwenn (si se bon ou non ?) se lè yon nom vini aprè mo "vre" se ak accent nou sèvi men si se yon nom avan mo "vre" a se san accent - eske nou korek lè nou fè konsa? 

Men kek egsanp kote nou pa konnen si se bon ou non. . .mesi anko pou ede nou nan translasyon n ap fè la.
Yon ti reg nou jwenn (si se bon ou non ?) se lè yon nom vini aprè mo "vre" se ak accent nou sèvi men si se yon nom avan mo "vre" a se san accent - eske nou korek lè nou fè konsa? 
 
 
Examples of Vre with or without accent
1 - Jezi te fèt kot yo bay bèt manje, Pou moutre  nou yon vrè imilite.

2 - Ann sede lavi pou swiv Li, Ak yon kè e chwa ki vrè.

3 - Poukisa ou pa te kriye E chache lapè vre

4 - Libète nou, Li te peye, Si nou repanti tou vre.

5 - “Vini swiv Mwen,” L’ap rele nou, “Mwen, sèl vrè chemen an;

6 - Plètil, koute pawòl Jezi, L’ap ba ou vre repo:

7 - E lavi m’,  san rezèv,  mwen te ba Li. Paske Jezi te renmen mwen vrè,

8 - Richès yo ki dire lontan, Jezi sèl ka bay sa vre.


ANSWER:


"Vrè" and "vre" have the same meaning.
"vrè" with the accent is imitating the French pronounciation "vrai".

"vrè" and "vre" are atributes. and they mean "TRUE" or "REAL"

example (from your #1 and #2 examples):
1. "...ak yon kè e chwa ki vrè."with a heart and choice that is true
or
2. "...pou montre nou yon vrè imilite"to show us true humility.

But we tend to use "vre" without the accent as an adverb too.
example (from your #3, #4,  and #8 examples)
3. Poukisa ou pa te kriye E chache lapè vre? → Why didn't you cry and truly seek peace?

4. "... Jezi sèl ka bay sa vre" Only Jesu can truly give it

5. "...Si nou repanti tou bon vre." → I you truly repent


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Mandaly, after constructing a sentence in Kreyol "Enben, ou pa ka achte yon jilet aswe a.", I find out that I was not supposed to include "yon" in this sentence. By including "yon", does this not sound like good Kreyol? Or, does this not matter? Mesi anpil.

It sounds correct with "...yon jilèt ..."
Actually, you can write it with or without "yon".
Whether you have "yon" or not, it will refer to a nonspecific "jilèt"... as opposed to "jilèt la"

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