He’s
taken my sins away. – Li
retire peche m yo.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
What is "He's taken my sins away" in creole?
What does "helas!" mean?
Helas!
- Alas!
(Exclamation that expresses sadness or
disappointment)
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Ki sa "Gendwa"?
Gen dwa – to be able, to be entitled, to have the
right to, to be allowed
1. Ou gen dwa
manje nenpòt sa w vle. – You may
eat whatever you want.
2. Nou pa gen dwa
jije moun senpleman sou aparans yo. – You
should not judge people solely on their appearance.
3. Ou pa gen dwa
fè sa. – You should not do
that.
4. Konstitisyon peyi a
di tout moun se moun, yo gen dwa pou yo viv lib. – The country’s constitution says that
everyone is human, they have the right to live free.
I'm reading through the creole songs in Chants D'esperance which seem to use an older style spelling. I can still recognize most of the words but I'm stuck on gnou - such as in "Gnou jou avan kouche soley." Also, are the last two words reversed from their normal order?
Gnou, youn, or yon
– indefinite article a, an
Gnou jou – one day
To answer your question, no it’s not reversed. It’s the
possessive being used here.
kouche /solèy / la
setting / sun / the
the setting of the sun
gnou / jou / avan / kouche / solèy
a / day / before / laying / sun
one day before the
setting of the sun
one day before sunset
What are words for "sprain" or "wramp" as a noun and as a verb?.................
sprain - fouli, foulay, antòch
to sprain (to twist) – foule, dejwente
egzanp:
M foule pye m antan m
t’ap monte mòn nan.
Oubyen
M te pran yon foulay
antan m t’ap monte mòn nan.
for a shoulder strain you'll also use depole or dekloke
what is wap ban bouden?
W’ap ban m bouden
You’re misleading me.
Bay bouden – to deceive, to double cross
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Wordsapparently and impact in kreyol, also what does fouti mean?
apparently - aparamman
impact – efè, enpresyon, chòk
fouti – to be able (used in negative sentences)
such as:
M pa fouti konprann
sa misye ap di la.
I can’t understand
what he’s saying.
M telman fatige lò m fin travay, yon fwa m met tèt nan
kabann m pa fouti leve jouk li maten. –
I’m so tired after work that once I go to bed I can’t get up till it’s morning.
how do you say: ......
I meant to come get
you but I forgot. – M te fin pare pou
m vin chache w, men m vin bliye.
This means a lot to
me. – Sa konsekan pou mwen.
you can use the word konsekan or enpòtan
What do you mean? –
Kisa ou vle di?
Basically - esansyèlman
steering
wheel - volan
seat belt – senti sekirite
bald - chòv
labapen? and what's that saying, it goes something like gason se labapen.....
labapen - Artocarpus
camansi fruits, look like chesnuts.
I thought it was women that were given the name labapen …once they’re ripe, they fall
from the tree.
Monday, May 26, 2014
How do you say "any of you" in Creole?
Any
of you – nenpòt nan
nou, nenpòt kilès nan nou, nenpòt moun nan nou
It
can happen to any one of you.
– Sa ka rive nenpòt kilès nan nou.
Any
of you, anyone of you – youn
nan nou
Does
anyone of you know what time it is?
Eske
gen youn nan nou k’ konnen ki lè li ye?
None
of you – okenn nan
nou
They
were all sitting at the church’s doorway, yet none of them noticed that the
door was removed.
Yo
tout te chita nan papòt legliz la, poutan ankenn nan yo pa’t remake ke yo te
retire pòt la.
Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English WordsHow do you say "bear" in Haitian Creole? As in, "teddy bear?" Or the animal in general? I want to say, "My Haitian Bear," "My Island Bear," etc...as terms of endearment. Mesi.
Teddy
bear – nounous, ti nounous
A
teddy bear – yon nounous
A
bear (animal) – lous
Terms
of endearment: chouchou, cheri, toutou, koukout, cheri koukout, etc….
Thursday, May 15, 2014
what is the meaning of: sa je pa we, ke pa tounen?
Literally, what the eyes do not see cannot gross you
out.
You cannot be repulsed by what you don’t see.
The fast food restaurant employee did not wash her
hands after using the restroom. Hey, if
you do not know that you’ll trustingly eat the sandwich that she just prepared
with her bare hands for you :)
n’ava al bwè yon ti kafe ansanm. Can you please explain "n’ava al bwè" in detail ? kamsa hamnida
N’ava
al bwè yon ti kafe ansanm
N’ava
(future marker) or Nou va
Al (contraction for “ale”)
Nou
va ale bwè yon ti kafe ansanm.
We
will go drink some coffee together.
Hello, First of all I'd like to say Thank you for everything you do. I am in CA and you can't find ANY creole courses. My husband is from Haiti and we have a 7 month old son. My husband works a lot so he doesn't have the time to sit and teach me phrases. So Can you teach me a few things to say to my son? "come here baby", "mommy loves you" and some others maybe you can think of.
Thank you.
The few phrases that I can give you might be useful for a limited
amount of time as your interaction with your son expands.
If you are looking for HC phrases that you’ll use with your son
eventually the list can get quite long. If you want to go that route then get a
big notebook, make note of those phrases as they come to mind, when your
husband comes home from work he should be able to help you with some of them at
least – and he can be there to help you with articulation. You can email some of the sentences in your
list and I’ll help you as I can.
If you do a few phrases every day, you’ll filled many notebooks within
a month time. There are also some Haitian
Creole materials you can obtain online from Amazon, Educavision, Barnes and
Nobles, etc… that might be helpful with speech and pronunciation.
Come
to me – Vin jwenn mwen
Come
here! – Vin isit!
Come
to mommy – Vin jwenn manmi
Mommy
loves you – Manman w renmen w.
How do you say, "In tracing my bloodline origins, I've found that I have SO MANY FLAGS to wave!"?
Do you mean “flag waving” as in being patriotic?
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