Bonswa! Do you know of any good online resources with lists of Creole-English translations (ex: basic vocabulary, phrases, verbs ). I work at a hospital and in Haiti and I help the timoun who hang around the clinic with their English lessons. They asked if I could print out any resources for them. Mesi anpil!

Try this site:  http://www.kreyol.com/dictionary.html

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In English, when someone responds in kind to an aggressive manner, we say "you have to fight fire with fire". Is there any way of expressing that in Creole?

You can use the followings:

Se pou w remèt èy pou èy, dan pou dan.

Or

Se pou w twoke kòn ou tenkantenk avèk ...

Or

Se pou w koresponn dan pou dan avèk ...

Or


Se pou w koresponn dife pou dife avèk ...

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I see that heart is kè, Is there a different way or word to express heart as in an emotion, like as in "with all my heart"..."or you are my heart" ?

"kè" is generally used for "heart" in that sense.

Pa egzanp:

1. I love you with all my heart.
    Mwen renmen w ak tout kè mwen.

2. You are my heart.
     Ou se kè mwen.

3. You are my heart's desire.
     Ou se dezi kè mwen.

4. It's in the heart of the city.
    Li nan kè (or sant) vil la.


Haitian Creole ↔ English Reference, Look up Haitian Creole and English Words