I.
I
am walking to my room – “M’ap
mache al nan chanm mwen” is correct
You can also say: M
pral nan chanm mwen (I’m
going to my room)
Adding the Creole verb “ale” helps to indicate that
you’re walking towards the room.
M’ap
mache nan chanm mwen means “I
am walking in my room”
II.
You may add the verb “ale” to indicate that you are moving
to …a direction.
Examples:
N’ap
kondi al Miami instead of N’ap kondi Miami (We’re
driving to Miami)
Mwen
te mache al lakay instead of Mwen te mache lakay (I walked
home)
III.
As far as the preposition “to” is concerned, it may
not be translated in Creole in these cases:
Mwen
pral lekòl (I’m going to
school)
Nou
prale lavil. (We’re
going to town)
Eske
ou prale legliz jodi a?
(Will you go to church today?)
Nou
prale lakay. (We’re
going home)
IV.
And sometimes we use “NAN”
Nan
may indicate at, to, to the, in,
or in the
Examples:
Li
prale nan mache. (He’s going to the market)
Mwen
pral nan magazen an. (I’m going to the store)
Mwen
pral nan konsè a. (I’m going to the concert)
Mwen
pral nan fèt la. (I’m going to the party)
Mwen
prale nan reyinyon an. (I’m going to the meeting)
Li
nan travay. (She’s at
work.)
Mwen
te wè li lopital la. Or M te wè l nan lopital la. (I saw her at the hospital)
V.
And finally… a little correction in your sentence :)
Say “chanm
mwen” instead of “chanm m”
We don’t usually use contractions after consonants
Chanm
mwen,
not chanm m (my room) We don't use
the contracted “m” after “chanm” because
of the ending consonant “m” in “chanm”
Liv
mwen,
not liv m (my book) We don't use
contracted “m” after “liv” because
of the ending consonant “v” in “liv”
Kabann
ou
not kabann w (your bed) We don't use
contracted “w” after “kabann”
because of the ending consonant “n” in “kabann”
Bagay
li
not bagay l (his thing) We don't use contracted “l” after “bagay”
because of the ending consonant “y” in bagay)
Mwen
prale avèk ou not Mwen prale avèk w (I will go
with you) We don't use contracted “w”
after “avèk” because of consonant “k”
at the end of “avèk”
BUT you CAN say Mwen
prale avè w (I’m will go with you)
We use contraction “w” after “avè” because
we have a vowel “è” at the end of “avè”
You can also say:
Papa
mwen
or papa m (my father) because “papa”
ends with a vowel “a”. SO it's ok to use a contraction after a word that ends with a vowel.
Mwen
renmen ou or Mwen
renmen w (I like you) because “renmen” ends with the nasal vowel “en”
manman
mwen or manman m
(my mother) because “manman” ends
with the nasal vowel “an”
Rele
mwen
or Rele m (call me) because “rele”
ends with a vowel “e”
VI.
OFF
OF / OFF may be
translated with some Haitian Creole expressions. We may use Haitian Creole terms "retire" or
"wete" (to take away or take out), or "soti" or "sot" (out of)
Examples:
Get
off of me (Get off me?)–
Soti sou mwen, wete (or retire) kò w sou mwen
Soti sou mwen – get away from me
Wete kò w sou mwen – remove your body from
me, remove yourself from me, get away from me.
She
fell off heaven – Li
tonbe sot nan syèl
He
fell off the horse – Li
sot tonbe sou chwal la.
She
fell off the bed.
– Li sot tonbe sou kabann nan.
The
spoon fell off the table
. – Kiyè a sot tonbe sou tab la
Take
your feet off the table – Wete pye w sou tab la
He
took off his hat – Li
wete chapo l.
He took the hat off the table. - Li wete chapo a sou tab la.
Keep
off the grass – Rete
lwen gazon an. (Rete lwen – Stay
away)
Keep the car off the grass. - Wete machin nan sou gazon an.
Same as:
Get off me. - Wete kò w sou mwen or Sot kò w sou mwen or Soti kò w sou mwen.
She
got off the car. – Li
te desann machin nan. (Get off –
desann, soti)
I’m
going to get off right here. – M’ap desann la a.
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