Haitian Creole

Making 'Haitian' Egg Sandwich (Audio)

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Bòs Litreille, sa w’ap fè la a?

Bòs Litreille what are you doing?

M’ap chache zouti pou’m ka fè manje

I’m looking for tools so I can cook.

Ki kalite manje ou pral kuit ak zouti sa yo?

What kind of food will you cook with these tools?

M ta renmen fè yon sandwich ze.

I’d like to make an egg sandwich.

E sa pou fè mato sa a?

And what is this hammer for?

Mato a se pou m ka kase ze a.

The hammer is so that I can break the egg.

O non bòs Litreille se pa konsa ou fè manje. Rale pwelon w, te’m montre w kijan ou fè sandwich ze.

Oh no bòs Litreille that’s not how you cook. Pull out you frying pan, let me show you how to make egg sandwich.

Dakò

Premyèman ou chofe pwelon an, enpi lage yon ti bè ladan l.

First you heat up the pan, then you add (drop) a little butter in it.

Dakò

Dezyèmman, pran yon bòl. Kase ze a sou arebò bòl la. Bat ze a byen bat.

Secondly take a bowl. Break the egg over the rim of the bowl. Beat the egg really well.

Ak kisa pou m bat ze a menm?

With what should I break the egg exactly?

Ou gen dwa itilize yon batèz oubyen on fouchèt.

You may use an egg beater or a fork.

Kisa pou m fè apre sa?

What should I do after that?

Apre sa ou gen dwa sote yon ti zonyon nan bè a, ansanm ak ti moso tomat, ti konkonm, ti piman, aransò…

You may sauté a little onion in the butter, together with little pieces of tomatoes, some cucumbers, some peppers, herring...

Aransò tou?

Herring also?

Men wi! Se pa ze Ayisyen w’ap fè?
Of course! Isn't it Haitian eggs you are making?

Of course! Aren't you making Haitian eggs?

Lèfini, lage ze a nan pwelon an. Li pa’p pran w plis ke 3 minit pou'l pare.
Afterwards, drop the eggs into the frying pan. It will not take more that 3 minutes to be ready.

Pandanstan sa a m’ap chofe pen m.
In the mean time I’ll heat up my bread.

Se sa. E men ni! Sandwich ou pare.
That's right, And there it is! Your sandwich is ready.

Hmmmm Ala bon!
Hmmmm How good!

Bòs Litreille, ban m fè yon ti goute non!
Bòs Litreille, let me have a taste, wont you?!

Dakò. M’ap pran mwatye, m’ap ba w mwatye
Sure. I’ll take half, I ‘ll give you half.

Mèsi . Hmmmm ala sandwich gou! Ou gen kafe bòs Litreille?
Thank you. Hmmm! What tasty sandwich! Do you have coffee bòs Litreille?

Non m pa genyen men m kapap bouyi enpe. Kisa m bezwen pou m fè kafe a la? Yon pwelon ak yon chalimo?
No I don’t but I can boil some. What do I need to make the coffee? A frying pan and a blow torch?

O Non, ou pa bezwen tout sa. Ou sèlman bezwen yon kafetyè, enpe dlo, enpe kafe, e petèt yon ti lèt ak sik.
No you don’t need all that. You only need a coffee pot, some water, some coffee and maybe some milk and sugar.

Enben vin al fè kafe a.
Well let's go make the coffee.

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Sa pou w fè m? - Sa pou w fè gode a?

Asking "What do you want of .....",, "What do you want with ..."?

Kisa pou w fè m?
or
Sa pou w fè m?
What do you want of me?
What do you need me for?

A lot of the times when someone calls your name.....
Janjan! (Johnjohn! :)
You answer ...
Plètil! (Yes!)
The person might yell out....
Vin jwenn mwen! (Come to me!)
And you will say...
Sa pou w fè m? (What do you need me for?)
It's a popular way to answer when someone calls on you ....even the Lord :)

Like Moses said unto the Lord :)
Sa pou m fè m Senyè?
What do you want of me Lord?

Your friend asks you for $100.00... you say..
Sa pou w fè lajan an?
What do you need the money for?

Or she asks you to borrow your car... and you say...
Sa pou w fè machin nan?
What do you need the car for?

Or you see your kid carrying a big hammer and heading for your piggy bank.... you say
Sa pou w fè gwo mato sa a?
What you going to do with this big hammer?

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Hello! I'm looking for the lyrics to Tout sa ou di Segne. I would greatly appreciate it if you told me. Thanks

Tout sa ou di senyè
Pa genyen manti
Pawòl ou se verite

Tout sa ki te ekri
sa w te anonse
Yo tout nèt se verite

Se vre ou toujou la , lè genyen traka
Ou pa fè kòm si w pa la
Se vre w toujou kenbe tout pwomès ou fè
Zafè w se bagay serye

Aleluila! Aleluila!

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how do you say mongrel in kreyol?

mongrel - bata

"bata" is also Haitian Creole for illegitimate child

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Hi can you explain 'san' in 'poze san w'? why 'san', why not 'tan'?Same goes for 'pran san w' which means 'take your time', it seems to me it might as well be 'pran tan w'.Can you also give a couple of examples. mesi.

Yes you’re right. It might make better sense for you if we said “pran tan ou ” instead of “pran san w or poze san w – relax, take your time, pace yourself” which is the correct expression, and we do sometimes.

But when using this expression I’d like you to think more about your core, your foundation, your nanm... relaxing, unwinding. San does literally translate blood, and that’s what we do mean: Pran san w…poze san w… cool your blood, cool it…..to someone whose blood is, perhaps, “boiling”, someone who’s too excited, too anxious, …twò antyoutyout.

Some examples how you use it:

1. Poze san w non! Sa’w genyen ou antyoutyout konsa? - Calm down! Why are you so juiced up?

2. Se te premye fwa l t’ap fè lanmou. Mennaj li di l, “Poze san w cheri, ou pa bezwen prese”. - It was his first time making love. His girlfriend said to him, “Take your time honey, you don’t need to rush."

3. M konnen l fò l te pran nan mera. Li pa’t vle poze san l. Li te twò cho devan bann nan. - I knew she was bound to run into trouble. She didn’t want to take her time. She was too antsy.

4. Poze san w pitit. Twò prese pa fè jou louvri. – Relax child. Being in a hurry does not make the day start any sooner. (second part translated literally)

5. N’ap poze san n. N’ap tann. Delivrans nou ap vini yon jou kanmenm. – We’ll pace ourselves. We’ll wait. Our deliverance will come one day for sure.

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Mandalay, what is "nou marye tanbou nou"?

marye tanbou nou - lit. to marry our drums, ....to harmonize our drums (to make music)

This may be literal or not (depending on what you're reading).
Nou marye tanbou nou.
We harmonized our drums to make music.
or
We joined forces
or
We gather, cooperate, and band together

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What is koupe pye in this sentence? depi lo sa a m fe seman pou m koupe pye m la.

Koupe pye – to stop frequenting a place, to avoid going somewhere anymore

1. Depi m te tande nouvèl la m te koupe pye nan legliz sa nèt. - Since I heard the news I stopped going to that church.

2. Tanndat m koupe pye lakay vwazin nan, poukisa w’ap mande m nouvèl li? - I stopped going to the neighbor’s house a long time ago, why are you asking me about her?

Your sentence:

3. Depi lò sa a (Or depi lè sa a) m fè sèman pou m koupe pye m la . –

Since then I swore to never set foot there.

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what does rankin and devine mean?

rankin - resentment
devine - to guess

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Kisa vle di FLANKE exactly nan Angle? Esplike? Eske ou kapab itilize li nan yon fraz?

Flanke can translate to give (more like “to frickin give”), to wham, to bang, to slam, to drop, to slap.

Saying flanke indicates some anger, impatience, upset, … also indicates movement that’s done with a wham! a blow! or a strike! It does not indicate kindness.

Men kèk egzanp:

Flanke m lapè m! - (literally) Give me my peace (This may really mean Shut up! Or Leave me alone!)

Flanke jwèt videyo a de kote enpi vin ede m. – Put the video game aside and come help me. (again, using “flanke”here indicates some impatience or a little anger)

Li flanke pitit la atè a pou l sa joure m. – She drop the child on the ground so she can curse at me

Li flanke m yon kout baton. – She hit me with a club.

Li flanke mesye a yon kalòt. – She slapped the guy.

Al flanke dèyè w yon kote! – (literally) Go put your butt somewhere! / Go sit down!

Savon an koute $2. M te ba w $5 donk flanke m monnen m! - The soap costs $2. I gave you $5 so give me my change.

Misye t’ap fè vitès. De polis rete l enpi yo flanke l yon kontravansyon. – He was speeding. Two police officers stopped him and gave him a ticket.

Madanm nan t’ap fè gwo eskandal nan kay la. Mari a rele lapolis, li fè yo flanke madanm nan nan prizon. – The wife was making a big fuss in the house. The husband called the police and had them put the wife in jail.

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just returned from an visit to an orphanage and want to take some pics back when I go in May, how do you say, “It was so great to meet you my young friend. God loves you and will be with you until I return. Your friend, …”

“It was so great to meet you my young friend. God loves you and will be with you until I return. Your friend, …” – Se te yon gran plezi pou m te rankontre w jenn zanmi mwen. Bondye renmen ou e Li va avè w jouk tan m retounen. Zanmi ou, …”

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Eske veb 'fwase' dwe toujou gen (genyen?) yon pronoun pou suiv li?

Non, pa tout tan. Ou kapab di:

1. Sa li fè a te fwase m anpil.

What he did hurt me a lot.

2. Mwe te fwase anpil.

I was very hurt.

3. M te fwase.

I was hurt.

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Is alapwochen French or Creole?

À la prochaine is French.
Pwochèn fwa is H. Creole
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I can use konsa to say about, almost?

Yes, “about, approximately, around….”

Y’ap koumanse a witè konsa. – They’ll begin at about 8:00.

N’ap sòti bò zòn apremidi konsa. – We’ll go out around the afternoon.

Te ka genyen yon santèn moun konsa anndan an. – There could have been approximately a hundred person inside.

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What is the different between: atoufe, chime, detrake, malfekte, rakete, magouye, vole, and eskamote?

Atoufè (mechan) – mischievous person

chimè (sovaj) – cruel, heartless person

detrake (fou) – crazy, demented person

malfektè (lougawou) – evil person

raketè (vòlè, piyajè) – racketeer, pirate

magouyè (manigansè, tronpè) – imposter, sham

vòlè (dwèt long, chat mawon) – burglar, crook

eskamotè (tripotèz) – scandalous, backbiting

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Hello Mandaly, Did I ask you questions about punctuation in Haitian creole? I feel like I did but let me know if you did or did not. If did you received the questions, could you explain them in great detail

Yes, you will find them in the Haitian Creole language just like you find them in French... a period at the end of a statement; a question mark at the end of a question; commas to connect words, clauses, lists, you may see apostrophes or dashes with contractions such as manman'l, l'ap, se manje li-a; you will find the hyphen with names a lot of times like in Mari-Lwiz, Jan-Mak, or Jan-Pòl; etc...

periods - pwen, pwen final

question mark - pwen entèwogasyon
exclamation points - pwen esklamasyon
comma- vigil
hyphen - trèdinyon
dash – tirè
semicolon – pwen vigil
colon – de pwen
apostrophes - apostwòf
quotation marks - gimè; (quote … end quote – ant gimè, nan mitan gimè)
parentheses – parantèz, (in parentheses – ouvè parantèz … fèmen parantèz)
commercial at- awobaz
ellipsis - pwen sispansyon
pipe – ba vetikal
forward slash - ba oblik
backslash - ba oblik envès
brackets ([...]) - kwochè
brackets ({...}) - akolad

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Hey! I love how useful and real your answers are, or well seem to be baha. Can you please give me the translations to these phrases or the best way to get the point across.Thanks!....

“Hey! I love how useful and real your answers are, or well seem to be baha. Can you please give me the translations to these phrases or the best way to get the point across.Thanks!....
This is yours (like if I was giving them something to keep)
Do you like it? (like if I was giving them a new food to try)
And lastly this phrase...
We appreciate all that you do for us, I hope one day we will be able to speak to
you in kreyol.”

This is yours – Sa se pou ou or Sa se pa’w la.

Do you like it? – Eske ou renmen li?

We appreciate all that you do for us, I hope one day we will be able to speak to
you in kreyol. – Nou apresye tout sa ou fè pou nou, m’espere yon jou nou va kapab pale avèk ou an Kreyòl.

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in the expression koupe m sa sek, can you say kase instead of koupe?

I think that this expression is what it is. It will not sound the same with "kase".

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I know you can use "se" to mean "it is." Like "Se yon bèl jounen." I know that you can make it past tense by saying, "Se te yon bèl jounen." Can you put "se" with other tenses? Se pral... or Se ap...?? Thanks!

Yes we can, Men kèk egzanp:

Se pral yon gran jou.

Se va yon gran jou.

Se ta pral yon bèl sipriz pou tout moun, men malerezman yo te aprann nouvèl la.

Se dwe te papa l ki ba l machin nan

Se ka yon move nouvèl li resevwa ki ba l gwo sezisman sa a.

--As far as progressive is concerned, it can’t be done because it’s a passive voice.

It’s being washed. – Se lave y’ap lave’l

It’s being done right now. – Se fè y’ap fè’l kounye a.

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How do you ask someone to bring you something or get you something? "Please get me a loaf of bread from the store.

We use “pote” , “mennen”, and sometimes “pran”
Examples:

1. Mennen l ban mwen. or Pote l ban mwen. - Bring it to me.

2. Pran l pou mwen tanpri. - Get it for me please.

3. Bring me the baby. - Pote bebe a ban mwen.

4. Get me a cold glass of water please. - Pote yon vè dlo glase pou mwen tanpri.

5. Can you get this bag for m? I can reach it. - Eske w kapab pran valiz sa a pou mwen,? M pa ka rive pran l.

6. Please get me a loaf of bread from the store. - Tanpri achte yon pen pou mwen nan magazen an.

7. Please get me a loaf of bread while you’re at the store. - Tanpri pran yon pen pou mwen pandan w nan magazen an.

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How do you say "Happy Birthday, my precious daughter"?

Happy Birthday, my precious daughter.
Bòn fèt, pitit fi presye mwen an

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m tonbe pale koze m pa gen biznis pale sou tab la. Tout moun blije met tèt atè – m te mare kon krab. Can you plz explain HOW the way you translated ?

"m tonbe pale koze m pa gen biznis pale sou tab la. Tout moun blije met tèt atè – m te mare kon krab"

tonbe, here, is translated as to start, to begin

example:

M tonbe kouri - I started to run.

Nou tonbe danse - we started to dance

koze is translated as things, conversations, dialogue, chats

M | tonbe | pale | koze | m | pa | gen | bizinis | pale | sou | tab la

Tout moun | blije (or oblije) | met (or mete) | tèt atè.

Everyone | obligated | put | head down
Everyone was forced to put their head down.

M te mare kon krab

I was tied like crab
I was uncoordinated

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Mandaly. An "E nou va (na) fe konesans ak bokou(anpil) moun demen maten." Yo se "bokou" ak "anpil pi ranplase nan moman an? M konnen sa "bokou"

Bonjou Rachal :)

Haitians don’t generally use “bokou” when they want to say “a lot (anpil)” unless it is to say “mèsi bokou”. It might be a term that’s used more in other Creole cultures.

In that sentence it’s best to use “anpil”.

Dakò.

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Madanm. When writing down "in Haiti" in Creole and "in the plane", should it be: "ann Ayiti" and "ann avyon", instead of "an Ayiti" and "an avyon"? The reason I ask is because in spoken form, there is a liaison between these two expressions. Am I right on this? Mesi bokou.

Yes you are right. It comes from French articulation…. The liaison between “en” and the word that follows if it begins with a vowel or silent “h”.

We do say

“an Ayiti” (from French “en Haiti) - in Haiti

“an avyon” (from French “en avion”) - by plane

Other places you’ll see A French preposition being used are:

An Chin (from French “en Chine”) – in China

An Afrik (from French “en Afrique”) – In Africa

Also

A Pari (from French “Á Paris”) – in Paris

O Kanada (from French “Au Canada”) – in Canada

Also

Bak annaryè (from French “faire back en arrière”) – to step back

Etc…

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What would "lap chachem kont" vle di an kreyol. Mesi! Also what does "kwake" vle di? I always hear that word but I can never really understand its meaning.

Chache kont – to tick off sb, to push sb’s button, to ask for it, to provoke
Adding the subject between “chache” and “kont” indicates “who” is being ticked off.
example:

1.

L’ap chache m kont.

Li ap chache mwen kont (not contracted)

He’s ticking me off.

Poukisa w’ap chache l kont?

Why are you teasing him?

Si w chache chen an kont, l’ap mode w.

If you provoke the dog, he’ll bite you.

Kwake or kwak – although

example:

Kwake nou te fatige nou te ale nan fèt la kanmenm

Although we were tired we went to the party anyway.

5.

Nou te kondui apeprè 8 km ak machin nan kwake kawoutyou devan an te pete

We drove approximately 5 miles with the car although the front tire blew.

6.

Kwake prezidan an pa’t kenbe pawòl li sou pwomès li te fè, moun yo vote pou li kanmenm.

Even though the president didn’t keep his words on the promises that he made the people voted for him anyway

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Does adding konsa after di "di konsa" mean something other than "said"? I want to say Jezi di konsa.

"di konsa" basically mean "to say". "konsa", here, literally means "like that"

egzanp:
1. Jezi di konsa, "Vin jwen mwen".
     or
     Jezi di, "Vin jwenn mwen".
     Jesus says, "Come to me."

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"Fouye zo nan kalalou"? kisa vle di?

fouye zo nan kalalou - to investigate, to nose around, to dig

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Where can I find the correct terms for the different parts of the face and body in Haitian Creole? Thank you for your help!

Hair - cheve, chive

Face – figi, vizaj

facial creases – pli nan figi

forehead - fwon or fontèn

eyebrow – sousi

eyelashes – plim je

eyelid – po je or do je

eyeball – boul je

eye– je or zye

eye socket – twou je

cheek – bò figi

cheek bone – zo figi

jaw – machwa, machwè

jawbone - zo machwa, zo machwè

chin - manton

dimple – twou bote

mouth - bouch

teeth - dan

nose - nen

nostrils – twou nen

profile view – depwofil

Parts of the face / Diferan pati nan figi a
Kreyol

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Would you say that tchuipe (spelling right I hope) is trait only found in Haitian?

A trait? I thought it was a way of expressing ourselves.
No, other cultures do it too. Haitians just do it better :)

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What does the word "kalanber" mean, I might have spelled it wrong, thanks!

It’s kalanbè - smegma, sebum

Haitian sometimes curse you out and they say Kalanbè! Or Kalanbè manman w! meaning “you are something revolting or disgusting”.

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Lapoula m te dwe fè bak tounen lakay men. Hi, can you explain 'lapoula' and 'bak' ? here. Mesi anpil (kamsa hamnida)-that's in Korean

Lapoula – immediately, right then and there, right away, right on the spot

Example:

1. Jezi te poze men l sou malad la e lapoula l te geri. - Jesus laid his hand on the sick and immediately he was healed.

Regarding ‘bak’, the expression actually is “fè bak”

fè bak – to back away, to step back, to walk back, to back down

sometimes you will hear “fè bak annaryè” to go backwards, to recede, to retreat

Example:

2. Lè moun yo te wè mesye a te gen yon zam nan men l yo tout te fè bak. – When the people saw that the man had a weapon they all stepped back.

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Mesi anpil. What does this mean? -li kont kol- What is kont and kol? thanks

Without the context I’m going to choose this spelling, “Li kont kò’l.”
Li kont kò’l - he/she's full of himself/herself

1.

Kont – enough

Egzanp:

Li kont. – it’s enough.
Li pa kont. – it’s not sufficient.
Nou danse kont nou. – We danced enough. (We danced all we could / We danced as much as we could)

2.

Kò’l or kò li – his/her body; himself/herself

Egzanp:
Retire w kò w la. – Remove yourself from here (Get out of here)
Eske ou pou kò w. – Are you by yourself? / Are you alone?

So
Li kont kò’l. – He’s got enough of himself. (He’s conceited … full of himself)

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What are words for 'factory', 'plant(chemical or industrial)', 'refinery', and 'silo(storing grain)'?

Factory – izin, faktori, endistri

Chemical plant - Izin pwodui chimik

Industrial plant – izin endistriyèl

Refinery – izin, fakori, enstalasyon pou rafinaj

Silo – silo, rezèv, rezèvwa, depo

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how would I say 'here's question that i d like to ask' is it POZE or mande for ask?

You can use poze or mande.

poze yon kesyon
mande yon kesyon
ask a question

Here is a question that I'd like to ask.
Men yon kesyon m ta renmen mande.
or
Men yon kesyon m ta renmen poze.

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Bonjou! I've been trying to translate the following sentence in kreyòl into English, and I want to make sure I've got the sense correct. The context is the following: Haitian poet Emile Roumer is revisiting Haitian history, and to move away from the tendency to group Jean Price-Mars in with the other "indigéniste" writers….

“Bonjou! I've been trying to translate the following sentence in kreyòl into English, and I want to make sure I've got the sense correct. The context is the following: Haitian poet Emile Roumer is revisiting Haitian history, and to move away from the tendency to group Jean Price-Mars in with the other "indigéniste" writers. Roumer says about Price-Mars in the early 1920s: "yo pat menm konnen li menm...li pa menm konte pou Ayiti menm"
My translation is: "People did not even know him [or his work?]...he did not count for Haiti"
Any advice or help you could provide would be much appreciated!!!”

Answer:

Awesome :) Your translation is correct. The second part of that sentence would be “he did not count for Haiti” or “he did not matter to Haiti”… He was not significant….

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