Creole Flashcards
(260 cards)
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Q
to give
A
bay, ban, ba
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Q
to hussle
A
brase
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Q
hussler
A
braseur
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Q
pronouns
A
mwen, ou, li, nou, nou, yo
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Q
son
A
pitit gason
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Q
wife
A
madamn
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Q
mari
A
husband
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Q
woman
A
fanm
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Q
man
A
neg
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Q
uncle
A
ton ton/ monnonk
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Q
aunt
A
matante
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Q
nephew
A
neve
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Q
brother in law
A
bo fre
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Q
sister in law
A
bel se
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Q
to be
A
se, ye
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Q
what…is….for?
A
kisa… ye… pou?
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Q
there was
A
te gen
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Q
there wasn’t
A
pa’t’gen
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Q
there will be
A
pral gen
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Q
what time
A
a kile (a ki leh)
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Q
when
A
kile
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Q
when
A
le
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Q
outside
A
deyo
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Q
future with ap
A
subj ap verb OR subj pap verb
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future with a
m'a, w'ap, l'a, n'a, y'a -- negative just becomes PAP
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future with ava/ va
subj + va/ava + verb
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pill, seed, no one
grenn
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proverb that means everyone is involved
chak moun gen yon grenn zanno kay ofev
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going to
subj + prale (or pral)
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would like to
subj + ta + verb
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when to use LA
consonants except n and m - Y is a consonant
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when to use A
vowels (except zanmi and fanmi)
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when to use AN
nasal vowel (AN, EN, ON)
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when to use LAN
words ending in - NT, NP, NS, NK, NY
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when to use NAN
nasal consonant (chanm, paking)
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how to make a word plural
yo
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later
ta le
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earlier
ta le a
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i ate an orange
i ate oranges
i ate the oranges
mwen mange yon zoranj
mwen mange zoranj
mwen mange zoranj yo
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some
kek
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many
anpil
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a bunch
yon bann
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a group
yon group
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a pile
yon pil
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a few
detwa
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a flood
yon lavalas
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a lot
yon kokennchen
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a lot
yon dividal
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a packet
yon packet
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proverb for whats going on and response
sak gen nan loj? menm sekre yo
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hows it going
sa kap fet ---- menm bagay yo, menm penpenp yo
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same old shit
ti mari pa monte, ti mari pa desann, menm penpenp yo
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snobbish
zou zou
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each scared of each other
yon pe lott
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gang
chimere
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fraud
magwouy / fraude
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looks like
gen le OR sanble
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surprised
sezi
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how to make possessive?
add PA + personal pronoun
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mine
pa'm
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yours
pa'o
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how to say you are really from somewhere
se la yo te koupe lanbrit mwen
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all of sudden
```
sanzatann
lamenm
menm kote a
touswit
imediyatman
```
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to greet
salye (sal yay)
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he greeted anayiz
li salye anyiz
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common goodbye greeting to friends
salye family ou pou mwen OR salye moun yo pou mwen
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he went his own way
li ale fe wout li
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to go out -- to be from(?)
soti
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to leave
ale
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thank god
merci bon dye, bon dieu, grazadieu
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to take
pran
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to take to the streets
pran lari, pran beton an
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to take boat
pran lame/lanme
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already --- BEFORE verb
gentan
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already --- after the verb
deja
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yet (also before verb) -- present
poko (panko, pako)
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i haven't seen ann yet
mwen poko we ann
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yet (in the past)
potko (pan'tko, patko)
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there is - abbreviated
gen yon, gon
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it is - abbreviated
se yon, son
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who is responsible? who will pay?
sou kont ki moun?
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proverb for saying you have the wind under your kite
fe kap yo pran van pou yale
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they completely left
yo fin ale
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finally
resi
85
to invade
anvayi
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overcome
anpare
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fear (heart out of chest)
ke sote
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im worried
ke'm sote
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im not worried for you
k'em pa sote pou ou
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calm
ke kal / tet fret
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poised
ke poze/ tet poze
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i feel sorry for someone
ke'm fe'm mal
| mwen gen la penn
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rather
pase, pito, prefere
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body
ko
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my body
ko mwen
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your body
ko ou
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BAY
can also mean bagay
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sharks
reken
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haitian way to refer to haiti
Ayiti Toma
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poverty
la mize
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broken
kraze
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bourgeois
moun anwo
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poor
moun anba
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even - always at beginning of sentence
ata
105
boat
kannte
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to be able to
kapab, kap, kan, ka
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ka -- significance
mwen ka vini --- mayyyybe i will go
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i would have gone
mwen te ka vini
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we are in trouble
nou nan ka
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we are in a really bad spot (usually death)
nou gen ka
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whats wrong?
sa ki genyen?
| sac genyen?
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kenbe
keep, hold on, hold
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next to
bo cote
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could have
te ka
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could (in the future)
ta ka
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it has been ___since
sa fe...depi...
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fresh
frekan
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good taste
GOU BOUCH OU
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UNTIL
JOUK
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if i ___ I would
si'm.... m'a/m'ap
| si'm vini premiere prezident fanm m'ap change salaire pou kapab (pou vini) egal avec salaire gason
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i i were...i would...
si'm te...m'tap
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if you were...what would you do?
si ou te ...kisa ou ta fe?
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te+app =
t'ap
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expressing obligation
se pou + subj
fok (start sentence with this)
fo
subj + dwe (dew way) + verb
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each night
chak swa
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to express obligation in the neg use
subj + pa + dwe + verb
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warning
piga + Pinga
| pinga ou parle pwen
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all that doesn't kill you will make you fat
tout sa ki pa touye ou a angrese ou
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to pick
keyi
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poor person
malere
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to kneel
ajenou
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to plant trees
rebwaze
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to banish
bani
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treason
treason
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saj
wise
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rouze
to water
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joy
lajwa
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mankind
lezom
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those who are hungry
sak grangou, sak ki grangou
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weapons
zam
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sharpen
fle
| shooting stars -- lez étowal fle
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a day
yon jou
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another day
yon lot jou
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a time
yon lot fwa
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to master/tame
donte
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to find
jwenn/trouve
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the others
lezot, zot
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grand master
granmet
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spirits
lwa
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sen
saints
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ak de je 'l
with his 2 eyes
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petet
maybe
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behind mountains there are mountains
deye mon gen mon
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après yon pwoblem gen lot pwoblem
after one problem, theres another
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problems never finish
pwoblem pap janm fini
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hatred
rayisman
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krache
to spit, li krache nan la ri
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food
mange
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grilled meat
bouk carne
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engra
ungrateful
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ugan
voodoo priest
| manbo - female
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rayay
hate
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motivated
zele
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se rat kay la k'ap mange pay (PIE) kay la
destruction is coming from within
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skin
po also, jar
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egare
stupid (nou pa egare -- thats a saying after you brag about something)
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shit talker
djole -- joe le
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chifon
brush
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idea
ide
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your turn
jwet p'ou
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toes
zotey
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monte yon maswife
to given a hard time
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ko m'ap fe'm mal
my body hurts
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the dead
the dead
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regle
to regulate
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to insult
joure
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vire do
turns ones back
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side
bo
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blood
san
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manchet
machete
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ase
only, enouh
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nan tet ansamn
as one in union
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pandan
during
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to agree
antann
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something is better than with adjective
pi + adj + pase (Than) or KE
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something is more with noun
plis + noun + ke (or nothing after noun)
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you learn something each day - you never know everything?
sa ou pa konnen pi gran pase ou
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to worship
adore
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to pretend
pran poz or pretann
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to ignore someone blatantly at a party
pran poz li
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to kill someone (voodoo)
mange moun
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ill kill you (not literally)
map mange ou
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you know today, but never tomorrow
ou we jodi, ou pa konn demen
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height
wote
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width
gwose
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grudge
hen
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most of them/majority of them
pifo nan yo, majorité nan yo
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birth cert
batisse
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middle man
rakete
200
everyone trying to make a deal
tout mon sou fe buzinez
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he is everything to me
se acktivite mwen li ye
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with all her/his heart
ak tout ke'l
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to be successful
ka pote ampli fwi
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please
tanpri
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game
jwet
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to play
jwe
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somewhere
kek kote
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i hope
m'swete
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to whom
bay kimoun
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with whom
avek kimoun
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for whom
pou kimoun
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we will see
n'ap we
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to fool me (give me a banana)
| you fool me
ban mwen yon figmi
| ou ban mwen yon figmi
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to take me for a fool (take me for a monkey)
prann mwen pou yon makak
| ou pense se yon ma kak
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to hang out
ale flane (flan ay)
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to block/eliminate me/exlcude
blaze (blaze ey) mwen
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don't screw this up for us
pa blo nou, non
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exactly like something...(cut head or a drop of water)
tet koupe, de gout dlo
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apple doesn't fall from the tree (neg sense)
piti tig se tig
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expectations
atan
221
anything
n'impot bagay
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disappointed
deso
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to slow down
ralente
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to like someone (have an eye for someone)
li gen yon je pou Anayiz
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to fall for someone
li tonbe pou Anayiz
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he was in love
li te damou
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confused
confund
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he is lying to himself (giving his head lies)
ap bay tet li menti
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honest
onet
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you give, ill give (work together?)
se ban'w, m'a ba'w
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when describing something negative, but must admit to something positive (hate the dog, but say his teeth are white)
rayi chyen an men di dan'l blanch
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a total woman
fans total complet
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gossip
tripotay (tripo tie)
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whats going on there?
sak gen la?
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creole pale, creple konprann
ask teacher to explain (i don't want bother explaining, you either understand or not?)
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to suceed
reyisi, resi
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to scare away
kraponne
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in what way?
nan ki sens?
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cont
against
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your affairs
zafe ou
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its not a rumor, its true
se pa yo di se verite
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prefer
pito
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thats none of your business
sa pa gade ou
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darkness
denwa
245
bottom
fon
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already
gentan
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jennen
to annoy, get in the way
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OR
oubyen
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good for nothing, bum
sanzave / vakabon
250
to dig
fouye
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evening
jou swa
252
it is necessary
fok
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bo
to kiss/embrace
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collective/work team
konbit
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to have just done something
fek (just left, fek soti)
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change your mind
change lide ou
257
a group of birds
bann zwazo
258
damn!
tonne, fout
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jan chache, jan twouve
the way you search, the way you find -- i think re efforts
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san se san, dlo se dlo
family is family
