Lesson 3 Flashcards
Achte
To buy or purchase
Achtè - buyer
Ale/Al
To go
N: alley
Bale
To sweep
N: broom
Konnen/Konn
To know
Rete/Ret
To stay, remain, live, inhabit. To stop (an object, not an action)
Genyen
To win, have/has, own, there is/there are
Fini/Fin
To finish, complete
Adj: done, complete, finished
Gade/Gad
To look, check, stare, watch
Rale
To draw, extract, stretch, pull, crawl, inhale, drag
Bezwen
To need
N: need
Pati
To depart or leave
N: part, portion, share
Konn
Typically, usually (implies regularity), use to, know to
Genyen/Gen
To have/has
Pare
To prepare, set
Adj: ready
Fòk/Fò
Must (“it is necessary that”)
ex: Fòk mwen fè sa. (I must do that)
Pale/Pal
To speak, talk, discuss
Sispann
To stop (an action), cease, discontinue, adjourn, abolish, quit
Fè
To make, do
Pran
To take an object, obtain, get, seize, capture, come down with, be in a fix
Tande
To hear, understand
Di
To say, tell (adj: harsh, hard, stiff, tough)
Jwèn or jwenn
To find, discover, join, meet get (in the sense of receiving something)
ex: you can use jwèn to get (receive) a message, but not (go) get a box.
Ede
To help, assist (verb)
èd - help, assistance (as a noun)
Grangou
Adj: hungry, eager
N: hunger, famine
