Vocab and Other Things Flashcards
(156 cards)
1
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Ale/al
A
To go
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Fini/fin
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To finish
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Gade/gad
A
To look at
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Genyen/gen
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To have
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Konnen/konn
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To know
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Kapab/kab/ka
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can/ to be able to
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Mete/met
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To put
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Pote/pot
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To bring/carry
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Rete/ret
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to stay/to live/ to stop
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Soti/sot
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To go out
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Vini/vin
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To come/become
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Can these verbs (i.e. ale, fini, gade, genyen, konnen, kapab, mete, pote, rete, soti, and vini) be truncated at the end of a sentence? If so, what are their short forms?
A
YES! Al Fin Gad Gen Konn Kab or Ka Met Pot Ret Sot Vin
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Abiye/biye
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to dress; use the [Abiye] form
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Avanse/vanse
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to march forward
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Dekale/kale
A
to peel
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Delage/lage
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to untie, let go
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Derefize/refize
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to refuse; negation
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dekale/kale
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to peel
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enève/nève
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to be mad; to be unnerved
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eseye/seye
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to try; use the [Eseye] form
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oblije/blije
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to be obligated
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prepare/pare
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to prepare
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rankontre/kontre
A
to meet; to blend or converge
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rasanble/sanble
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to gather; to assemble
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rekonèt/konèt
to recognize; to look like
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retounen/tounen
to return
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siveye/veye
to watch/look after (to be vigilant)
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Fè/fèt
to do/(passive form) to be done or to take place
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Te
past tense
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T ap or T ape
past progressive tense
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Ap
present progressive tense (present continous or future)
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Aprale or Apral (contraction forms- Apral or Pral)
present progressive tense of "Ap"
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Sa a or Sa yo
that or those
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Ki or K
that
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Future Tense patterns
Subj. + Ap + Verb
Subj. + Pral + Verb
Subj. + Ava/Va/A + Verb
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Conditional Action pattern
(If clause) Si + Subj. + Te + Verb; (Main clause) Subj. + T ap + Verb
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Ta
"Would"
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Annou/ Ann
Let us/ Let's
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Ap/Ape
Progressively/ continuous (-ing)
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A/Ap/Va
Indefinite future (will)
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Pral
Immediate future (going to go)
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Te
Past (ed/did/was)
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Ta
Conditional (would)
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T ap
Conditional (used in if clause)
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T ap (te + ap)
Past progressive
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Pa t (pa +te)
Past/negative (didn't/ wasn't)
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P ap (pa + ap)
Negative future/ negative prog. (won't)
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Pa t ap
Negative past progressive (wasn't/weren't)
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Ekri
written
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Etenn
to be extinguished
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Fèt
to be born/ to be done/ to be built or founded
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Fè + Verb
To tell about something that "needs to be" or "must be" completed
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Kuit
cooked
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Lave
Washed
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Lage
To be untied
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Manje
to be eaten
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Mare
to be tied
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Mele/pran
to be trouble/ to be embarrassed/ to be held
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Vann
to be in big trouble
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Se
present tense of "to be" followed by an inanimate state of being (i.e. profession, nationality, religion)
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Ye
used as "to be" at the end of a sentence when asked beginning "how", "whose", or "where"
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Ban/Ba/Bay
to give
- used be fore a personal pronoun beginning with a nasal constant
- goes before the other pronoun
- goes before nound
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Bay manti
to lie
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Bay blag
to tell jokes
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Bay odyans
to chat
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Bay kout ba
to fool
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bay payèt
to show off
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Bay poto
to stand someone up
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Bay vag
to give up
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Bay konkou
to help
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Bay kout men
to give a hand
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Bay madichon
to cast spell
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Bay pawòl
to sweet talk
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Bay rezon
to concede
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Ban m nouvèl ou!
How are you doing?
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Gen/genyen
Gen- used in the middle of the sentence, used mostly after an object
Genyen- must be used at the end of a sentence
-Either form can mean "there is"or"there are" in sentences with no subject
-Never a helping verb or auxillary verb
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- 1. Ap gen/ Va gen
- 2. Gen/ genyen
- 3. P ap gen
- 4. Pa gen/ nanpwen
- 5. Pa t gen
- 6. Pa ta gen/ Pa t ap gen
- 7. Ta gen/ t ap gen
- 8. Te gen
- 1. There will be
- 2. There is/ there are
- 3. There won't be
- 4. There is no
- 5. There was no/ there were no
- 6. There wouldn't be
- 7. There would be
- 8. There was/ there were
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Reflexive Verb
A verb that requires the use of a pronoun even if a noun or pronoun subject is already used in the statement
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Amize (reflexive)
- Reflexive: to enjoy yourself
| - Not reflexive: to amuse
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Enstale (reflexive)
- Reflexive: to take over
| - Not Reflexive: to install
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Santi (reflexive)
- Reflexive: to feel
| - Not Reflexive: to smell
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Twouve (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to find oneself
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Debouye (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to manage/cope
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Degaje/demele (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to finagle, to manage, to make do
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Enkyete (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to worry
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Repoze (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to rest
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Reziye (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to resign oneself
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Mande tèt (reflexive)
-Reflexive: wonder/ to ask for
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Twonpe tèt (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to be mistaken/ to fool
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Pran tèt (reflexive)
-Reflexive: to pull oneself together
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An sotan + pronoun
On the way back. while coming from
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Rann + pronoun + Kont + Ke
to realize
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Pran Plezi
to enjoy yourself
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Fèk/ fenk, fin, sot, annik
are used for immediate past or just completed actions
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Kouri
to express something that is done in a hurry
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Pran or Konbe
for an action that bgins spontaneously
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Konn
for hibitual action
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Resi
is used for an action that is finally completed after several attempts or after being expected for a long time
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Plede
to argue, to keep (doing something)
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Tonbe
to fall (down), to start (doing something that will last)
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Pran
to take, to start (doing something that will last)
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kouri
to run, to do something in a hurry
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Vini/vin
to come, to become
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Tonbe
(as an auxillary): to start/ to begin as if there were no end
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Kouri
- Kouri al: to go in a hurry
| - Kouri vin: to come in a hurry
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anpeche
to prevent from
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bouke
to be fed up with
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bay...vag
to give up
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chèche
to look for
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chita
to sit down
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chase
to drive out
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dekole
to take off
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depoze
to drop off
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defann
to object to
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gade
to look at
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mare
to tie up
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jete
to throw away
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koute
to listen to
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leve
to get up
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dirije
to preside over
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mande
to ask for
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fikse
to stare at
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peye
to pay for
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kanpe/ leve kanpe
to stand up
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plen
to fill with
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kenbe
to hold/ to hold up
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ralanti
to slow down
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kwoke
to hang up
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reveye
to wake up
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pran/ pase chèche
to pick up
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revoke
to lay off/ fire
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pè
to be afraid of
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sibi
to bear with
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jwenn/dekouvri
to find out
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sipòte
to put up with
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ri
to laugh at
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sòti
to go out
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vize
to aim to
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tann
to wait for
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ranvwaye
to put off
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vizite
to call on
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mete
to put on (clothes)
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monte
to go up/ to get on
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etenn
to go out/ to put out/ to switch off
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limen
to turn on/ switch on
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krase/ demoli
to pull down/ break down/ destroy/ demolish
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desann
to go down/ to get off
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okipe
to look after/ to take care of
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sove
to get out of (a place of confinement)/ to go away
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siveye
to watch over/ to keep an eye on
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sitire
to put up with
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Aji
to act
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Kite
to leave behind
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Ajoute
to add/ increase
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Koute
to listen/ cost
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Konseye
to advise
