Creole to English vocab known Flashcards
aewopò
airport
bebe
Baby
bib
bible
bliye
forget
bonbon
cookie
boul
ball
Chadèk
Grapefruit
Chak
Every
egzamen
exam
espwa
hope
fou (You drive me crazy!
crazy
ji (orange juice
juice
Jou
Day
jwa
joy
Kat
Four
kè
heart
konte
count
kriye
cry
laj
age
liv
Book
lopital
hospital
menaj
boyfriend
menaj
girlfriend
netwaye
Clean (v)
pen
bread
plen
full
reponn
answer (v)
repons
answer (n)
senk
five
sirèt
candy
strength
Fòs
swiv
follow
twalèt
bathroom
vant
belly
a te a
on the ground
achte
to buy
ale
to go
anba
under
andann
inside
anko
again
anpil
a lot of/ much/ many
ansanm
together
anvan
before
Anyen
Nothing
aprann
to learn/ to teach
apre
after
ase
enough
avek
with
Ayisyen
Haitian
Babay, N’a we!
Bye, See you later!
bagay la
the thing
bati
to build
bay
to give
bel
beautiful
bezwen
to need
blese
to injure
bon
good
Bon bagay!
Good stuff!
bondye/ dye
God
Bonswa msye
Good evening, sir
bwat
box
byen
well
chache
to look for
chante
To sing
chita
to sit
cho
hot
dako
agree, accept, approve
danse
dance
defwa
sometimes
demen
tomorrow
denye
last
depi
since
deside
to decide
devan
in front of
deyo
outside/ out
di
to say/to tell
diri
rice
dlo
water
dokte
doctor
dousman
slowly/gently
Dousman, souple
Slowly, please
dwat
right
dwe
must/ to owe
E ou menm?
And yourself?
e/ak
and
ede
to help
ekri
to write
enpotan
important
epi
and then
fache
angry
fasil
easy
fatige
tired
fe
to do/ to make
femen
to close/ to turn off/ closed
fet
to be born
fi
girl
fini
to finish/finished/done
flach
flashlight
fok
it’s necessary
foto
photograph (noun)
fret
cold
gade
to look (at)/ to watch
gason
boy
genyen, gen
to have /there is/ there are
goch
left
goumen
to fight
grangou
hungry
gwo
big
isit
here
itilize
to use
janm
never/ever
Jodi a
today
jwenn
to find
kafe
coffee
kapab, ka
can (to be able to)
karfou
intersection
kat telefon
phone card
kawoutchou
tire (noun)
kay la
the house
kek
some
Ki kote ou rete?
Where do you live?
ki kote?/ …kote
where?/ where
ki le?/ le
when?/when
ki moun? ki
who? …who
Ki sa sa vle di
What does that matter?
ki sa?/sa…
what?/ what…
Kijan ou rele?
What’s your name?
Kijan ou ye?
How are you?
Kijan sa rele?
What is that called?
Kijan yo di..?
How do you say?
kijan/kouman
how?
Kile li ye?
What time is it?
kle a
the key
kob
money
komanse
to begin
konbyen
how much?/ how many?
kondwi
to drive
konnen
to know
konpite
computer
konpoze
to compose/ to enter (# or info)
konprann
to understand
kontan
happy/ please
kontwole
to count/ to control
kounye a
now
kouran
electricity
kraze
to crush/ crushed
la
there
lage
to let go/to abandon
legliz
church
Lekol
School
li
to read
li
he/she/it
lot
other
lwen
far
lwil
oil
M ap gade li.
I am looking at it.
M kontan fe konesans ou.
I am pleased to meet you.
M kwe sa
I believe that
M rete Potoprens
I live in Port au Prince
mache
to walk/ to work (as in function)
machin
car/vehicle
madmwazel
miss
magazen
store
malad
sick
mande
to ask
manje
to eat/food
maten
morning
medikaman an
the medicine
men
but
Mesi
Thank you
mete
to put
midi
noon
montre
show
moun
person
mouri
to die
mwen
I/me
Mwen byen, mesi
I’m well, thanks
Mwen pa we anyen.
I don’t see anything
Mwen rele…
My name is…
nan
in/through/to/at/into
Nan restoran an
At the restaurant
neg
guy
non
no
nou
we/you (plural)
Nou vle pale Kreyol
We want to speak Creole
Orevwa, msye. Babay!
Good bye, sir. Bye bye!
ou
you
Ou pale angle?
Do you speak English ?
Ou se Ameriken
You are American?
ou/oubyen
or
oumenm
yourself
ouvri
to open/ open
pa
not/ don’t / (negative)
pa vre
Not trueRight?
pale
to talk
pandan
during
panse
to think
papye
paper
pare
ready
paske
because
pataje
to share
peye
to pay
pikop
truck
piti/ ti
little
planifye
to plan
plen
full
poko
not yet
pot
door
pou
for/in order
pouki sa
why
pran
to take
pre
near
pwa
beans
Pyebwa
Tree
rele
to call
renmen
to like/ to love
repare
to repair
Repete, souple
Repeat, please
reponn
Reply, answer
reyinyon
meeting
sa a (after noun)
this
sa yo (after noun)
these
santi m’
to feel (emotion)
selman
only
sezi
surprised
si
if
sonje
rememberreflect, remind
sou
on
souvan
often
tale
soon
tande
listen/hear
tann
to wait for
Tanpri pale dousman
Please speak slowly
tant
tent
timoun
child (age)
tou dwat
straight ahead
toujou
always
tounen
to come back
tout
all/ every
touye
to kill
tranbleman de te
earthquake
travay
to work/ work (noun)
tre
very
twop
too many/too much
vire
to turn
vit
quick/ quickly
vle
to want
we
to see
ye
yesterday
yo
they
zanmi
friend
Zanmi mwen yo/ Zanmi m’ yo
My friends
