Essential Kreyol Flashcards
1
Q
To want
A
Vle
2
Q
To hold
A
Kenbe
3
Q
Behind
A
Deye
4
Q
To have
A
Gen / genyen
5
Q
What’s up?
A
Sake pase
6
Q
Morning
A
Maten
7
Q
Day
A
Jou / jounen
8
Q
Week
A
Sémen
9
Q
I’m good (colloquial)
A
M’ap ken be; n’ap boule
10
Q
To walk
A
Mache
11
Q
To touch
A
Touche / manyen
12
Q
To write
A
Ekri
13
Q
To get up
A
Kanpe
14
Q
To speak
A
Pale
15
Q
To say
A
Di
16
Q
To stand
A
Achte / kanpe
17
Q
To sit
A
Chita
18
Q
To run
A
Kouri
19
Q
To laugh
A
Ri
20
Q
To smile
A
Souri
21
Q
Door
A
Pót
22
Q
Chair
A
Chéz
23
Q
Desk
A
Biwo
24
Q
Office
A
Biwo
25
Pants
Pantalon
26
Clock
Revéy
27
To dream
Reve
28
To take
Reveye
29
A dream
Rév
30
Window
Fenét
31
Pen
Plim
32
Sack / backpack
Sak
33
Paper
Papyé
34
House
Kaye / lakay
35
Light
Limyé
36
To light
Limen
37
Table
Tab
38
Book
Liv
39
TV
Televizyon
40
Computer
Ódinaté
41
Shirt
Chemiz
42
Socks
Chosét
43
Shorts
Chót
44
Shoe
Soulye
45
With
Avék / ak
46
Please
Souple / sivouplé (begging)
47
Same
Menm
48
To be/am
Se
* Often omitted
* Used for identification ("its Mac", nationality, job title)
* Se used at beginning of sentence to identify and define (it is…) "Se yon cheval"
Ye rules:
Use it if subject doesn't come at beginning of sentence… it is used to "support" a pronoun/subject: Li se nan lakay ==> se nan lakay a li ye (he's in the house; it is in the house he is). Most often this manifests in questions: "kote li ye?" "kouman ou ye" …so the sentence shouldn't end with a subject lacking "ye"
49
Tonight
Aswé
50
Question words
- what
- which
- how
- who
- where
- why
- when
- how much
Mon Kesyon
- kisa / ki
- ki
- kijan
- kimoun
- ki kote / kibo
- poukisa
- ki lé
- konbyen
51
Rain
Lapli
52
Verb tenses
- progressive
- future
- past
- can / might
- would
- could
- should
- ap
- pral
- te
- ka/kapab/kab/kap
- ta
- ta ka
- ta dwe
53
To fall
Tonbe
54
Always / still
Toujou
55
To play
Jwe
56
All
Tout
57
Cough
Tous
58
To make / do
Fé
59
Fact
Fé
60
Iron
Fé
61
To know
Konnen / konn
62
But
Men
63
Hand
Men
64
To call (phone, name, yell)
Rele
65
Enough
Ase
66
Let's
Ann
67
Word
Mo / pawól
68
Understand
Konprann
69
Water
Dlo
70
Pain
Doulé
71
Rock
Wóch
72
Sun
Soléy
73
This
Sa
74
People
Moun
75
Poor
Razé
76
Family members
- mother
- father
- wife
- husband
- grandfather
- grandmother
- child
- daughter
- son
- sister
- brother
- uncle
- aunt
- grandchild
- niece
- nephew
- cousin
Fanmi
- manman
- papa
- madanm
- mari
- gran papa
- grann
- pitit
- pitit fi
- pitit gason
- sé
- fré
- monnonk
- matant
- pitit pitit
- nyes
- neve
- kouzin
77
Capable
Kapab
78
To buy
Achte
79
Ready
Pare
80
Tomorrow
Demen
81
To sleep
Dómi
82
Care
Oto / machín
83
To like
Renmen
84
Old
Vye
85
Young
Jén
86
Student
Etidyan
87
To enter
Antre
88
Every
Chak
89
Each
Chak
90
To ask
Mande
91
To eat
Manje
92
Rice
Diri
93
Beans
Pwa
94
Today
Jodia
95
To come
Vini
96
To become
Vini
97
To work
Travay
98
Very
Tré
99
To open
Ouvri
100
To feel
Santi
101
To cover
Kouvri
102
To hope
Espere
103
Without
San
104
Fire
Dife
105
Wall
Mi
106
Notebook
Kaye
107
"What is that?"
Kisa sa ye?
108
Because
Paske
109
Dirty
Sal
110
Beautiful
Bél
111
Prepositions
- on
- within/inside
- in
- to
- under
- after
- later
- nearby
- during
- here
- outside
- sou
- andedan
- nan
- nan
- anba
- apre
- pita
- pre
- pandan
- isi
- deyó
112
Also
Tou
113
Funny
Komik
114
More
Plis
115
Than
Pase
116
Money
Kób / lajan
117
Definite article "the"
la: ending with consonant without nasal vowel (an, on, en) beforehand
lan: ending with consonant with nasal vowel beforehand (e.g. "mont lan")
nan: "m, n, or y" with any preceding vowel
a: if ending with non-nasal vowel
an: if ending with nasal vowel
*natives use above interchangeably*
yo = plural
118
Soap
Savon
119
Sentence
Fraz
120
Watch
Mont
121
Stomach
Vant
122
To read
Li
123
Put on (clothes)
Mete
124
Go up
Monte
125
If
Si
126
Bed
Kabann
127
To cook
Kuit
128
To drink
Bwé
129
To taste
gou / goute
130
To take
Pran
131
Thing
Bagay
132
Avocado
Zaboka
133
Fish
Pwason
134
Coffee
Kafe
135
To cut
Fann
136
To sell
Vann
137
To clean
Pwópte
138
To close
Fémen
139
To go
Ale
140
And
Epi
141
Next
Lót
142
Future
Fiti
143
Weekend
Wikenn
144
Cold
Frét / Glas
145
Hot
Cho
146
To see
Wé
147
To grow
Grandi
148
To travel
Vwayaje
149
To give
Bay / ba / ban
150
Country
Peyi
151
Airplane
Plane
152
Boat
Bato
153
Taxi
Taksi
154
Horse
Cheval
155
Suitcase
Malét
156
Wallet
Bous
157
Ticket
Tiké
158
Phone
Telefón
159
Hotel
Ótel
160
Friend
Zanmi
161
Restaurant
Restoran
162
Market
Mache
163
To pay
Peye
164
To visit
Vizite
165
To fly
Vole
166
To begin
Kómanse
167
Strong
Fos / fo
168
Food
Manje
169
Sick
Malad
170
Profession
Pwofesyon
171
Job
Metye
172
To be born
Fét
173
To live
Rete
174
Okay
Dako
175
Short
Kout
176
To carry
Pote
177
To watch
Gade
178
To turn on
Limen / ouvri
179
To turn off
Etenn / fémen / tiye
180
To kill
Tiye
181
Store
Magazen
182
So/therefore
Donk
183
Pre-nominal adjectives
| some go before noun, some go after
- gran (big / great)
- bél (beautiful)
- vye (old, usually with bad connotation)
- ti (small)
- bon (good)
- gwo (big / fat)
*this is most of pre-nominals ("BANGS = beauty, age, number, goodness, size")
184
Mister
Mesye
185
Diabetes
Fé sik
186
Price
Pri
187
Men / guys / negro
Nég
188
Meat
Vyann
189
Goat
Kabrit
190
To think
Panse
191
Chicken
Poul
192
Pig
Kochon
193
Favorite
Prefere
194
Lobster
Woma
195
Vegetable
Legim
196
Lettuce
Leti
197
Carrot
Kawót
198
Plate
Plat
199
Spoon
Kiyé
200
Knife
Kouto
201
Fork
Fouchét
202
Glass (cup)
Vé
203
Restaurant
Restoran
204
To win
Genyen (not gen)
205
Game/mach
Jwét
206
Sometimes
Pafwa
207
Often
Souvan
208
Many
Anpil / plizyé
209
Like
Tankou
210
Someone
Yon moun
211
Noise
Bwi
212
To hear/listen
Tande
213
Never
Janmé/janm
214
Street
Ri
215
Boyfriend
Menaj
216
Girlfriend
Menaj
217
Maybe
Petét
218
Night
Swa / lannwit
219
Afternoon
Aprémidi
220
To return
Retounen
221
Time
Lé / Tan
222
Fun
Plezi
223
Sweet
Dous
224
Better
Mye
225
Left
Goch
226
Right
Dwat
227
To swim
Naje
228
To fear
Pé
229
Late
Ta
230
To remember
Sonje
231
To arrive
Rive
232
To suffer
Soufri
233
To exercise
Fé egzésis
234
Nobody
Ankenn moun
235
Everybody
Tout moun
236
North
Nó
237
South
Sid
238
East
És
239
West
Wés
240
Too many
Twóp
241
To find
Jwenn
242
Now
Kounye
243
A (article)
Yon
244
These
Sa yo
245
1-19
```
En
De
Twa
Kat
Senk
Sis
Sét
Uit
Néf
Dis
Onz
Douz
Tréz
Katóz
Kenz
Séz
Disét
Dizuit
Diznéf
*S ==> Z for 8, 9
```
246
20-30
| *w/ rules
```
Ven
Venteyen
Vennde
Venntwa
Vennkat
Vennsenk
Vennsis
Vennsét
Ventuit
Ventnéf
Trant
*"t" w/ 1, 8, 9
*"nn" w/ 2-7
*accent 7, 9
```
247
10's
```
Dis
Venn
Trant
Karant
Sekant
Swasant
Swasandis
Katreven
Katrevendis
```
248
31-40 numbers
```
tranteyen
trannde
tranntwa
trannkat
trannsenk
trannsét
trantuit
trantnéf
karant
```
249
```
50
60
70
80
90
```
```
sekant
swasant
swasandis
katreven
katrevendis
```
250
100
200
300
san
de san
twa san...
251
1000
| 2000
mil
| de mil
252
Seasons
- winter
- spring
- summer
- fall
Sezon
- ivé
- prentan
- ete
- oton
253
Months
Mwa
- Janvye
- Fevriye
- Mas
- Avril
- Me
- Jen
- Jiyé
- Out/Dawon
- Septanm
- Novanm
- Desanm
254
Days
Jou
- lendi
- mardi
- mekredi
- jedi
- vandredi
- samdi
- dimanch
255
When (conjunction)
Lé
256
To forget
Bliye
257
To wash
Lave
258
To clean
Pwóp
259
Room
Chanm
260
To finish
Fini
261
To use
Itilize
262
Janm
Never
263
Pafwa
Sometimes
264
Petet
Maybe
265
Ready
Pare
266
Easy
Fasil
267
Hard
Difisil
