flash cards from Chita Pa Bay 2
legliz
church
kochon
pig
bagay
thing
travay
work; to work
anvan
before
malè
misfortune
linèt
(eye)glasses
chape poul (+ pronoun)
clear out, take to one’s heels
koze
conversation, talk, chat; to talk
bri
noise
marasa twa
triplet(s)
bay lanmen
to join hands,
gouvènman
government
chans
chance; luck
agwonòm
agronomist,
rach
ax
kamyon
truck; bus
chak
each, every
jan
way, manner; how
vle di
to mean
lè sa a
then
poul
chicken; see chape poul, pran poul
pozisyon
position, spot, place
kapab, ka, kap
to be able; can, can be
rekonmanse
to begin again
ban
bench, pew; see bay
ba
bar; see bay
palmis, pye palmis
(royal) palm tree
kè kontan
happy, satisfied
lafyèv
fever
liv
book
vye
old; disgusting; hateful
apre
after, afterwards
douch
shower
blòk
(cinder, cement) block
andeyò
country(side), backwoods, hills, “sticks”
lou
heavy
lòtbò
abroad; foreign
bann
band, flock, group
zanj
angel
bò
kote near
franse
French
trant
thirty
lasante
health
malèt
suitcase
sòti, sot
to go out, leave
prizon
prison
ne
knot
braslè
bracelet
witè
eight o’clock
menm
same; self; even; at all (with negative)
ankò
still, yet; again
chalè
heat
desann
to descend, get off; to lower
fatra
trash, rubbish
seremoni
ceremony
kòlèt chemiz
collar
latè
land, earth
sakrifis
sacrifice
bon mache
cheap
jaden
field; garden
twalèt
toilet
bay manti
to lie, tell lies
se
to be
fopa
false step
kisa, sa
what?
makout
large straw bag
zwazo
bird
chaje
burdened, troubled, upset
ta
would (conditional indicator)
lespwa
hope
pile
to crush, grind
janm
leg
pral, prale, apral
to be going (to)
sove
to save, be saved
va, a
future tense indicator