flash cards from Chita Pa Bay 3
bòs
term of respect for an artisan
machin
machine; car
dizan
ten years
moso
piece
po
pot; skin
mouye
wet
swasannsenk
sixty-five
sab
sand
la a
right there
kouto
knife
dans
dance
pwofesè
professor, teacher
bra
arm
tablo
painting
gòm
eraser
soulye
shoe
posib
possible
koule
to flow
zaboka
avocado
frape
to hit, strike
pèdi
to lose; lost
toujou
always; still
twal
cloth, material
renmen
to love, like
sòt
stupid, dumb
kenbe
to hold
kouri
to run
nan
in, on; from, from within
sizo
scissors
men wi
yes indeed, certainly
dimanch
Sunday
mouri
to die
deblozay
uproar, ruckus
estòp
stop; to stop
fèb
weak, feeble
konfese
to confess
kiyè
spoon
merite
to merit, deserve
difisil
difficult, hard
asepte
to accept
sèvis lwa
Voodoo ceremony
bidon
gas can
bouch
mouth
jòdi a
today
sèmante
to swear, pledge
eka (senke eka)
quarter past (the hour)
kite
to leave; to let; to stop (doing something)
antre
to enter, come in
yo, y
they, their, them; plural indicator; reflexive pronoun
kilè
when?
konsa
approximately, about - like that, thus
gen pou to
have to
ti gason
boy
yon
a, an
twonpe
to be mistaken, be wrong (reflexive); to deceive, fool
rezon
reason
fouye
to dig
wou
hoe
mèkredi
Wednesday
pye kokoye
coconut tree
man
title of address for woman with one or more children
kretyen
Christian
tann
to wait, wait for
sèten
certain
chanje
to change
ki, k
who, which, what
manman
bèf cow
chòt deben
bathing suit (man’s or woman’s)
chiklèt
chewing gum
ke
tail
swaf
thirst; to be thirsty
ka
quarter (fourth), fifteen minutes; see kapab
lasèt
shoelace
devan
in front (of)
ranfòse
to reinforce
pawòl
(spoken) word
gagè
cockfight (arena)