Lesson 16: Vocabulary Flashcards
a dyey!
exclamation of surprise; “oh my goodness!”
wout
roads
mouye
wet
Tout wout la mouye nèt.
All the roads are wet.
nèt
emphasis on all of something
Èske ou te fè tout nèt?
Did you do all of them?
te/ta pral
was going to; would
Mwen ta pral di yon bagay.
I was going to tell you something.
kò
body
bare
blocking; covering something
Paske kò mwen bare tablo a.
Because my body is blocking the board.
son
sound
Sa se son moto Allan lan.
That’s the sound of Allan’s moto.
Ou ka efase tout nèt.
You can erase all of it.
aswè a
tonight
Nou pap gen envite aswè a.
We won’t have guests tonight.
Nou pa pral envite moun jodi a.
We won’t invite people today.
Piske nou pap gen envite aswè a, nou pa bezwen fè manje.
Since we don’t have guests tonight, we don’t need to cook food.
piske
since
a koz
since
donk
so
Nou pap gen envite aswè a, donk staf la pa bezwen kwit manje.
We don’t have guests tonight so the staff doesn’t need to cook food.
kwit
cook
kizin
kitchen
endispoze
pass out
Mwen wè nwa.
I see black. Means I don’t understand or “it’s all greek to me”