Lesson 17

Question 1

a lè

Answer 1

on time, punctual, prompt

Question 2

afè

Answer 2

affair/business
belongings
genitals

Question 3

aprè/apre

Answer 3

after

apre sa - afterwards

Question 4

avan

Answer 4

before (like as in avanyè - the day before yesterday)

Question 5

bonè

Answer 5

early

Question 6

chèche

Answer 6

to search, to look for, to fetch, to seek

Question 7

demare

Answer 7

untie
start up (as in an engine starting up)

Question 8

depi

Answer 8

ago, since, ever since

Question 9

dwat

Answer 9

straight

right (as in the direction)

Question 10

fiti

Answer 10

future

Question 11

fòt

Answer 11

mistake, fault

Question 12

goch

Answer 12

left (as in the direction)

awkward, clumsy

Question 13

mwa pase

Answer 13

last month

Question 14

mwa pwochèn

Answer 14

next month

Question 15

mwa sa

Answer 15

this month

Question 16

nèf

Answer 16

brand new

Question 17

pandan

Answer 17

while, during

Question 18

peyi

Answer 18

country (like as in a nation: US, Haiti, etc)

homeland

Question 19

pi bonè

Answer 19

earlier (more early)

Question 20

pi ta

Answer 20

later (more late, more tardy)

Question 21

prè

Answer 21

close, near

Question 22

sa a

Answer 22

this right here (an emphatic this)

Question 23

sa yo

Answer 23

these, those

Question 24

semèn pase

Answer 24

last week

Question 25

semèn pwochèn

Answer 25

next week

Question 26

semèn sa

Answer 26

this week

Question 27

tan-zan-tan

Answer 27

every once in a while, occasionally

Question 28

tè

Answer 28

earth (the planet and the soil), soil, land, ground

Question 29

yon sèl

Answer 29

only one, one only, single

yon sèl fwa - once