Lesson 3

Question 1

Achte

Answer 1

To buy or purchase

Achtè - buyer

Question 2

Ale/Al

Answer 2

To go

N: alley

Question 3

Bale

Answer 3

To sweep

N: broom

Question 4

Konnen/Konn

Answer 4

To know

Question 5

Rete/Ret

Answer 5

To stay, remain, live, inhabit. To stop (an object, not an action)

Question 6

Genyen

Answer 6

To win, have/has, own, there is/there are

Question 7

Fini/Fin

Answer 7

To finish, complete

Adj: done, complete, finished

Question 8

Gade/Gad

Answer 8

To look, check, stare, watch

Question 9

Rale

Answer 9

To draw, extract, stretch, pull, crawl, inhale, drag

Question 10

Bezwen

Answer 10

To need

N: need

Question 11

Pati

Answer 11

To depart or leave

N: part, portion, share

Question 12

Konn

Answer 12

Typically, usually (implies regularity), use to, know to

Question 13

Genyen/Gen

Answer 13

To have/has

Question 14

Pare

Answer 14

To prepare, set

Adj: ready

Question 15

Fòk/Fò

Answer 15

Must (“it is necessary that”)

ex: Fòk mwen fè sa. (I must do that)

Question 16

Pale/Pal

Answer 16

To speak, talk, discuss

Question 17

Sispann

Answer 17

To stop (an action), cease, discontinue, adjourn, abolish, quit

Question 18

Fè

Answer 18

To make, do

Question 19

Pran

Answer 19

To take an object, obtain, get, seize, capture, come down with, be in a fix

Question 20

Tande

Answer 20

To hear, understand

Question 21

Di

Answer 21

To say, tell (adj: harsh, hard, stiff, tough)

Question 22

Jwèn or jwenn

Answer 22

To find, discover, join, meet get (in the sense of receiving something)

ex: you can use jwèn to get (receive) a message, but not (go) get a box.

Question 23

Ede

Answer 23

To help, assist (verb)

èd - help, assistance (as a noun)

Question 24

Grangou

Answer 24

Adj: hungry, eager

N: hunger, famine

Question 25

Koupe

Answer 25

To cut, cut off, cut down, chop

Question 26

Koute

Answer 26

To cost, listen

Question 27

Mande

Answer 27

To ask, beg, request, demand, require

Question 28

Mache

Answer 28

To walk, operate (run a thing, work something)

N: outdoor market

Question 29

Manje

Answer 29

To chew up, corrode

N: food, meal, nutrition

manjè - eater

Question 30

Mare

Answer 30

To tie, attach, fasten, rig, clench, unite

Question 31

Mennen

Answer 31

To take/bring a person somewhere, guide, lead

Also, mennen nan machin - to drive someone somewhere

Question 32

Mete/Met

Answer 32

To put on, wear, put, install, load, place

Question 33

Montre

Answer 33

To show, demonstrate, indicate, point out, instruct, teach

Question 34

Pote/Pot

Answer 34

To carry, bring, transport an object, bear

Question 35

Swaf

Answer 35

To thirst

Adj: thirsty

Question 36

Souri

Answer 36

To smile

Question 37

Tann

Answer 37

To wait, wait for, await, wait on

Adj: sensitive, tender

Question 38

Tonbe

Answer 38

To fall, drop, tumble

Question 39

Vle

Answer 39

To want, desire, let, please

Question 40

Se

Answer 40

To be (is, am, are)