Lesson 6 Flashcards
Ansanm
(Adv) along
(Adj) together
Ase
(Adj) ample, enough, sufficient
Blese
(V) to cut, hurt, injure, slash, wound
Bliye
to forget
Cheri
sweetie/dear/darling (term of endearment)
Doktè
doctor
Dwe
(Adv) ought to
(V) owe
Jwèt
(N) game, toy
Kesyon
(N) question
Kòmanse
(V) commence, start, begin
Kondwi
(V) to drive, lead, guide, steer
Konprann
(V) to comprehend, understand
(N) wit, understanding
Kounye a/kounyeya
now, right now, at once, currently, presently
Lajan/Kòb
currency/money
Lakay
home (possession: my home - lakay mwen)
Legliz
(N) church
Lekòl
(N) school
Machin
vehicle: car, truck, bus, and machine
Moso
(N) chunk, piece, part, bit, lump, slice
Moun
person, individual, inhabitant, man/people
Mouri
(Adj) dead
(V) die, exhausted, numb, diminish
Panse
(V) think, to nurse/dress the wounded
(N) thought
Pastè
(N) pastor
Pataje
(V) share, divide
Pwofesè
teacher, professor
Ranje
(V) organize, fix, arrange, repair
(N) row
Renmen
(V) like, love, enjoy
Sòti
to come from, get out, go out, come from
Sou
on, drunk, onto, upon
Talè
soon, shortly
Toujou
always (before verb and adjective), still (after verb and adjective)
Tout
all, entire, every
Tout bagay
everything
Tout moun
everyone, everybody
Vole
(V) to fly, fly
Vòlè
(V) to steal, rob, robbery, steal
(N) thief, crook
Yon moun
someone, somebody, one
Zouti
tool
Anba
under, beneath, below, underneath, bottom, downstairs
Anlè
up, above, over, overhead, atop, upstairs
Forms of Contracted Prounouns
Pronouns take on different forms when contracted with other words. Mwen, ou and li are the prounouns contracted most commonly. An apostrophe should come between words being contracted together. Frequently though, the apostrophe is dropped - this can make reading a little challenging at first.
Mwen - M Ou - W Li - L Nou - N Yo - Y
Rule of Thumb for when to contract prounouns
As a general rule, the words being contracted with the pronoun needs to maintain it’s original syllable count. For this reason it is easiest (most common) to contract words ending in a vowel or blend with the pronoun following or words beginning with a vowel or blend with the pronoun preceding it.
kouzen (2 syllables) - kouzen ‘m (still 2 syllables)
kouzin (2 syllables) - kouzin ‘m (because it ends in a consonant contracting changes it to 3 syllables - MAY NOT contract)
achte 2 syllables - l’ achte (still 2 syllables)
di - 1 syllable - l’ di (2 syllables and doesn’t roll off right)
Special rules from mwen contractions
Mwen can usually be contracted at the beginning of a sentence regardless of whether or not it is followed by a word beginning with a consonant or blend. You kind of just swallow the last of mwen. (Sometimes people do this with nou as well)
M’ vle - I want
M’ rele - I call
M’ di - I say
2 Special Contractions (avèk and bay)
Avèk and bay are frequently contracted with mwen, ou and li to make one new word. In the case of bay you conjugate it first and then contract the conjugated form with the pronoun.
avèm or avè ‘m - with me
avèw or avè ‘w - with you
avèl or avè ‘l - with him/her/it
ban mwen - ban ‘m - give me
ba li - ba ‘l - give him/her/it
ba ou - ba ‘w - give you
laj
(n) age
(adj) large, baggy, wide, broad
ane
year
ane pase
last year
ane pwochèn
next year
ane sa
this year
How to tell someone your age. Remember that the number must have the year marker attached to it.
Mwen gen……. - I have……
en nan - 1 year dezan - 2 twazan - 3 katran - 4 senkan - 5 sizan - 6 setan - 7 witan - 8 nevan - 9 dizan - 10 onzan - 11 douzan - 12 trèzan - 13 katòzan - 14 kenzen - 15 sèzan - 16 disetan - 17 dizwitan - 18 diznevan - 19 ventan - 20
