Vocabulary Flashcards
Mother in law
Bèlmè
Father in law
Bòpè
chair
chèz
bedroom
chanm
doctor
doktè
nurse
enfimyè
study
etid
woman
fanm
girl
fi
nurse’s aid
gad malad
nèsizèd (anglified, only in USA)
man, boy
gason
bed
kabann
class, classroom
klas
knowledge, consciousness
konesans
home, house
lakay, kay
sir, mister
mesye
guy
nèg
man
nonm
patient
pasyan
child
timoun
all, everybody
tout
everybody
tout moun
to buy
achte
to enter
antre
to learn
aprann
to need
bezwen
to sit down
chita
must
dwe
to study
etidye
to understand
konprann
to walk
mache
to speak
pale
to reflect, to think
panse
to bring, to carry
pote
to call, to be called, to scream
depending on context
rele
to wish
swete
to listen
tande
Let’s get to know each other
Let’s become acquainted
To make an acquaintance
(To meet someone for the first time)
Ann fè konesans
good luck
bòn chans
welcome
byenveni
and, then, and also
epi, epitou
how
kijan, kouman
ladies and gentlemen
mesye-dam
On meeting an individual, or knocking on someone’s door, or addressing a group (lit. ‘Honor!’)…
And the response…
Onè!
Respè!
mouth
bouch
arm
bra
leg
janm
sore throat
malgòj
head
tèt
eye(s)
je (ositou ‘zye’)
also
ositou
to lower, to bend down
bese
to sit
chita
to close, to shut
fèmen
to look
gade
to have
*there is/are (at the start of a sentence)
genyen, gen
* okòmansman yon santans
to stand
kanpe
to raise, to get up
leve
to walk
mache