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Saturday, August 25, 2012

How do you Say 'This or That' in Haitan Creole?

Bòn fèt de nesans – Happy birthday

Bòn fèt – Happy birthday

Gato – cake

Ice cream – Krèm

Makònen – twisted, knotted, entangled

Mele – implicate, involve, tangle, mix up, confuse (has several synonyms): pran nan twa rwa, tonbe nan traka, pran nan mera, pran nan konfizyon, bare, bloke, enplike

Examples: Pa mele-m nan zafè politik say o – Do no involve in these political affair.

Tifi-a mele! The girl is confused!

M se enfimyè ou – I am your nurse

Dlo glase - iced water