Belinda Olive

The everyday way to ask “how are you” in Mauritian Creole is Ki manyer? The expression is very common in Mauritius.

This page covers Haitian Creole. To like something is renmen, the same verb that also means “love”.

In Haitian Creole “bedroom” is chanm dòmi, literally “sleeping room”. People often just say chanm, which means “room”. Say chanm mwen for “my room”.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The month of June is jen. Months are not capitalized in Haitian Creole. You say nan mwa jen for “in the month of June”.

This page covers Haitian Creole. To ask “are you OK?”, say Ou byen? Kijan ou ye? means “how are you?”. A common answer is Mwen byen, “I am fine”.

The Haitian Creole verb for “translate” is tradui. You ask for a translation with Ou ka tradui sa?, “Can you translate this?”.

A friendly way to say “happy Independence Day” in Haitian Creole is Bòn fèt Endepandans. Endepandans means “independence”.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The moon is lalin.

In Haitian Creole “skinny” is mèg. This page covers Haitian Creole. It follows the noun, as in yon ti gason mèg for “a skinny boy”.

In Haitian Creole, “you’re mean” is Ou mechan. Mechan also covers “wicked” and “naughty”. Add twò to say “too mean”: Ou twò mechan.