Belinda Olive

In Haitian Creole, “tomorrow” is demen. It comes from French demain. Add a time of day for detail.

Grandpa in Haitian Creole is granpapa or granpè. Granpapa mwen means “my grandpa”.

A girl in Haitian Creole is tifi. The shorter fi means “girl”, “female” or “daughter” depending on the sentence. Tifi is the common word for a young girl.

In Haitian Creole you say Bòn fèt Drapo for “happy Flag Day”. The holiday is Haitian Flag and University Day, celebrated on May 18.

This page covers Haitian Creole. To say “I agree”, say Mwen dakò. On its own, dakò means “okay”. Use dakò to accept a plan or an offer.

In Haitian Creole “beautiful woman” is bèl fanm. Bèl goes before fanm, the word for “woman”. Use bèl fanm as a compliment or a description.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The word for “morning” is maten.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. To say “one moment” use yon ti moman.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The word for “lazy” is parese. It works as an adjective and also describes a lazy person: Ou parese means “you are lazy”.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The word for the fruit “orange” is zoranj.