Florence Erica

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The word for “police” is lapolis. A single police officer is polisye.

The Haitian Creole word for “uncle” is tonton. “My uncle” is tonton m.

The way to say “I love you” in Haitian Creole is Mwen renmen ou. In speech it is often shortened to Mwen renmen w.

To tell someone to go to sleep in Haitian Creole, say Al dòmi or Ale dòmi. The verb dòmi means “to sleep”. Parents use Al dòmi with children at bedtime.

In Haitian Creole “how” is kijan, which is also written ki jan. Kouman is another word with the same use.

In Haitian Creole, the language most people mean by “Creole”, “work” is travay. It is both the noun for a job and the verb “to work”.

In Haitian Creole “say” is di. This page covers Haitian Creole. The verb does not change with the person or the time.

In Haitian Creole, “to wait” is tann. To ask someone to wait, say Tann or Tann yon ti moman. Tann mwen means “wait for me”.

To say “have a good day” in Haitian Creole, use Bon jounen. Jounen means “day” in the sense of the whole daytime.

In Haitian Creole, Thursday is jedi. It comes from French jeudi.