Florence Erica

In Haitian Creole, Sak pase, kijan ou ye? is a friendly “hey, how are you?”. Each half also stands alone, as Sak pase? or Kijan ou ye?

Dirty in Haitian Creole is sal. It comes from French sale and works for hands, clothes, a room or anything not clean.

In Haitian Creole, Tuesday is madi. It comes from French mardi. Say madi alone for “on Tuesday”, as in Madi nou gen klas.

In Haitian Creole you can ask Kijan jounen ou te ye? for “how was your day?”. A yes or no version is Ou te gen yon bon jounen?, “did you have a good day?”.

In Haitian Creole “right” meaning correct is kòrèk, and “right” as a direction is adwat. This page covers Haitian Creole.

The verb “to go” in Haitian Creole is ale. Prale means “going to” or “will go”. Use Ann ale for “Let us go”.

In Haitian Creole you say Bòn ane for “happy New Year”. A longer wish is Mwen swete w yon bòn ane, “I wish you a good year”.

The everyday Haitian Creole word for boyfriend is menaj, also spelled mennaj. The same word is used for a girlfriend.

The Haitian Creole word for “milk” is lèt. It covers drinking milk and milk in recipes. People say yon vè lèt for “a glass of milk”.

In Haitian Creole “I like you” is Mwen renmen ou. The verb renmen covers both “like” and “love”, so context decides which one you mean.