Florence Erica

To say “get up” in Haitian Creole, use Leve! Leve kanpe! means “stand up”. Parents say Leve! to wake children. Add the person: Jean, leve!

The Haitian Creole word for “look” is gade. As a command, Gade! means “Look!” Use gade to point something out.

In Haitian Creole “good afternoon” is Bonswa. Haitians switch from Bonjou to Bonswa around midday, so Bonswa covers the whole afternoon.

This page covers Haitian Creole. To listen is koute. As a command Koute! means “Listen!”. With mwen it becomes Koute m, “listen to me”.

In Haitian Creole a Haitian person is an Ayisyen, and a Haitian woman can be called an Ayisyèn. The same word works for the adjective, as in moun Ayisyen.

In Haitian Creole “soup” is soup. A thick, hearty soup is called bouyon. This page covers Haitian Creole. Soup is the general word.

In Cape Verdean Creole, also called Kabuverdianu, “thank you” is Obrigadu when a man speaks and Obrigada when a woman speaks.

In Martinican Creole, the French-based language of Martinique, you say Bonjou for “hello” during the day. Friends also say Salut.

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

This page covers Haitian Creole. The verb “to talk” is pale, and a talk or conversation is a konvèsasyon.