Florence Erica

In Haitian Creole, hot chocolate is chokola cho. People also just say chokola for the drink. Chokola is chocolate and cho is hot.

A dog in Haitian Creole is chen, a word that comes from French chien. The plural is chen yo.

In Haitian Creole, “yesterday” is yè. For last night people say yè swa. Yè comes at the start or end of a sentence.

In Haitian Creole the standard question is Kijan ou ye? Kouman ou ye? is another common form and means the same thing.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The common informal word for “poop” is kaka.

This page covers Haitian Creole. Mother is manman, and mama is a more affectionate form. Children say manman when speaking to their mother and about her.

Haitian Creole uses different words for “time”. The general word is tan, lè is the time on the clock and fwa is a time as in “one time”.

In Haitian Creole “blood” is san, from French sang. With the article it is san an.

In Haitian Creole the country is called Ayiti. The name is spelled with a y and has three syllables.

In Haitian Creole “steak” is biftèk. This page covers Haitian Creole. “The steak” is biftèk la.