Isaiah Edward

This page covers Haitian Creole. A casual “hi” is Salut, and Alo also works among friends. For a more polite greeting use Bonjou.

In Haitian Creole you can ask for help with Ede m, “help me”. When it is an emergency, people shout Sekou! Ede is the verb “to help” and m is “me”.

In Haitian Creole “Saturday” is Samdi. This page covers Haitian Creole. To say “on Saturday” you can just say samdi, as in Samdi map vini.

In Haitian Creole, “the alphabet” is alfabè a. The word is alfabè and a is the definite article that follows it.

In Haitian Creole “stop talking” is Sispann pale. This page covers Haitian Creole. Sispann is “stop” and pale is “talk”.

In Haitian Creole “child” is timoun, literally “small person”. Pitit means “offspring” and is used for someone’s own child.

In Haitian Creole, “come here” is Vin isit la. Vin is “come” and isit la is “here”. It is a direct command. Add tanpri for “please” to be polite.

In Haitian Creole, “thank you very much” is Mèsi anpil. Mèsi bokou means the same and is just as common. Anpil means “a lot” and bokou means “much”.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. To say “my son” use pitit gason m.

God in Haitian Creole is Bondye. The word Granmèt is also used for “the Lord”, especially in church language.