Isaiah Edward

In Haitian Creole a male cousin is kouzen and a female cousin is kouzin. Both come from French. Use kouzen for a boy and kouzin for a girl.

To say “sorry” in Haitian Creole, use Padon or Eskize m. Dezole is a stronger “I am sorry”.

The usual way to ask “how are you” in Haitian Creole is Kijan ou ye? A casual version is Sak pase?, meaning “what’s up?”.

In Haitian Creole, Bonjou, bèl fi is “hello, pretty girl”. In the evening you would say Bonswa, bèl dam, “good evening, beautiful lady”.

In Haitian Creole, “where are you from” is Ki kote ou soti? The reply starts with Mwen soti.

To call someone a dummy in Haitian Creole, say sòt, “stupid”. A stronger, more mocking word is bourik, “donkey”.

In Haitian Creole a circle as a shape is sèk. For people standing in a ring, or anything round, wonn is common.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The knee is called jenou. To say that your knee hurts, use jenou m fè m mal, literally “my knee hurts me”.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. To say “pretty girl” use bèl fi. For a young girl you can say bèl ti fi.

In Haitian Creole “school” is lekòl. This page covers Haitian Creole.