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The word sòt means stupid or foolish in Haitian Creole. Bèbè means unable to speak, which is the other meaning of “dumb” in English.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The word for “thanks” is Mèsi, and Mèsi anpil makes it stronger. Mèsi fits shops, family and strangers alike.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. To say “my heart” use kè m or the fuller kè mwen.

In Haitian Creole “sleep” is dòmi. This page covers Haitian Creole. It works as a verb, as in mwen dòmi for “I sleep”.

This page covers Haitian Creole. Medicine is medikaman, and remèd is also used, often for home or traditional remedies.

In Haitian Creole “slow” or “slowly” is dousman. This page covers Haitian Creole.

In everyday Haitian Creole, the casual way to greet a friend is Sak pase? It means “what is happening?”. A common reply is Map byen, “I am fine”.

Literally, “big head” in Haitian Creole is gwo tèt, made of gwo for “big” and tèt for “head”. This page gives the literal meaning only.

To tell someone to get out in Haitian Creole, say Soti! Soti isit la! means “Get out of here!” and is stronger.

A grandmother in Haitian Creole is grann. “My grandmother” is grann mwen. Children call her Grann directly, like a name.