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An octopus in Haitian Creole is chatwouj. The word is used for the animal in the sea and for the dish on the table.

In Haitian Creole the verb “to call” is rele. It is used for calling someone by voice or by phone. Telefòne means “to phone”.

In Haitian Creole “shirt” is chemiz. This page covers Haitian Creole. “The shirt” is chemiz la and “my shirt” is chemiz mwen.

In Haitian Creole “Sunday” is Dimanch. This page covers Haitian Creole. To say “on Sunday” use dimanch, as in Dimanch map ale legliz.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The standard way to say hello is Bonjou, used from morning until the afternoon.

The Haitian Creole word for the number “one” is youn. Before a noun it becomes yon, which also means “a”. When counting, say youn, de, twa, kat, senk.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The word for “nothing” is anyen.

A plain “Creole” page most often means Haitian Creole, where “woman” is fanm.

In Haitian Creole, the number two is de. One is youn and three is twa. De fwa means “twice”. Dezyèm means “second”.

The Haitian Creole word for hot is cho. It describes weather, food and objects.