Creole

In Haitian Creole, “brother” is frè. The word for “sister” is sè. Friends also call each other frè m as a warm way to say “my brother”.

In Haitian Creole “cat” is chat, the same as the French word. With the article it is chat la. Plural is shown by the article, so chat yo means “the cats”.

In Seychellois Creole, the main language of Seychelles, “hello” is Bonzour. It comes from French bonjour.

In Haitian Creole, “here” is isit la. You will also hear the shorter isit. Say Mwen isit la for “I am here”.

In Haitian Creole “because” is paske, from French parce que. It joins a reason to the main sentence.

This page covers Haitian Creole. “Me” and “I” are both mwen, often shortened to m. The same pronoun is used as subject, object and possessive.

In Haitian Creole “shut your mouth” is Fèmen bouch ou. It is rude and should only be used with people you are very close to, or in anger.

In Haitian Creole, “bye” is Orevwa. Friends say Babay, and N a wè demen means “see you tomorrow”. Orevwa fits any situation. Babay is relaxed.

To say “sit down” in Haitian Creole, say Chita. Adding non, as in Chita non, makes it a friendly invitation.

In Haitian Creole, Sak pase, kijan ou ye? is a friendly “hey, how are you?”. Each half also stands alone, as Sak pase? or Kijan ou ye?