Creole

To say “my brother” in Haitian Creole, use frè m. Frè mwen is the full form with the same meaning. The short m after the noun is the normal spoken form.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. The everyday word for “mommy” is manman.

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

To say “eat” in Haitian Creole you use manje. The same word also means “food”, and Ann manje means “let us eat”.

In Haitian Creole, “home” is lakay, literally “at the house”. Kay alone means the house, the building.

In Haitian Creole, the usual reply to Mèsi is Pa dekwa. It comes from the French de rien.

The standard way to say goodbye in Haitian Creole is Orevwa. Friends also say Babay, and N a wè pita means “see you later”.

The Haitian Creole word for “money” is lajan. Lajan is the general word.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The verb “to talk” is pale, and a talk or conversation is a konvèsasyon.

The Haitian Creole greeting is Bòn fèt Drapo Ayisyen, literally “good Haitian Flag feast”. Shortened, Bòn fèt Drapo is just as common.