Creole

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

In Haitian Creole “season” is sezon. This page covers Haitian Creole.

In Haitian Creole, “you ugly” is Ou lèd. It is blunt, so use it only as a joke with close friends or family. Ou means “you” and lèd means “ugly”.

In Haitian Creole “blood” is san, from French sang. With the article it is san an.

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.

A grandson in Haitian Creole is pitit pitit gason, literally “child child boy”. Pitit pitit on its own means grandchild.

In Haitian Creole, ask Èske ou pale angle? to mean “Do you speak English?”. Here Creole means Haitian Creole. You can shorten it to Ou pale angle?

Haitians say Bòn fèt for “happy birthday”. You can add pou ou for “to you”, giving Bòn fèt pou ou.