Creole

In Haitian Creole, “today” is jodi a. Some speakers write it as one word, jodia.

In Haitian Creole “big” is gwo, from French gros. Gran is also used and can mean large, tall or grown up.

“Goodbye” in Seychellois Creole, the main language of Seychelles, is Orevwar. It comes from French au revoir.

In Haitian Creole “church” is legliz, from French l’église with the article fused to the noun. Add a for legliz la.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole.

The word yon is already Haitian Creole. It means “a”, “an” or “one” and goes before the noun. Yon liv is “a book” and yon kay is “a house”.

In Haitian Creole, “to want” is vle. “I want” is Mwen vle. For a question say Kisa ou vle?, “What do you want?”. For “do not want” say Mwen pa vle.

In Haitian Creole, “congratulations” is Felisitasyon. Bravo is a shorter, warmer way to say it.

A lamb in Haitian Creole is ti mouton, “little sheep”. A sheep is mouton, and the meat is vyann mouton.

The Haitian Creole word for “I” is mwen, often shortened to m before a verb. Mwen also means “me” and “my”.