Creole

To say “hey” in Haitian Creole, use Salut with friends. Alo also works, and Sak pase? asks “what’s up?”.

A godmother in Haitian Creole is marenn. A godfather is parenn, and “my godmother” is marenn mwen or marenn m.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The word for “and” is e. The word ak means “with” and is also used to join nouns, as in Jan ak Mari.

This page covers Haitian Creole. “Little” is piti, and before a noun it is shortened to ti. Use ti in front of the noun, as in ti kay for “little house”.

In Haitian Creole, “I hate you” is Mwen rayi w. The short form is M rayi w. Rayi is the verb “to hate” and it is a strong word.

Haitian Creole has no word placed before the noun for “the”. Instead the article comes after the noun and is la, a, an or yo for the plural.

In Haitian Creole “but” is men. It joins two parts of a sentence that contrast. Put men between the two ideas: Mwen vle ale, men mwen fatige.

The Haitian Creole word for hungry is grangou. Mwen grangou means “I am hungry”.

The short way to say get well soon in Haitian Creole is Geri vit, “heal quickly”. A fuller wish is Mwen swete ou refè vit, “I hope you recover quickly”.

A casual way to say “hey beautiful” to a woman in Haitian Creole is Salut, bèl fi. The words bèl fi mean “beautiful girl”.