Creole

In Haitian Creole “boots” is bòt, from French botte. The same word is used for one boot or many. Creole nouns do not change for plural.

This page covers Haitian Creole. The month of June is jen. Months are not capitalized in Haitian Creole. You say nan mwa jen for “in the month of June”.

This page covers Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen), the most widely spoken creole. Pork is vyann kochon, literally “pig meat”.

This page covers Haitian Creole. To ask “are you OK?”, say Ou byen? Kijan ou ye? means “how are you?”. A common answer is Mwen byen, “I am fine”.

The Haitian Creole verb for “translate” is tradui. You ask for a translation with Ou ka tradui sa?, “Can you translate this?”.

In Haitian Creole “sleep” is dòmi. This page covers Haitian Creole. It works as a verb, as in mwen dòmi for “I sleep”.

In Haitian Creole “shrimp” is chevrèt. This page covers Haitian Creole. “The shrimp” is chevrèt la and “the shrimps” is chevrèt yo.

The Haitian Creole word for “mother” is manman. It is used both for “mom” and for the more formal “mother”.

To say “stop” in Haitian Creole, use Rete to halt in place or Sispann to stop doing something. Rete! is what you shout when someone must halt.

This page covers Haitian Creole. Medicine is medikaman, and remèd is also used, often for home or traditional remedies.