Creole

Literally, “big head” in Haitian Creole is gwo tèt, made of gwo for “big” and tèt for “head”. This page gives the literal meaning only.

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

This page covers Haitian Creole. The usual way to say “babe” to a partner is cheri, from French chéri.

Eggs in Haitian Creole is ze, and “the eggs” is ze yo. Creole does not change the noun for the plural. The word ze is short, with one vowel.

To say “good job” in Haitian Creole, use Bon travay. Bravo is also common when you want to cheer someone on.

In Haitian Creole “sausage” is sosis. This page covers Haitian Creole. “The sausage” is sosis la and “sausages” is sosis yo.

The usual casual “wassup” in Haitian Creole is Sak pase? Sa k ap fèt? means much the same, and Kijan ou ye? is a more neutral “how are you?”.

In Haitian Creole, “what happened” is Kisa ki pase? Kisa ki rive? means the same. Use Kisa ki pase? when something has clearly gone wrong or changed.

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

To tell someone to get out in Haitian Creole, say Soti! Soti isit la! means “Get out of here!” and is stronger.