Creole

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

Gray in Haitian Creole is gri, from French gris.

A grandmother in Haitian Creole is grann. “My grandmother” is grann mwen. Children call her Grann directly, like a name.

In Haitian Creole “good evening” is Bonswa. It is also the greeting for the afternoon, so the same word works from midday into the night.

In Haitian Creole “skinny” is mèg. This page covers Haitian Creole. It follows the noun, as in yon ti gason mèg for “a skinny boy”.

Good morning in Haitian Creole is Bonjou. Haitians use it from the early hours until around noon, and it also works as a general daytime “hello”.

In Haitian Creole, a tree is a pyebwa. It is built from pye (foot) and bwa (wood). For a specific tree use pye plus the name, as in pye mango (mango tree).

In Haitian Creole “stomach” is vant, which also means belly. A more formal word is lestomak. This page covers Haitian Creole.

In Haitian Creole, say Bonjou, kijan ou ye? for “Good morning, how are you?”. With friends, Bonjou, sak pase? is more casual.

In Haitian Creole, “you’re mean” is Ou mechan. Mechan also covers “wicked” and “naughty”. Add twò to say “too mean”: Ou twò mechan.