fig
everyday, Haitian Creole
In Haitian Creole, "banana" is fig. The word for plantain is different: bannann.
Do not mix them up at the market. Fig is the sweet eating banana and bannann is the cooking plantain.
Meaning: sweet yellow fruit (noun)
When do people say it?
Bannann peze is pressed fried plantain, a popular Haitian side dish.
Did you know?
- The Haitian currency is the gourde, goud in Creole.
Examples in context
- Mwen vle manje yon fig.I want to eat a banana.
- Ban m de fig.Give me two bananas.
Example conversation
A shopper buys bananas at a market stall.
- KliyanKonbyen fig la?How much are the bananas?
- MachannSe senk goud.It is five gourdes.
- KliyanBan m de.Give me two.
