pous
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An inch in Haitian Creole is pous, from the French pouce, "thumb". A foot as a unit is pye.
Tailors and carpenters use it the same way as English: de pous, "two inches".
Meaning: a unit of length (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Numbers come before the unit, as in English: twa pous, "three inches".
Did you know?
- The inch was first measured as the width of a thumb, which is why French and Haitian Creole call it "thumb".
Examples in context
- Koupe l de pous pi kout.Cut it two inches shorter.
- Planch lan gen sis pous lajè.The board is six inches wide.
Example conversation
Customer Ronald talks to the tailor Mèt Claude about his trousers.
- RonaldPantalon an twò long.The trousers are too long.
- Mèt ClaudeM ap koupe yon pous.I will cut one inch.
- RonaldPafè.Perfect.
