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Thanks for learning Haitian Creole with Mr. Charles.  He can be reached at haitiancreole@gmail.com

This was an excerpt from Mr. Charles's upcoming textbook which you can find at

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(This is an excerpt from "SakPaseLearnHaitianCreole Textbook by Mr. J. Charles.  Find more at http://sakpaselearnhaitiancreole.blogspot.com)

Ekspresyon Kréyòl Util / Useful Haitian Creole Expressions

****Ou Palé Kréyòl?  (Do you speak Creole?) ****

Wi. M palé Kréyòl.  Non. M pa palé Kréyòl (Yes, I speak Creole. No I do not speak Creole).

Cultural Notes:  Haitians will never ask you whether you speak Haitian Creole.  They will refer to Creole as if their Creole was the main and only Creole language that exists out there.  To differentiate Haitian Creole from other types of Creole spoken in some other islands and countries, we will continue to refer to it as Haitian Creole.  In some cases, Creole and Haitian Creole will be used interchangeably. ****

Bonjou - Good Morning (Haitians enjoy greeting others.  It shows you were well raised and had a good education).

Bonswa - Good Afternoon (also used at night to greet others)

Bò-n Nwi / bò-n Nwit  - Have a good night (said before going to bed or to wish a good night sleep!)

Pasé bon aprèmidi - Have a good afternoon

Pasé bò-n Jouné /Pasé bò-n jounen - Have a good day

Tanpri - Please

Silvouplè - Please

Tanpri Souplé - Please **You truly mean it and want the favor**

Ban mwen - Give me

Ban-m (shortened form) - Give me

Ban-m dlo - Give water; Ban-m kòb - Give me money

Bay - to give     (Bay Manjé ak dlo - give food and water)

Distribiyé Manjé ak Dlo  - Distribute food and water

Mèsi - Thanks

Mèsi anpil - Thaks very much, thank you very much

Ki jan ou yé Maten an?  How are you this morning?

**M pa pi mal / M Byen (literally I am not worse..) - Well, Fine

E ou menm?  And you?

Kòman ou yé la-a?  How are you there?

Ki sa ou vlé?  What do you want?

Ki sa ou ap manjé? Ki sa wap manjé?  What are you eating?

Poukisa ou faché?  Why are you mad?

Konbyen Jwèt ou bezwen?  How many toys do you need?

Konbyen Timoun ki nan lékòl la?  How many children are there at the school?

Kilès ki pi fò? Which one is more intelligent?  Which one is stronger?

Ou mérité / Padkwa - You are welcome, Do not mention it

Find more Expressions at http://sakpaselearnhaitiancreole.blogspot.com

HaitianCreoleMP3 Podcast offers Lesson #5 (Leccion #5)

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Here is what you are going to find in Lesson 5.  

Encuentren lo que van a encontrar en la leccion 5

Tanpri / Silvouplè - Please, por favor

Mèsi anpil - thank you very much, muchas gracias

Mèsi - thank you, gracias

Pa Gen Pwoblèm - No Problem, no problema

Byenvenu nan - welcome to, bienvenido a

Bonjou - Good morning, Buenos Dias

Bonswa - Good Afternoon, Buenas Tardes

Bò-n Nwit, Bò-n nwi - good night, buenas noches

Orevwa - Goodbye, Adios

Etsetera, etc, etc......

ROBERTS: Let's take a call. This is Johnny in Fresno, California. Johnny, welcome to TALK OF THE NATION.

JOHNNY (Caller): Hello.

ROBERTS: Hello.

JOHNNY: Thank you for having me.

ROBERTS: Sure.

JOHNNY: Yes, basically, I live in California. And just like all other Haitians, you know, leaving (unintelligible) Haiti, I am very concerned about my parents and - who are stuck back there. And basically, for the past three days, I've asking myself how I can help. And as I watched the different media, the different network, I realized that there is a great need for communication. Many people from all over the world, from this country and anywhere else, you know, have rushed in to help Haitian. But they are unable to connect, to talk to the Haitians, even to say hello or to say hi.

Haitians enjoy or appreciate people when they say hi to them, bon jour. So that's why I have created Haitian Creole MP3 file. And I post them on haitiancreolemp3.libsyn.com...

ROBERTS: So Johnny, why don't you give us a quick lesson. How do you say, we wish you the best in Creole?

JOHNNY: (Creole spoken). It is just easy stuff. (Creole spoken). How are you? What's hurting you? (Creole spoken).

And a lot of the people who want the aid workers, they don't know how to ask the basic questions. So I was compiling a list of basic Haitian phrases that they can use - they can download to their iPods or MP3 players. And basically, they can use it as they go. They can use it on the (unintelligible) wherever, you know, they're going.

ROBERTS: Johnny, thank you so much for your call. We are talking about the Haitian diaspora this hour on TALK OF THE NATION, the 800,000 Haitians here in the U.S. and many, many more around the world, their response to the earthquake last week and how they are keeping in touch with Haiti and trying to help the situation there...........

Get more at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122701264

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