Byen bonjou ! If you can say "Li pli vye ki mwen", me prefer to say "Li vye pase mwen". So if you can say "[Nan tout moun yo] li se pli vye-a", me would say...
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Fabien MARIUS-HATCHI
banbiyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
May 1, 1999 8:15 am
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LAKAT47@xxx.xxx
May 1, 1999 5:10 pm
Bonjou Paul, Will you please look these over and see if I am getting the point. This is the past tense lesson. Mèsi anpil! Kat~ How do you say…..? He...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 1, 1999 5:12 pm
Bonjou Kat, Oh yes. I rather have questions than silence anytime. Li vye = He is old. Li pi vye = He is older. Li plis vye-a.= He is the oldest. In comparing...
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Haiti Forum
haitiforum@xxxxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 5:37 pm
Bonjou tout moun! Here's one quick note regarding the word old: He is old= Li vye. He is older= Li pi gran. He is the oldest=(Se) li (ki) pi granmoun. ...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 1, 1999 5:43 pm
Bonjou Banbiyo! Thank you for your comments. You are correct. The correct definite article to follow "banm" would be "nan". My bad. Remember tout moun, -la...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 1, 1999 5:53 pm
Bonjou! When comparing to or more people or things, you use "pase" to mean "than". Li pi vye pase sè-li-yo. = He is older than his sisters. Li plis vye-a nan...
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Emmanuel W. Vedrine
evedrine@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 6:26 pm
Two new listings: a) A list of Authors involved with Haitian Creole b) Periodicals with publications on Haitian Creole available through "Windows on Haiti" ...
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tije
tije@xxxxx.xxx
May 1, 1999 4:17 pm
A kouman zòt fika ? Bon lafèt pou tout travayèr, moun ka djoubaté rèd ! ... Lagwiyann nou té ké di i gran pasé mo ... I gran pasé yé tout oben : I...
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Haiti Forum
haitiforum@xxxxx.xxxx
May 1, 1999 9:07 pm
Bonjou Paul: In most cases, it might be advisable to replace the word "vye" by "gran": Li pi gran pase sè-li-yo. = He is older than his sisters. (Se) Li (ki)...
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Fanawhile@...
May 3, 1999 6:10 pm
Hi there, I was wondering if you could give more defined explanations of the pronunciations of the words. I do have a difficult time with that. It seems that...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 3, 1999 10:02 pm
Bonjou Jennifer, Keep in mind that I am not a native speaker. Here are some hints I have on pronunciation. Spoken Kreyol should sound like French. The rhythm ...
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Fabien MARIUS-HATCHI
banbiyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
May 4, 1999 10:49 pm
Sé li ki pli vyé-la an fanmi a'y = Li pli vye-a nan tout fanmi li Ou té ké pé di tou : An fanmi a'y, i vye pase toutmoun banbiyo. Apita !...
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Fabien MARIUS-HATCHI
banbiyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
May 4, 1999 11:03 pm
Yéla toutmoun ! Paul, I disagree with you : spoken kreyol doesn't sound like french. I can tell you that as i'm a native speaker in the both languages. But...
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Carol Ann St Onge
stongc@xxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 2:01 pm
Bonjou tout moun! I know I have been quiet on this list, reading everything and writing nothing...til now... and I apologize for that. I have been following...
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Carol Ann St Onge
stongc@xxxxx.xxxx
May 5, 1999 2:01 pm
Bonjou tout moun! I know I have been quiet on this list, reading everything and writing nothing...til now... and I apologize for that. I have been following...
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LAKAT47@xxx.xxx
May 5, 1999 8:18 pm
In a message dated 5/5/99 7:01:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, stongc@... writes: << I have been following this exchange on the creole pronunciation with ...
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Fanawhile@xxx.xxx
May 5, 1999 8:32 pm
Hello, I am really trying to work on the conjugation of verbs. Within the spoken Haitian Kreyol there seems to be a lot of contractions as opposed to saying ...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 5, 1999 9:09 pm
Bonjou Jennifer! Great question! ... saying ... These contractions have nothing to do with the verb, but the pronoun. When mwen, ou, or li are followed by a...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 5, 1999 9:35 pm
On Wed, 5 May 1999 16:18:46 EDT, LAKAT47@... wrote: There is a language learning window in the development of the brain. Children up to age 5 are...
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Haiti Forum
haitiforum@xxxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 1:32 am
... (snips) ... Bonjou Paul, bonjou tout moun: A quick note about "GENYEN" is that it is also used most frequently when it's the last word in a sentence. ...
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Emmanuel W. Vedrine
evedrine@xxxxxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 1:43 am
1. CHADA (n), tèlke nan espresyon "lajan Chada", "manje lajan Chada". 'Lajan Chada' (lajan ki la pou yon bi). Si w pran nan 'lajan Chada', ou gen pou peye....
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Haiti Forum
haitiforum@xxxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 1:48 am
... Now, for "THERE IS" and "THERE ARE are", the usual kreyol form IS "gen" Examples: Gen dlo nan canari-a= there is water in the jar Gen mango nan panye-a=...
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Carol Ann St Onge
stongc@xxxxx.xxxx
May 6, 1999 1:21 pm
Very well said! And I will even overlook the 'soft dog growl' analogy...(just kidding) Kembe la, Carol-Ann ...
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inger cummings
jamaica_nice98@xxxxxx...
May 6, 1999 5:30 pm
my name is inger cummings i am just learning creole bec. i want to understand what people are saying and be able to talk to my boyfriends mother. i am...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 6, 1999 8:49 pm
Mèsi Carol Ann. I'm sorry for the soft dog growl analogy... I share my home with three Chihuahuas (Taco Bell dogs in the US). I guess that's the way I...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 6, 1999 9:10 pm
... Mèsi anpil HaitiForum. This is very important information. I will make sure that my notes are correct and update the website. I really appreciate all the...
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Fabien MARIUS-HATCHI
banbiyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
May 6, 1999 10:36 pm
Bèl bonjou ba tout krétyen-vivan ! there is/there are : "gen" in guyanese creole ; "ni / tin / tini" in lesser Antilles (i know there is a "genyen" in...
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Fabien MARIUS-HATCHI
banbiyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx...
May 6, 1999 10:54 pm
For me there is the "w" like in "bwa" (hood) or in "awa" (no !), it sounds like the english "w" : walking, water ... there is the "r" like in "mepri" (scorn)...
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Paul LeCorde
paul_lecorde@xxxxxx.x...
May 6, 1999 11:25 pm
... Banbiyo this does make sense to me. If I say the name Randy and place strong H in front of it, I get a sound which is definitely an R, but if I wasn't...
