Translate Haitian Creole to English
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Common Haitian Creole to English translations
| Haitian Creole | English | Pronunciation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonjou | Hello | bohn-ZHOO | ||
| Mèsi | Thank you | meh-SEE | ||
| Orevwa | Goodbye | oh-reh-VWAH | ||
| (Good morning) | Good morning | good MOR-ning | ||
| (Please) | Please | pleez | ||
| (How much?) | How much is this? | how much | ||
| (Bathroom?) | Where is the bathroom? | BAHTH-room | ||
| (I don't understand) | I do not understand | not understand | ||
| (Help me?) | Can you help me? | help mee | ||
| (Tea please) | I would like tea | tee pleez | ||
| (Bill please) | The bill, please | bil pleez | ||
| (Nice to meet you) | Nice to meet you | meet yoo | ||
| (Need doctor) | I need a doctor | DOK-ter | ||
| (Excuse me) | Excuse me | eks-KYOOZ mee |
Tips for Haitian Creole to English translation
Haitian Creole is a French-based creole spoken by about 12 million people in Haiti and the diaspora. Its grammar is significantly different from French despite shared vocabulary.
Haitian Creole has a fixed SVO word order with no verb conjugation. Tense is marked by particles before the verb.
The orthography was standardized in 1979 using a phonetic Latin-based system.
Haitian Creole vocabulary is about 90% French-derived but with African grammatical structures.
About the Haitian Creole language
Haiti has about 11 million people. Haitian Creole became an official language alongside French in 1987.
The Haitian diaspora is significant in the US (especially Miami, New York, Boston), Canada, and France.
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