Diksyone Kreyol/Angle (Creole-English Dictionary)

212 Pages·1991·21.753 MB·Haitian Creole / Kreyòl ayisyen; English

by  Fequiere Vilsaint

DIKSYONE
KREYOL/ANGLE
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Fequiere Vilsaint
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Kouman nou fè rive la
An janvye 1986 Adryen Piè Lwi nan travay li ak lavil Nouyôk pou jwenn
mwayen kreye plis kominikasyon ant gouvènman lavil-la ak manm gwoup
kiltirèl yo fè twa konstatasyon:
a: Nan kominote Ayisyen-an pa gen yon diksyonè ki ekri pou moun ki
konn pale enpe Anglè osinon enpe kreyôl, manke yon dokiman tou de
gwoup yo ta kab konsilte pou kominike youn ak lot.
b: Lè moun yo sévi ak diksyonè ki egziste déjà yo, gen dezakô sou sa
kèk mo vie di, sou kijan mo yo te dwe ekri; epitou kèk fwa gen
kontradiksyon ant yon liv ak yon lot. Dezakô yo sôti paske moun ki ekri
diksyonè yo pa gen okazyon pou verifye mo yo nan peyi Ayiti, osinon yo
verifye nan kèk rejyon sèlman.
c: Moun ki ale lekôl, lè y’ap fè devwa lakay, yo pa kapab tradwi panse yo
ak eksperyans yo, ni-tou paran-yo pa kapab ede yo avèk anglè, men yo pa
genyen yon diksyonè nonplis.
Adryen ak twa lot Ayisyen etidye senk diksyonè Kreyôl epi diskite ak
Ayisyen nan legliz Bouklin sou sa mo sa-yo vie di. Pandan dezan pastè
Lizyis Bôjela reyini chak dimanch apre-midi ak fidèl yo pou diskite sou
li
diksyonè yo. Apre-sa Ayisyen ki rete Ayiti ak Kanada bay kontribisyon yo.
Ak travay sa-yo nou genyen 600 è anrejistre sou odio kasèt. Se premye fwa
jan de dokiman odio konsa egziste sou lang kreyôl.
DIKSYONE KREYÔL ANGLE se yon dokiman 17 moun mete ansanm
pou prepare. Men se travay tout Ayisyen paske kreyôl se lang tout Ayisyen.
Disèt moun ki rete Ayiti (nan Nô, nan Sid, nan Pôtoprens, nan Latibonit),
Ozetazini (nan Nouyôk, Myami, Lwiziana, Tanpa), Kanada (Monreal) patisipe
nan travay sa-a. Mwen koleksyone travay sa-yo pou mwen prepare liv sa-a.
Mwen vie felisite epi tou rekonèt patisipasyon kèk moun pou jan yo te
motive nan travay sa-a: Adryen Piè Lwi, Lizyis Bôjela, Andre Sen-Pre, Kawôl
Dabouz, Kennet Mousgrav, Ginèt Letend, Jôj Piè, Klodèt Simon, Andrea
Pakio, Flobè Bonsi, Maria Fekiè, Mod Simonis, Franklen Okselis, Sintia
Olevèdi, Titi Senlo, Joslin Andre, Kal Teodô, Katrina Teodô. Tout moun sa-yo
patisipe pou anrejistre tep-yo.
Moun ki tape diksyonè a: Mari Kala Jozèf, Tisya Piè, Andrena Piè, Jojo
Vero, Tisè Toma, Manouchka Adryen.
Diksyonè-a baze sou travay lot moun te fè anvan nou. Fô nou felisite
epitou rekonèt travay Albè Vadman ak ekip nan Enstiti kreyôl inivèsite
li
Indiana, ki ekri " Haitian Creole-English-French Dictionary", 1981; travay A.
Bentolila ak ekip-li ki ekri Ti diksyonnè Kreyôl-Franse" 1976 ed. Karayib; L.
Pèlman ki ekri "Dictionnaire Creole-Francais, 1976 CICM ed., PAP; Pradel
Ponpilis ki ekri " Lexique Créole Français", kôm tèz nan Inivèsite Pari Ednè
;
Janti, "Diksyonè Kreyôl" 1989 ed. La Presse Evangélique. Se liv sa yo nou
itilize tout tan pou keksyone moun yo. Nou rekonèt efô tout moun ti patisipe
nan verifikasyon yo.
Kreyôl se lang 6 milion Ayisyen, liv sa-a se pou yo tout.
Kominikasyon se kômansman siksè, liv sa-afèt pou ede moun ki pale Kreyôl
kominike ak moun ki pale angle. Li fèt tou pou moun ki pale Anglè pou ede
yo kominike ak moun ki pale Kreyôl. Si sa fèt nou rive jwenn rèv ekip la.
Liv sa-a se yon zouti pou moun kap etidye, kap travay, kap ekri. Se pou
Ayisyen, moun ki renmen Ayisyen, moun kap travay pou Ayisyen.
Li ta enposib rive la si nou pat gen anpil ankourajman pwofesè Ayisyen
tankou Jilbè Ipolit, ak Leons Dewonvil de moun sa-yo gen anpil dedikas pou
jèn Ayisyen gen siksè lekôl epi tou vin yon lidè nan kominote yo. Li ta
enposib tou si moun tankou J. C. Bèna nan IPN, P. Ponpilis, A. Vadman,
Feliks Moriso Lewa, legliz Katolik ak bon nouvèl, legliz Metodis ak lot legliz
pwotestan yo, ak tandôt pat fè wout yo te fè yo pou ekri kreyôl.
Nou vie di yon gro Mèsi.
Nou pran anpil tan pou prepare liv sa-a si gen erè nou ta renmen
kômantè sou yo, nap korije yo. Moun ki nan EDUCA VISION, tampa, Florida
ban nou anpil èd nan koreksyon, nou felisite-ya pou bèl Video yo fè an kreyôl
pou timoun aprann aritmetik.
F. Vilsen
Tanpa, 3 Fevriye 1991
©
Copyright F. Vilsaint 1991
Creole-English Dictionary 5
INTRODUCTION
In January 1986 Adrien Pierre-Louis, in a project to identify means for
improving or creating links between cultural community and the city of New-
York reported several bottlenecks in communication channels. Three ofthem
are relevant to our purpose:
a: In the Haitian Community, there is no reference dictionary designed in
such a way that people with limited Creole or limited English could use to
access one another.
b: The existing dictionaries sometimes do not agree on spelling, on
meaning and occasionally show inconsistencies. These problems are
associated with lack or limited field validation of these documents,
c: Creole speaking school children in their homework lack the vocabulary
to express their thoughts and experience in English; furthermore parents
cannot help them. A comprehensive dictionary could therefore the void.
fill
Adrien and three colleagues commit themselves to study five
dictionaries on hand. They set up to study the entries with Haitians living in
New-York For two years, Pastor Lysius Borgella meets every Sunday
.
afternoon with church volunteers to study those entries discuss their
meanings and record group conclusions on audio tape. Later on Haitian
living within Haiti and in Montréal, Canada contributed to this effort. It exist
now a collection of 600 hours of discussion on audio tape. This is the
biggest collection of this kind in Creole.
DIKSYONE KREYÔL ANGLE is a active effort of 17 people living in Haiti
(North, South, Port-Au-Prince and Artibonite); in The United States (New-
York, Miami, Louisiana, Tampa, West Palm); in Canada (Montréal) Above all
it is a Haitian collective work, Creole is the language of all Haitians... My duty
was to coordinate the actions, collect the data and prepare this document.
The level of participation and motivation was noteworthy, want
I
therefore to acknowledge the following people: Adrien Pierre-Louis, Lysius
Borgella, Andre Saint-Preux, Carole W. Darbouse, Kenneth B. Musgrave,
Ginette Lussier*Letendre,-Georges- Pierre; Claudette T. Simon, Andrea C.
Paquiot, Flaubert Boncy, Maria Hernandez-Féquière, Maud L. Simonis,
Franklyn Occelus, Cynthia Olivedi, Timothy SaintLot, Jocelyne Andre, Carl
Diksyonè Kreydl-Anglè
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Théodore, Kathryna Théodore. Without these people the audio tapes and this
document would unimaginable.
Several previous works inspired and in some cases serve as basis for
this dictionary. We recognize the work of:
Albert Valdman et al: "Haitian Creole-English-French Dictionary" 1981 Creole
,
Institute, Indiana University.
Bentolila et al " Ti Diksyonnè Kreyôl-Franse" 1976, ed. Caraïbes.
Louis Peleman, "Dictionnaire Créole-Français", 1976, CICM ed., Bon Nouvèl,
Port-Au-Prince.
Pradel Pompilus, "Lexique Créole Français" 1958, Thèse de l’Universite de
Paris.
Edner Jeanty, "Diksyonè Kreyôl", 1989, La presse Evangélique ed.
These documents are used in most of our surveys. Our thanks go also
to the multitude of interviewees.
Several people cooperated to type this document: Marie Karla Joseph,
Andrena Pierre, Jojo R. Vero, Soeurette Thomas, Manouchka Adrien.
Our thanks also go to several professors in the Haitian Community
abroad such as Gilbert Hippolite, Leonce Desronvil for their attention and
guidance; to old and new pioneers like Pompilus, J.C. Bernard, A. Valdman,
Felix Morisseau Leroy, The Catholic Church, in Haiti with Bon Nouvel, The
Methodist Church.
Communication is the first step toward success. We assemble this
book to facilitate communication between Creole speaking and English
speaking (and the other way around). should be used by students, workers,
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leaders, writers etc. It is dedicated to Haitians, their friends and those that are
part of Haitian struggles.
It took longer than expected to complete this dictionary. The people at
Educa Vision did a good job of proofreading; If you find any error please let
us know, we will correct in coming edition.
Congratulations to you the reader for acquiring this dictionary.
F. Vilsaint
Tampa, Feb. 3 1991
Copyright (g) F. Vilsaint 1991
Diksyonè Kreôl F.V. 1991
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