English-Creole: Kreyòl-Angle Dictionary(Diksyonè)

359 Pages·2016·0.86 MB·English

by  Rigdon John.

English / Creole
Kreyòl / Angle
Dictionary / Diksyonè

Published by:
Eastern Digital Resoures
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English Creole Dictionary
Kreyòl / Angle Diksyonè

15th Printing – JAN 2010 17/0/31/1

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Tablo
(Table of Contents)

Sources Used 4
Introduction 5
The Creole Alphabet 6
A Guide to Creole Pronunciation 9
Some Useful Creole Words and Phrases 11
Medical Phrases 15
Medical Questionaire 16
Commonly Used Words 19
Days of the Week 20
Months of the Year 20
Telling Time 19
Numbers 22
Colors 23
Words Which Sound & Mean
the Same in English & Creole 24
Words Which Sound & Mean
the Same in Spanish & Creole 25
Words Which Sound & Mean
the Same in French & Creole 25
Creole Grammar 26
English / Creole Dictionary 70
Kreyòl / English Dictionary 207
The Plan of Salvation 358
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Sources Used
Bib La – The Haitian Bible Society, Port Au Prince
Haiti
Haitian Creole Dictionary - Online HTML English-
Creole dictionary of English words and their Creole
equivalents. http://www.kreyol.com/dictionary/dictionary.html
Creole-English Glossary - Word list with Haitian
Creole words and their English counterparts.
http://www.jewsforshalom.org/Creole-EnglishWordlist.html
LeCorde’s English-Kreyol Dictionary - Word list of
English words & their equivalents in Haitian Creole.
http://www.geocities.com/frenchcreoles/kreyol/krldict.txt
LeCorde’s Creole Grammar
http://www.geocities.com/frenchcreoles/kreyol/
Examples of sentences in Creole by Marc-Charles
Nicolas
A Learner's Dictionary of Haitian Creole by Albert
Valdman, Indiana University Creole Institute, 1996
Creole Made Easy by H. Ormonde McConnell in
1945 and revised and edited by Wally Turnbull 2000.
Ann pale kreyòl An Introductory Course in
Haitian Creole - Albert Valdman, Indiana
University Creole Institute, 1988.
Haitians— Their History And Culture
ttp://www.culturalorientation.net/haiti/hcreole.html
English Creole Dictionary 5
Introduction

This book is designed to be used by the English
speaker to learn the basics of Haitian Creole.
Included are a section on the Creole alphabet with a
pronunciation guide, the basic elements of Creole
grammar and some commonly used words and
phrases.

The lexicon of Haitian Creole is derived primarily
(90%) from French. This word-base, however, has
been enriched with borrowings from other lan-
guages with which Haitian Creole speakers
historically had contact.

The last few pages of the book contain the Plan of
Salvation with scripture reference. Since Creole is a
phonetic language, the English speaker can learn to
read the Creole with a bit of practice, and although
they may not understand what they are reading, the
Haitian Creole listener will understand.

Corrections, suggestions and additions should be
directed to John Rigdon ([email protected]).
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Alfabè Kreyòl la
The Creole Alphabet
letter name sound as in
a ah a hat
ong (but don't
an ah-en long (without the g)
say the g)
b bee b same as English
see-
ch ch machine
ahsh
d dee d same as English
e ay ay day
ang (but don't
en ay en clang (without the g)
say the g)
è ay grav e get
f ehf f same as English
g gay g always like in go
i ee i machine
j zhee zh leizure
k ka k same as English
l ell l same as English
m em m same as English
n en n same as English
o o o hot
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ò ograv aw saw
home (saying the m
on owen o
through your nose)
ou oo ou you
p pee p same as English
say Randy and place a
hard H sound
before the r; the sound
r ah-wah n/a
when made
correctly sounds a lot
like "w".
s ess s same as English
t tah t same as English
v va v same as English
w doob va w same as English
like in yes except
at the end a word
eep-
y y, ee y where it's like
seelon
the ee y in "see ya!"
with the a cut short.
z zed z same as English
Stress is on the last syllable. Haitian Creole only
lacks the /th/ sounds in "thick" and "the," the /i/
sound in "pin," the /a/ sound in "hat," and the /r/
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sound in "row." It contains, however, other sounds
(e.g., nasals) that do not exist in English.
Vowels
Haitian Creole has ten vowels and three semi-
vowels. The following list contains a phonemic
description and examples in Creole and English
where appropriate. In the recent standardization of
Creole orthography, great effort was made to make
the sound-symbol correspondence consistent for
ease in the acquisition of literacy skills. In other
words, each sound is consistently represented by the
same written symbol (i.e., letter or group of letters).
The written equivalent for each sound is in bold.

HC English
/ i / diri see
/ e / bebe mate
/ e / bèbè get
/e / benyen -
/ a / papa hot
/ ã / manman -
/ u / moumou Food
/ o / bobo photo
/ ç / bòzò ought
/ õ / bonbon -
/ wi / uit -
/ w / wi Win
/ y / Ayiti you
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A Guide to Creole Pronunciation

Creole is written phonetically. Each letter is
pronounced, and each word is spelled as it is
pronounced. Creole has only been recognized as the
official language of Haiti in the last few years.
Therefore, there are many different ways in which
the Haitians write and spell Creole words. There is
an official standard that has been set, and this
standard will be maintained in this publication. The
following is a pronunciation guide using this
standard; most of the sounds are French.

ch-share chache-to look for
o-claw fo-strong
e-aim ede-to aid, help
ou-you ou-you
e-leg mesi-thank you
r-(not rolled) respire-to breathe
g-go gen-to have
I-see isit-here
s-(always s) prese-in a hurry
j-(avoid the d sound) jou-day
y-yes pye-foot
o-toe zo-bone

There are nasal sounds in Creole just as there are
nasal sounds in French, which are pronounced
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partially through the nose, but without the "n" itself
pronounced (a rare exception to the general
pronunciation rule of pronouncing every letter).
Some English equivalents which come close to the
nasal sounds are as follows:

an-alms dan-tooth
en-chopin pen-bread
on-don't bon-good

A. When a nasal sound is followed by another "n",
or "m," the nasal sound is pronounced, then the "n"
or "m" is pronounced separately.

B. If an accent is placed over the vowel, there is no
nasal sound.

C. In never indicates a nasal sound.
The letter c is only used in the ch combination.
The letter k is used for the hard sound.
The letter s is used for the soft sound.