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Travel to Haiti

If you are traveling to Haiti or thinking about traveling to Haiti, there are a number of things that you need to do or get. You need an airline ticket, passport, and suitcases. As you travel to Haiti, you will need to go through immigration and customs. After landing in Haiti, you will need to […]

basic words and phrases for adoptive families

Basic words and phrases for adoptive families

This post covers basic words and phrases for adoptive families. If you are thinking of adopting from Haiti or are in the process of adopting, this post will provide you with a few words and phrases you can use to communicate with your child. If you have recently adopted a child from Haiti and your […]

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Family in Haitian Creole (extended family)

This post covers  family in Haitian Creole. This post specifically covers extended family members which usually include cousins, in-laws, nieces, nephews, grandparents, and in some cultures family friends and neighbors. There was another post that covered close family in Haitian Creole. You can see it here. Grandfather = Granpapa or Granpè which is more common […]

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Family (Fanmi)

Family is when different people are related either by blood, marriage, or adoption. In some areas of the world like Haiti, your neighbors can also be considered family, especially when the families have been neighbors for generations.  Friends can also be considered family if the friends are really close. This post will cover close family […]

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Emotions in Haitian Creole

This post will cover emotions in Haitian Creole. Emotions are usually how we show our feelings. For example, one can tell if a person is happy or sad based on whether that person looks happy or sad. Sometimes, the look on someone’s face can show if that person is worried, angry, frustrated, afraid, etc… If […]

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House in Haitian-Creole

This posts covers translations for a home and the different rooms one can find in a house. In this post, you will learn the different rooms one find in a house in Haitian-Creole. You will also learn some phrases related to a house in Haitian-Creole. House or Home = Kay or Lakay Kitchen = Kwizin […]

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Vocabulary Video 5

This post covers words and phrases for Family, relationships, compliments, daily routines, food habits, and weather in Haitian Creole to help with your vocabulary. Hopefully it will help you build your vocabulary in Haitian-Creole. Do you like me? = (Èske) Ou (w) renmen’m? remember èske is not a must Do you love me? = Ou (w) […]

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Learn Body Parts (Kò)

This post covers body parts in Haitian-Creole. It also shows you how you can use those parts in every day sentences. Body = Kò Good morning = Bonjou How? = Kijan? I, me, my, mine = Mwen or “m” Fine = Byen Grandma (grandmother) = Grann Child = Pitit Darling (honey) = Cheri Good morning […]

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Haitian Dishes

This post covers the different types of Haitian dishes which is influenced by the French, the Africans, and the Spanish. It is very similar to other Caribbean islands and Central America but the taste is different. From my experience, Honduras dishes are very close to Haitian dishes, when it comes to taste. If you live […]

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Form Sentences

This video covers words and phrases in Haitian-Creole. It includes sentences that cover wishes, questions, anniversaries/holidays, where/who/what/when, belief, stop, sit, get up, school, etc… Hopefully it will help you learn new words and put those words together to form sentences. Read the texts and watch the video to learn new sentences in Haitian-Creole. A little […]