Oct 21

Bonjou ‘Entèl’ pa Laverite!

Haitian Culture, Haitian Creole Ban Nou, bonjou, Demokrasi, Depi, Di, Frape, gen, Isit, Jis, Kase, Li, lontan, M. Siksto, Malad, maladi, Manje, manti, Moun, Mwen, Nan, Nou, Paske, pawòl, Pou, Sosyete, Sot, sou, Soud, Tande, tou, Vivan, Vle, vyon Add Comment (0)

M pa chonje ki kote m tande pawòl la—m vle di sou kilès nan diferan radyo ayisyen m abitye tande sou entènèt la, osnon anba ki bouch m pran l bò isit la. ‘Bonjou Entèl pa laverite’, se on pawòl m konnen lontan—m pa menm ka chonje depi ki lè m konnen l: kidonk m te toujou konnen l. Se on pawòl ki klè pou mwen, ki pa gen ni de ni twa sans nan tèt mwen: on sèl la: moun sa a se on moun pa gen okenn pawòl ki sot nan bouch li ki laverite. Li bay manti pou dan ri. Bay manti se metye l. Li malad. Kidonk se tè ki pou geri l—ak maladi bay manti a! Continue reading “Bonjou ‘Entèl’ pa Laverite!” »

Sep 23

Souvni Lakay

It's all about Haiti Adulthood, Dead Links, Graphics, haiti, Minui, Mispelled Words, Nan, Nou, Piki, Pran, Rache, Remembrances, Rive, Roro Add Comment (0)

Tout souvni nou, soti nan timoun rive nan granmoun.
Remembrances of things past, from childhood to adulthood.

This is a series of original blog posts dealing with ‘remembrances of things past’.  (i.e. aprann monte bekàn, rache dan, pran piki, ti Janvye, mès minui, koupe panzou, fè chenè…)

Please, drop us a line if you find any dead links, mistakes, mispelled words, etc. If you like this blog as a whole, or just this article, kindly share it with your friends, would you?

Blog post by Roro and Tatán
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Sep 22

Dèyè Pawòl, Gen Pawòl

Haitian Culture, Haitian Creole Atik, ayiti, bagay, Desen, Ki, Kote, Koze, lakay, Logomachy, Moun, Nan, Proverb, Roro, Synchrony Add Comment (0)

Dèyè Pawòl, Gen Pawòl

“Dèyè Pawòl Gen Pawòl” conjures up the idea expressed by the proverb “Dèyè mòn, gen mòn”. In short, it will be a weekly investigation into our logomachy, the words we use–words of the day, words from the past, words in synchrony, words in diachrony, all words that purport to convey some meaning about us…

Si ou renmen koze sa a, gaye li tribòbabò.

Atik sa a, se Roro ki te ekri l.

Tanpri, pa bliye fè on ti koutpye nan Lakay Graphics kote n ap jwenn on pakèt desen ak anpil lòt bagay sou Ayiti.
Ki moun