Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Joseph Teaches Brian Useful Creole Phrases

On the plane from Miami to Port au Prince, I sat next to a nice fellow named Joseph Reynaud. He’s Haitian and speaks english. He was wearing a straw hat, a Hawaiian shirt, and gold chains around his neck. He is exactly ten years older than me. (I know because he asked me to help fill out his customs and immigration forms. I think perhaps he couldn’t read or write. “My eyes,” he said. )

“I live Port au Prince with my wife and kids,” he said. “I have 19-year-old girlfriend in Miami.” He started teaching me how to pick up Haitian girls. He told me Bel fi means beautiful girl.
Mwen me on means I like you.
fam douce = sweet girl
Ou vle mange avec moi?  Do you want to eat with me?
Subtitute bwe for mange to say Do you want to drink with me?
On vle pa se jolie avec moi? Do you want to spend time with me?

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