🇭🇹 Haitian
Creole for:
1- A Haitian way of greeting others.
2- A Haitian way of asking what’s just happened; what happened; what’s happening.
3- A Haitian way of asking what is the matter with you in a confrontational way.
4-
News and
gossip (in general)
1- A Haitian way of greeting others.
—
Pierre: Sa k’ pase Jacques?
— Jacques: N’ap boule,
Pierre . (N’ap boule means we’re fine.)
2- A Haitian way of asking what’
s just happened; what happened; what’s happening.
—
Pierre: (At the scene of an event) Sa k’ pase Jacques?
— Jacques: M’ pa konnen,
Pierre. (M’ pa konnen means I
don’t know.)
3- A Haitian way of asking what is the matter with you in a confrontational way.
— Pierre: (Jacques accidentally bumps into Pierre.) Sa k’ pase, Jacques?
— Jacques: Eskize m’, Pierre ? (Eskize m’ means sorry.)
4- News and gossip (in general)
— Pierre: Ou pa tande Sa k’ pase, Jean-Jacques? ( means Haven’t your heard the news, Jacques ?
— Jacques: Non, m’ pa fè nouvèl kèk jou, Pierre. (means No, I haven’t listened or watched the news for days, Pierre.)