Excercise: Write the English word for each of the following:

a ~ in, to, will, at
ak ~ and, with
An ~ in
anjeneal ~ in general (1)
ap ~ be*
Bon ~ nice, well, good
chanjman ~ change (2)
dantè ~ dental, dentist *
dat ~ date
deja ~ already
dènye ~ last
doktè ~ doctor
doulè ~ pain
egzamen ~ test
entène ~ enter (3)
èske ~ ask (4)
eta ~ condition, state of being
gen ~ gain; there is, are
grav ~ grave, serious
janm ~ ever, never
jeneal ~ general
ki ~ which
kisa ~ what - kisa
kounye ~ presently, now
lane ~ year
lopital ~ hospital
maladi ~ disease, malady
medikal ~ medical - medikal
nan ~ to, in, into
okenn ~ none
oswa ~ either, or
ou ~ you - ou
pase ~ occur, pass, switch, happen, take place
pat ~ paw, batter (5)
pou ~ in order to
pwoblèm ~ problem
rezon ~ reasonable
sante ~ health
sot ~ no translation known
suiv ~ track, follow
te - tea. (6)
tretman
twa ~ three
w ~ no translation known
yo ~ they
yon ~ one, a, an


* Not sure of this translation.
1. anjeneral is an (in) and jeneral (general) combined into one word.
2. chanjman. I believe the word should be chanje - change. Not sure of the man suffix. 3. entène. I believe the word should be antre (enter)
4. eskè. This appears to be a phonetic spelling of the English word ask. The word have is genyen in Creole. I have not found a Creole word for ask. The Creole word for inquire is fè demann.
5. pat. This word translates to paw or batter. It makes no sense in this context. Generally Creole has trouble with verb tenses. Perhaps this word is used to show "Has there been" although "Have you been" is translated "Èske w te... ou" in the next sentence.
6. te. Looks like another word used to show verb tense in this context.

List 4 words which sound the same as their English equivalent.

rezon - reason
dokte - doctor
medikal - medical
pwoblèm - problem

Give 3 words which sound the same as their French equivalent.

bon - bon - good
wi - oui - yes
deja - deja - past

Give 2 words which sound the same as their Spanish equivalent.

pase - pase' - past
pou ki - por que - for what