Our Haitian children will be home before we know it (although this waiting seems endless - Thank You Lord for teaching me patience and perseverance!), and we'd better get rockin' on our Creole! So we're attempting to learn "a list a week". The first one is entitled Parts of the Body. Come along on our language journey!!
English -- Creole -- Pronunciation
head -- tet -- teht
hair -- cheve -- sheh-vuh
eye/eyes -- zye/zye yo -- zhay/zhay yo
nose -- nen -- nenh (nasal)
mouth -- bouch -- boosh
teeth -- dan -- danh (nasal)
face -- figi -- fee-gee
ear -- zorey -- zor-ay
neck -- kou -- koo
arm -- bra -- brah
finger -- dwet -- dweht
hands -- men -- menh (nasal)
chest -- estomack, pwatrin -- pwatrin
belly/stomach -- vant -- vahnt
bone -- zo -- zoh
leg -- janm -- zhahm
foot/feet -- pye/pye yo -- p'yay/p'yay yo
toe/toes -- zotey/zotey yo -- zot-ay/zo-tay yo
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