✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: Wi (wee)
- 👎 No: Non (nohn)
- 🙏 Please: Tanpri (TAN-pree)
- 😊 Thank you: Mèsi (MEH-see)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Pa gen pwoblèm (pah gen PWOH-blem)
- 😬 Sorry: Padon (pah-DON)
- 🙋 Excuse me: Eskize m (es-KEE-zeh muh)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Alo / Bonjou (ah-LOH / bon-ZHOO)
- 👋 Bye: Orevwa (oh-reh-VWAH)
- 🌞 Good morning: Bon maten (bon mah-TEN)
- 🌙 Good night: Bonswa (bon-SWAH)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: Kisa sa ye? (kee-SAH sah yay?)
- 👤 Who?: Ki moun? (kee MOON?)
- 🕒 When?: Kilè? (kee-LAY?)
- 📍 Where?: Kote? (koh-TAY?)
- 🛠️ How?: Kijan? (kee-JAN?)
- 🤔 Why?: Poukisa? (poo-kee-ZAH?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Mwen pa konnen (mwen pah kon-NEN)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Mwen pa konprann (mwen pah kon-PRAN)
- 🔁 Again: Ankò (ahn-KOH)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Eske m ka…? (ES-keh muh kah…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Bon (bon)
- 👎 Bad: Move (MOH-veh)
- 😋 Yummy: Gout bon! (goo BOHN!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Degoutan! (deh-goo-TAN!)
- 🧸 I like it: Mwen renmen li (mwen ren-MEN lee)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Mwen pa renmen li (mwen pah ren-MEN lee)
- 💧 Water: Dlo (dloh)
- 🍝 Food: Manje (MAHN-zheh)
- 👉 This: Sa a (sah ah)
- 👉 That: Sa (sah)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: Mwen rele… (mwen REH-leh…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: Kijan yo rele ou? (kee-JAN yo REH-leh oo?)
- 🙋 I am: Mwen se… (mwen say…)
- 👉 You are: Ou se… (oo say…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Mwen kontan (mwen kon-TAHN)
- 😢 I’m sad: Mwen tris (mwen trees)
- 😴 I’m tired: Mwen bouke (mwen boo-KAY)
- 😡 I’m mad: Mwen fache (mwen fah-SHAY)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Mwen blese (mwen bleh-ZAY)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Mwen pa santi m byen (mwen pah SAN-tee muh byen)
- 🥰 I love you: Mwen renmen ou (mwen ren-MEN oo)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Mwen grangou (mwen gran-GOO)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: Mwen swaf dlo (mwen swaf DLOH)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Jodi a (jo-DEE ah)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Demen (deh-MEHN)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Yè (yeh)
- 🌅 Morning: Maten (mah-TEN)
- 🌌 Night: Aswè (ah-SWEH)
- ⏳ Now: Kounye a (koon-YEH ah)
- 🔜 Later: Lè pita (leh PEE-tah)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Adwat (ad-WAHT)
- 🔙 Left: Agoch (ah-GOSH)
- ⬆️ Straight: Dwat (dwah)
- ⬅️ Front: Devan (deh-VAHN)
- ➡️ Behind: Dèyè (deh-YEH)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Anwo (ahn-WO)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: Anba (ahn-BAH)
- 🏠 Inside: Anndan (ahN-DAHN)
- 🌳 Outside: Deyò (deh-YO)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Antre (AHN-treh)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Soti (SOH-tee)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: Konbyen? (kon-BYEN?)
- 😮 Too much: Twòp! (trop)
- 👌 A little: Ti kras (tee KRAS)
- 1️⃣ One: Youn (yoon)
- 2️⃣ Two: De (duh)
- 3️⃣ Three: Twa (twah)
- 4️⃣ Four: Kat (kaht)
- 5️⃣ Five: Senk (senk)
- 6️⃣ Six: Sis (seess)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Sèt (set)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Uit (weet)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Nèf (nef)
- 🔟 Ten: Dis (deess)
- 💯 One hundred: San (sahn)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Paske (PAHS-keh)
- 🧩 So…: Se konsa… (seh KON-sah…)
- 👀 If…: Si… (see…)
- 🆚 But: Men… (men…)
- 🔄 Or: Oswa (os-WAH)
- ➕ And: Ak (ahk)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Mwen bezwen (mwen BEH-zwen)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Mwen vle (mwen vle)
- 🙌 I give: Mwen bay (mwen bay)
- 🤝 I help: Mwen ede (mwen EH-day)
- 🙋 I ask: Mwen mande (mwen MAHN-day)
- 🗣️ I say: Mwen di (mwen dee)
- 👂 I listen: Mwen koute (mwen KOO-tay)
- 👀 I see: Mwen wè (mwen weh)
- 🦶 I go: Mwen ale (mwen AH-lay)
- 🍽️ I eat: Mwen manje (mwen MAHN-zheh)
- 🥤 I drink: Mwen bwè (mwen bweh)
- 🛌 I sleep: Mwen dòmi (mwen DOH-mee)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Èd! (ed!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Silans! (see-LAHNS!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Sispann! (see-SPAHN!)
- 👀 Look!: Gade! (GAH-day!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Kalme! (KAL-meh!)
- 👏 Come here: Vin isit! (veeh ee-SEET!)
- ⏳ Wait: Tann! (tahn!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Byen fèt! (byen fet!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Ann ale! (ahn ah-lay!)