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• pandanwhileword
• menmsameword
• kacan (to be able to)word
• Ki leswhosephrase
• Li (i) té manjéHe/she had eaten.phrase
• Liher, him, itword
• Ki sawhat is thatphrase
• andidaninword
• Mwen té manjéI had eaten.phrase
• Ou té enmenYou loved. You had loved.phrase
• kò mwenmyselfphrase
• Yo té manjéThey had eaten.phrase
• lèwhenword
• magwéalthoughword
• asouonword
• toupatoueverywhereword
• Jòdi-a sé lendiToday is Mondayphrase
• chakeach, everyword
• kò-lihimselfphrase
• Yo pa kwè.They did not believe.phrase
• Mwen manjéI ate. I have eaten.phrase
• Li (i) kalé manjéHe/she will eat. He is going going to eat.phrase
• plisanything, moreword
• a lotanotherphrase
• kapabable, canword
• adanin, inside, into, fromword
• yothey, them, theirword
• osialsoword
• Zòt té ka manjéYou were eating.phrase
• kalégoing to; willword
• Ou ka manjéYou eat. You are eating.phrase
• sèlonlyword
• Yo té enmenThey loved. They had loved.phrase
• té ditoldphrase
• kombyenhow manyword
• kiwhatword
• Nou manjéWe ate. We have eaten.phrase
• toutallword
• bòatword
• dépisinceword
• Zòt manjéYou ate. You have eaten.phrase
• Ou té ka manjéYou were eating.phrase
• mwenmineword
• silonaccording toword
• mwen YonneI alonephrase
• Nou té manjéWe had eaten.phrase
• kontagainstword
• Siifword
• té vléwantedphrase
• pwèskénearly, almostword
• Mwenmyword
• Nouwe, usword
• Ou té manjéYou had eaten.phrase
• jiseven then; until thenword
• mébutword
• apwéthen, afterwards, afterword
• kéwillword
• Si ou vlé pou di cut I sé koupé.If you want to say "cut", it's koupé.phrase
• paséthan (before infinitives; sometimes used alone for passé poû)word
• anat, inword
• ka pòtécarryingphrase
• Zòt kalé manjéYou will eat. You are going to eat.phrase
• avanbeforeword
• yonone, aword
• Yo té ka manjéThey were eating.phrase
• Mwen pa manjé.I am not hungry.phrase
• Ki mounwhophrase
• lototherword
• kaUsed before the verb shows present tenseword
• Sathatword
• Mwen ka wèsté an ÒpòI live in Port-of-Spainphrase
• nanin; from or out of (after such verbs as sótî, tirer)word
• Ouyouword
• tinito haveword
• Li (i) ka manjéHe/she eats. He/she is eating.phrase
• étandword
• sétéwasword
• Zòt enmenYou lovephrase
• salathisword
• apanbetweenword
• Li (i) té ka manjéHe/she was eating.phrase
• koumanhowword
• lathereword
• Li (i) enmenHe/she lovesphrase
• paséthanword
• Ou kalé manjéYou shall eat. You are going to eat.phrase
• anlèuponword
• Mwen té ka manjéI was eating.phrase
• pouto, forword
• paskibecauseword
• lézòtothersword
• Zòt té enmenYou loved. You had loved.phrase
• Yo kalé manjéThey shall eat. They are going to eat.phrase
• aninsideword
• Zòt té manjéYou had eaten.phrase
• mwenI, meword
• Zòt ka manjéYou eat. You are eating.phrase
• èvèkwithword
• kotéwhereword
• èkseptéunlessword
• Li (i) manjéHe/she ate. He/she has eaten.phrase
• Yo enmenThey lovephrase
• Ou enmenYou lovephrase
• èksèptéexceptword
• antbetweenword
• Li (i) té enmenHe/she loved. He/she had loved.phrase
• ihe, she, itword
• Nou kalé manjéWe shall eat. We are going to eat.phrase
• nouyou (more than one)word
• lòtotherword
• magwéin spite ofword
• konsasoword
• latheword
• Nou enmenWe lovephrase
• diofword
• Mwen kalé manjéI will eat. I am going to eat.phrase
• Mwen ka manjéI eat. I am eating.phrase
• pisbecauseword
• Ou manjéYou ate. You have eaten.phrase
• antiwanexceptingword
• -anthe (form of the definite article after a nasal vowel: a final n that is not sounded)word
• Yo manjéThey ate. They have eaten.phrase
• anbaunder, beneathword
• Mwen enmenI lovephrase
• Nou té enmenWe loved. We had loved.phrase
• douvanbeforeword
• pathrough, not, no, don'tword
• minwhileword
• pouki sawhyphrase
• pasbecauseword
• séis, areword
• paséthan (before any tense of the Indicative)word
• Épiand, withword
• anhoaboveword
• jaalreadyword
• èkandword
• Yo ka manjéThey eat. They are eating.phrase
• Nou ka manjéWe eat. We are eating.phrase
• Mwen manjé?Have I eaten?phrase
• zòtyou (more than one)word
• téused to show past tenseword
• Mwen té enmenI loved. I had loved.phrase
• ayannothingword
• Nou té ka manjéWe were eating.phrase

Notice

Notes from the corpus, in English, on how these entries are used.

• ét and

  Listed 'ét, èk, épi' together for 'and' (p. 23).

• pou to, for

  Glossed 'to' and 'for' across lists.

• Épi and, with

  p. 23 lists the variants 'ét, èk, épi' together for 'and'.

• èk and

  Listed 'ét, èk, épi' together for 'and' (p. 23).

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