Creole inhabitant of Martinique

The creole inhabitant of Martinique is a creole based on the French spoken in Martinique. It became a true language with the wire of time. It is very close to the Creole of Guadeloupe and Haiti and to the shapes of Creoles spoken in French-speaking in the past islands (the Dominique and St Lucia).

Pronunciation

The R decide W .

This language can be included/understood by somebody by knowing only the bases:

  • ka expresses the present
  • ké or " kay" express the future
  • t-piece expresses the past (ka is often used afterwards: it means “to make”)

Example:

  • mwen ka blade baw : ==> translation I speak (now, I am in the train, present)
  • mwen to you ké blade baw : ==> translation I will speak to you (later, future)
  • mwen t-piece ka blade baw : ==> translation I was speaking to you, I spoke (past)
to you

Examples

Example of creole proverbs:

  • Chak chyen licks tèt afè' L jan Li konnin: Each she-ass braie in its pasture.

  • Chyen Pa ka Fe cat: like father, like son
  • Ti bèf Pa janm fèt san ke: (literally: an ox is not born without tail) (a tiger is not born without nail) like father, like son
  • Pitit tig tig: like father, like son (literally: the son (the girl) of a tiger is a tiger (a tiger-cat))(Haiti)
  • Yo pit bourik leg dlo men yo Pa pit bourik bwe dlo (literally: one can force an ass has to cross a river but one cannot force it to drink)
  • IH di laughed, plere lanti: he laughs longest who laughs last
  • Pati Pa rivets: slow and steady wins the race
  • Its ki ta' W ta' W, its ki Pa ta' W Pa ta' W: what is with you is with you, which is not with you is not with you
  • Ravèt Pa jamin nor rézon douvan poul: might makes right (literally the ravet (cockroach) is not right in front of hen - In other words, it is always wrong in front of hen)

See too

Internal bonds

  • Swadesh List of the Creole inhabitant of Martinique

External bonds

  • creole Dictionary inhabitant of Martinique-French
  • the Creole Campus, Course by correspondence of Creole inhabitant of Martinique (subscription)
  • Wikipédia in Haitian, language very close to the Creole

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