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Translations For This Page:
Dis-moi la vérité!
Tell me the truth!
Ça suffit! Je vous en prie!
That’s enough/Cut it out! I beg (of) you!
Pal franse pa di lespri pou sa!
Speaking French doesn’t mean you’re smart!
Ou we sa ou genyen, ou pa konn sa ou rete!
You know what you have, but you don’t know what’s coming! (Haitian Proverb)
Je te vois!
I see you!
Translations for this page:
Ti moun fwonte grandi devan baron.
“An impudent child grows up under Baron’s eyes.“
Baron Samedi, or Saturday, is a Loa of Haitian VooDoo. As he is the gatekeeper of sorts to Death, saying the above phrase is basically an insult or warning, meaning the child/person in question won’t live long because of their foolish ways.
Merde!
“Shit!“
Can be a dismissive exclamation/curse.
Ta Gueule!
“Shut your mouth/Shut up!“
A particularly insulting way of telling someone to be quiet or stop talking.
