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“Un shasí, çé ça ki lentour lapòt.”

— A shasí is what surrounds a door.

“Ça va kapoté si to fé pa atensyon.”

— That will capsize if you're not careful.

“Pour kèk mounn, shawi-yé çé miñon, mé pou mò, yé sé danjéré.”

— Raccoons are cute to some, but to me they are just dangerous.

“Mo tèlmen fim, mo pe manjé un bòl gombo shawi.”

— I'm so hungry, I could eat a bowl of racoon gumbo.

“Shawi-yé, yé nwa é gri.”

— Racoons are black and gray.

“(in card games - shifonné) To gin pou shifonné kat-yé prémiyé.”

— You have to shuffle the cards first.

“(general - mélé) Yé va mélé vouzòt kan çé tem pou joué.”

— They will shuffle yall up when it's time to play.