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“Sway pasyen, ça va shanjé.”

— Be patient; things will change.

“Mô manman té konné fé tou kalité biy.”

— My mom used to make all kinds of beads.

“O, yé jété un ta un ta dê biy o parade-la.”

— Oh, they threw tons of beads at the parade.

“Un zozo gin un bèk.”

— A bird has a beak.

“Green beans (snap beans)”

— Zarikó

“Red beans; white beans”

— dépwa rouj; dépwa blan

“Lima beans”

— Fèv plat

“Mo pa pœr un lours.”

— I'm not afraid of a bear.

“Un lours nwar, li pa méshan.”

— A blackbear is not mean.

“Lanné pasé navé pa un ta banann, mé mo krò ça va rapotté st'anné.”

— Last year there weren't many bananas, but I believe that this year it'll bear some.

“Dan tem-çála, nanm-yé sé porté un lon labab.”

— In those days, men would wear long beards.

“Li gin un grann moustash, li.”

— He has a long beard/mustache.

“O, mé ça çé un gro bétay ki fé pè.”

— Oh, now that's one scary beast.

“Tig-yé a LSU té bat lòt timm.”

— LSU tigers beat the other team.

“Mo va bishé tô chi!”

— I'm going to beat your butt!

“Yé ganyé yê gémm aswar yé di mò.”

— They won their game tonight they tell me.