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“Ça çé un bo nèg.”

— That's a nice chocolate-tone guy.

“Li çé un bèl négrès.”

— She's a beautiful chocolate-colored girl.

“Mò, mo préfær disik jonn dan mô kafé.”

— Me? I prefer brown sugar in my coffee.

“Yé fé dê pralìnn avèk disik jonn.”

— They make pralines with brown sugar.

“Li gin un mashir.”

— She has a bruise.

“Mo pas un bròs a linj pou oté divé apré mô linj.”

— I pass a clothes brush to remove lint from my clothes.

“Pou tô shvé, to gin pou særvi un bròs a shvé.”

— For your hair, you've to use a hairbrush.

“Mo sé pinyé ojordi, mé mo pæd bròs-la.”

— I would paint today, but I've lost the paintbrush.

“Li bròs sô shvé touléjou.”

— She brushes her hair everyday.

“Ça va komensé bouyonné.”

— That will start to bubble.

“Ça bouyonn.”

— It bubbles.

“To p'olé dèt lá kan un shval komens a kòkòrbiyé!”

— You don't want to be around when a horse starts to buck!

“Pou mal o zyé, fé bouyi dê ti bourjon siró.”

— For eye aching, boil some elderberry buds.