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“Pou lakrèmm, yé bat ça dousmen.”

— For ice cream, they slow churn it.

“Pap té fumé sigá, mé pa mò.”

— Dad smoked cigar, but not me.

“Mo envy fumé un bon sigá.”

— I feel like smoking a nice cigar.

“Fumé sigarèt, çé pa bon pour twa.”

— Smoking cigarettes is not good for you.

“tree, bark”

“To ka fé un bon dité avèk lakanèl.”

— You can make a nice tea with cinnamon.

“Alon særklé li kom ça li pa kapab sorti.”

— Let's surround/circle it so that it cannot get away.

“Yé va sirkulé kishòj avan lamès.”

— They will circulate/pass out something before mass.

“Sirk di soléy”

— Cirque du soleil

“Alon o sirk.”

— Let's go to the circus.

“Dan tem-çála, navé un gro sitènn drèt a koté lamézon pou trapé dilo.”

— In those days, there was a large cistern right next to the house for catching water.