The People of Hayti. 
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The Creole is hut little encumbered with rules and tenses. I do not 
know better how to give the subjunctive than by one or two sentences. 
French. 
II veut, 1 
II exige, r que vous fassiez votre devoir. 
* II desire, ' 
Creole. 
Li vie, ) 
Li exigd, r ou fait devoir ou. 
Li ddsird, ' 
French. 
Je ne crois pas, ) qu , n vienne? 
Croyez-vous, ) 
Ch'eole. 
M’ pas croud, ) p avini? 
Esse-ou croud, ) 
French. 
J’ ai jugd qu’il dut faire cela. 
Creole. 
Mon jugd li doit fait 9 a. 
Mon pdre, 
Ton pdre, 
Son pdre, 
Notre pdre, 
Votre pdre, 
Leur pdre, 
Examples of Phrases. 
ENGLISH. 
My father, 
Thy father, 
His father, 
Our father, 
Your father, 
Their father, 
papa-moud. 
papa-ou. 
papa-li. 
papa-nou. 
papa-ou. 
papa-yo. 
French — La Maison de mon pdre. 
Creole — La kaie papa moud. 
French —L’ami de son frdre. 
Creole — Z’ami fre li, 
French — L’argent de cet homme. 
Creole —L’agent nomme-la. 
There is one very expressive word in Creole, used to express anything 
and everything, and that word is Bagaie. “ Bagaie moud ” means every¬ 
thing belonging to me. Thus: “ Li prend bagaie moud, li pas vld ba moud 
li — He has taken something of mine, and he does not wish to give it back.” 
There is one singular way of expressing strongly in Creole, which resem¬ 
bles a Hebrew peculiarity of expression: “ Alld m’a pour alld. Literally: 
“ Going, I am going; ” or “I am really going.” “ C’est vld ou pas vld —It 
is wishing you do not wish,” or “ You neally do not wish.” “ Ou mizd 
meme, cdst vini ou sa? You have been very long—are you only just 
come?” “ Ou trompd, c’est joudi mon vini ? ” “ You are mistaken (lit- 
