In a message to Rachel Veraa, Francois Thunus wrote:
FT> 30 Nov 99 19:49, Rachel Veraa wrote to Holger Granholm:
HG>> And what language is that? Miamish?
RV> Well, it's now Miami's third language, after English and Spanish.
RV> It's Krey•l, the language of Haiti.
RV> N'a pale pi ta,
FT> obviously based on French (on va parler plus tard)
Close!
N' = (nou) = we
a = future indicator (shall)
Actually, the "a" is derived from "aller" but it's lost any functional
connection long ago, and now serves entirely as an auxiliary verb along with:
ap = progressive indicator
te = past indicator
ta = subjunctive indicator
N'a pale pi ta,
Rachel
N'a pale pi ta,
Rachel
http://www.netside.net/~rveraa/
* Origin: Birdsoft - North Miami (1:135/907)
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