Rebuilding Haiti must start from the ground up, with agricultural education
Speaking and understanding a little Creole is important when working with Haitians. (Pale e konprann yon ti Kreyol important lè travay ak ayisien yo.)
There are a lot of good resources out there.
Ann Pale Kreyol
One of the best resources for learning Creole is Ann Pale Kreyol (Let's Speak Creole) by Albert Valdman from Indiana University. It is a paper book and audio. It can be ordered from:
http://www.indiana.edu/~creole/apkpromo.html
There is also a pdf version that can be downloaded for free from:
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED356617&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED356617
Practical Haitian-Creole Course
Pawol
Lakay
Haitian Creole Language and Culture for
Beginner and Intermediate Learners
This work is intended as a brief, practical guide for English Speakers in Haiti on a short-term basis.
This and other great resources including medical dictionaries are available for free download at:
http://www2.ku.edu/~haitiancreole/
Medical Translation
In addition to the ones above:
Haitian Creole for Health Care/Kreyòl Ayisyen pou Swen Sante
free download:
http://www.educavision.com/downloads/haitiancreoleforhealthcare.pdf
Educavison also publishes a paper English Creole Medical Dictionary
and other health publications.
See:
http://www.educavision.com/catalog.php?c=35
free
download of medical phrasebook at:
http://www.ngohaiti.com/disaster/downloads/englishpairs.pdf
Dictionaries
There are a lot of Creole Dictionaries out there. The one I bought is:
English
Haitian Creole two way Word to Word Dictionary
Fequiere Vilsaint and Jean-Evens
Berret
Free dictionary download at:
http://www.iadopt.info/kreyol/KreyolBook.pdf
Great mostly Creole to English dictionary for the more advanced
student at:
http://www.dunwoodypress.com/148/PDF/HCED_2nd_prnting.pdf
Other Specialized dictionaries
English/Haitian-Creole Science Dictionary
other math/science dictionaries and glossaries in Creole:
http://www.educavision.com/catalog.php?c=18
Please add more resources!
Comment by Sylvia Hegi on May 22, 2011 at 2:05am Sylvia,
Sorry you didn't like APK. It's a long course with depth not a short course with the basics. It's the text book that my American Sisters hosts in Haiti use for all their long term volunteers.
Why not send it back?
Complete works of Emmanuel W. VEDRINE
Œuvres complètes y compris œuvres sur le créole haïtien
Zèv konplè enkli zèv sou kreyòl ayisyen
Complete works including works on Haitian Creole
(1990 - 2010)
20 Years of Research & Publications focusing on Haiti and on Haitian Creole
including:
FLORE & FAUNE (Flora & Fauna)
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