July 03, 2024
“I am happy” translates as “Mwen kontan” in Haitian Creole.
Learn the correct Haitian Creole pronunciation for “Mwen kontan” as you watch the video below.
“I” means “mwen” and “happy” means “kontan” in Haitian Creole.
And comparing French vs Haitian Creole in this case, you can see the similary:
Happy = “content” (French)= “kontan” (Haitian Creole). The pronunciation for both “content” (French) and “kontan” (Haitian Creole) is the same. The spelling is different.
Full transcript of the video on how to say “I am happy” in Haitian Creole
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how to say “I am happy” in Haitian Creole. Hi,
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this is Swans from yourhaitiantranslator.com
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and I will answer the
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question so how do you say ‘I am happy” in
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Haitian Creole. You say, “Mwen kontan”.
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one more time, “Mwen kontan”.
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one last time, “Mwen kontan”.
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[Music]
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so that’s how you say “I am happy” in
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Haitian Creole. Now we have to establish
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the French connection. So uh how do you
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say “I am happy”
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in French
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you can say, “Je suis content”.
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okay so you can see that the key word “content”
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is basically the same word
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uh whether it’s Haitian Creole or French…
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