What You Will Learn
The Creole verb bay means to give. Unlike most verbs in Haitian Creole, the verb bay changes depending on the situation.
Here's what you need to know to use bay correctly:
1. Say ban mwen to say give me.
Say ban nou to say give us.
2. Say ba ou to say give you.
3. Say bay li or ba li to say give him, give her or give it.
4. Say bay yo or ba yo to say give them.
1 - Give Me and Give Us
- Say ban mwen to say give me.
- Say ban nou to say give us.
- You can also contract ban mwen as ban m and ban nou as ban n.
Example
Give me a box of chocolate.
Ban mwen yon bwat chokola.
Ban m yon bwat chokola.
2 - Give You
- Say ba ou to say give you.
Example
I will give you a box of chocolate.
M ap ba ou yon bwat chokola
M ap ba w yon bwat chokola
3 - Give Him, Give Her and Give it
- Say bay li or ba li to say give him, give her or give it.
- You can also contract bay li as ba l.
Example 1
He will give her a box of chocolate.
Li pral bay li yon bwat chokola
Li pral ba li yon bwat chokola
Example 2
Give Roseline a box of chocolate.
Bay Roseline yon bwat chokola
Ba Roseline yon bwat chokola
4 - Give them
- Say bay yo or ba yo to say give them.
- Again, you can also contract bay li as ba l.
Example 1
He said to give them chocolate.
Li te di pou m bay yo chokola.
Li te di pou m ba yo chokola.
Example 2
He told me to give the kids chocolate
Li te di m bay timoun yo chokola.
Li te di m ba timoun yo chokola.