Can anyone help me to learn Creole?

Question

I need to learn the Haitian Creole.

Answer 1

well.. i speak haitian creole, it would be an honor to teach you... as long you really want to learn and not just know the curses ... cuz if thats the case.. i dont have the time for that.....

Answer 2

A creole is a language that is made from pieces of other languages. Creoles arise when groups speaking different languages find themselves having to communicate closely. The first generation negotiates the meanings of a common vocabulary, and then when they have children, the children create the syntax and grammar de novo. A couple of languages that started as creoles are Tagalog (Phillipino) and Hawai'ian. In both cases, there were multiple ethnic groups who contributed vocabulary, and then, when the children grew up surrounded by the words the adults were using, they created a natural functioning grammar. Modern English might also originally have arisen as a creole, between Germanic Anglo-Saxon languages and French, when the Normans invaded England in 1066. Plus English has a smattering of Gaelic, Celtic, Greek, and Latin languages as well. As for French creoles, there are certainly several in the former colonies. Haitian creole and probably several dialects of African French creoles exist. The language most Americans would know as French Creole though, is the creole that arose in Louisiana. French Canadians fled there after the British took Montreal. Blending the archaic French of the colonies with the archaic English of the American south produced a language now called Creole, and it is spoken by the descendants of the French Canadians - who are now known as the Creoles. (Hence, the answers you got that have to do with New Orleans, the bayous, and Louisiana.) Given the nature of creoles, I suspect there is no real way to learn the French African creole you are interested in, short of moving to wherever Philippe Lavil learned it himself. Perhaps you can find another native creole speaker to translate for you? Hope that was of interest ...

Answer 3

Come live in Miami...tons of Hatians live here...being around it is the best. You might want to check amazon.com for books on how to learn it. Good Luck.

I had a friend trying to learn, and she really had a hard time finding books on the exact creole language, since it was really just a variation of french. You might have to go the French Route. Maybe try to find groups online like on facebook and myspace. I have friends who are Hatian and are in these groups such as "Hatian and Proud" "All Hatian People" and such....you might be able to just ask them yourself..."hey, how do I learn Creole?"....

and props to you for picking up another language...and not an easy one either!