< Haitian Creole
Personal pronouns
These are the personal pronouns. They are the same ones for both subjects and objects; that is to say, there is no distinction between I and me, for example.
Singular | Plural | |
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First person | mwen or m | nou or n |
Second person | ou or w | |
Third person | li,l or i | yo or y |
- The word li/l can mean he, she or it. i is commonly used in the Northern part of Haiti
- There are short and long forms of each pronoun. They are synonymous, but there are circumstances when one is preferred over the other.
Some more vocabulary:
Verbs
ale | to go |
fè | to do, to make |
kite | to leave, to let (someone do something) |
gen, genyen | to have, there is/are |
manje | to eat |
pale | to speak |
rele | to call, to name (something or someone). Used when asking what someone's name is: Kijan ou rele?: (literally) How are you called? |
- Note: Verbs don't conjugate.
Nouns
angle | English |
Ayiti | Haiti |
bagay | thing |
dlo | water |
franse | French |
kreyòl ayisyen | Haitian Creole |
manje* | food |
moun | person |
- Note: There is no way to make nouns plural without a definite article, which will be taught in a later lesson, or the word kèk, meaning "some".
- *Manje can mean either "food" or "eat".
Adjectives
anpil | a lot.* |
ayisyen | Haitian |
kèk | some. This noun indicates that the following noun is plural. |
lòt | other |
sa | this, that.** |
yon | a, an |
- Note: Most adjectives go after the noun they modify. Yon, anpil and kèk are exceptions.
- *This can also be an adverb
- **This can also be a pronoun, meaning "this" or "that".
Other
bonjou | hello |
bonswa | good evening |
kijan | how |
men | but |
mèsi | thank you |
nan | in |
pa | not |
pou | for |
Extra Practice |
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