< 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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| A worksheet covering this material is available at Wikiversity. |
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