You your
Ou
I my me
Mwen
M
He she it his hers it’s him
Li
L
We our us
Nou
N
They their the
Yo
A/an
Yon
The -if the preceding word ends in a vowel
A
Ex) Dlo a
The - if the preceding word ends in a consonant
La
Ex) soley la
The - if the preceding word ends in a nasal sound (an en on)
An
Ex) lajan an
*also used after the nou or mou or a word ending in nou or mou
The - if the preceding word ends in “n” “m” sounds (an, in, on, en, em, om, oun)
Lan
Nan
Ex) fanm lan
Pom nan
Plural indicator is not expressed for yon
Ex) I see houses
Mwen we kay
Plural of la lan nan
Yo
Ex) mwen we kay yo
The verb to be
Ex) I am tired
Usually not expressed
Ex) mwen bouke
The verb to be with emphasis
Ex) how are you?
Ex) it’s true
Ye
Se
Ex) Kijan ou ye
Ex) se vre
The verb to be special special emphasis
Ex) where is it?
Se ki kote li ye
Present tense
Ex) I help you
The verb alone
Ex) mwen ede ou
Present progressive tense - being form
Ex) I am helping you
Marker + ap
Ex) m ap ede ou
Past tense
Ex) I helped you
Te + verb
Ex) mwen te ede ou
Past progressive tense -wasing
Ex) I was helping you
T ap + verb
Ex) m t ap ede ou
The future tense
Ex) Lauren will do that later
A + verb
Ex) Lauren a fe sa pita
Conditional tense - would
Ex) if I had money I would eat
Ta + verb
Ex) si m te gen lajan m ta manje
Commands
Ex) eat!
Ex) won’t you sit down!
Ex) don’t talk like that!
Ou or nou are left out Followed by wi for a strong request non for a less decided request Pa before the verb followed by a strong non for a negative command Ex)manje wi! Ex) Chita non! Ex) pa pale konsa non!
Helping verb
To have just done something
Ex) I have just seen her
Fek
Ex) m fek we li
Helping verb
To have just done something
Ex) he’s someone who has just come into town
Sot
Ex) se moun ki sot rive lavil
