Haitian Adverbs
Learning the Haitian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Haitian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Haitian Adverbs |
| adverbs | advèb |
| I read a book sometimes | Mwen li yon liv pafwa |
| I will never smoke | M pa p janm fimen |
| are you alone? | ou pou kont ou? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Adverbs in Haitian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Haitian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | advèb tan |
| yesterday | yè |
| today | jodi a |
| tomorrow | demen |
| now | kounye a |
| then | Lè sa a, |
| later | pita |
| tonight | aswè a |
| right now | kounye a |
| last night | yè swa |
| this morning | maten an |
| next week | semèn pwochèn |
| already | deja |
| recently | dènyèman |
| lately | dènyèman |
| soon | byento |
| immediately | imedyatman |
| still | toujou |
| yet | ankò |
| ago | de sa |
| |
| adverbs of place | advèd plas |
| here | isit la |
| there | la |
| over there | la ba |
| everywhere | toupatou |
| anywhere | nenpòt kote |
| nowhere | okenn kote |
| home | lakay |
| away | lwen |
| out | deyò |
| |
| adverbs of manner | advèd fason |
| very | anpil |
| quite | konplètman |
| pretty | bèl |
| really | vrèman |
| fast | vit |
| well | byen |
| hard | difisil |
| quickly | byen vit |
| slowly | tou dousman |
| carefully | avèk anpil atansyon |
| hardly | apèn si |
| barely | apèn |
| mostly | sitou |
| almost | prèske |
| absolutely | absoliman |
| together | ansanm |
| alone | sèlman |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | advèd frekans |
| always | toujou |
| frequently | souvan |
| usually | anjeneral |
| sometimes | pafwa |
| occasionally | detanzantan |
| seldom | raman |
| rarely | raman |
| never | pa janm |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.