Haitian Articles
Learning the Haitian Articles 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 Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Haitian Articles |
| articles | atik |
| the | nan |
| a | yon |
| one | youn |
| some | kèk |
| few | kèk |
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| the book | liv la |
| the books | liv yo |
| a book | yon liv |
| one book | Youn nan liv |
| some books | kèk liv |
| few books | kèk liv |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Articles in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Articles above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Articles in Haitian
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Haitian. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Haitian Vocabulary |
| Food | manje |
| almonds | amand |
| bread | pen |
| breakfast | manje maten |
| butter | bè |
| candy | bonbon |
| cheese | fwomaj |
| chicken | poul |
| cumin | kimen |
| dessert | desè |
| dinner | dine |
| fish | pwason |
| fruit | fwi |
| ice cream | krèm |
| lamb | mouton |
| lemon | sitwon |
| lunch | manje midi |
| meal | repa |
| meat | vyann |
| oven | fou |
| pepper | pwav |
| plants | plant |
| pork | kochon |
| salad | sòs salad |
| salt | sèl |
| sandwich | sandwich |
| sausage | sosis |
| soup | soup |
| sugar | sik |
| supper | Soupe |
| turkey | kodenn |
| apple | pòm |
| banana | bannann |
| oranges | zoranj |
| peaches | pèch |
| peanut | pistach |
| pears | pwar |
| pineapple | anana |
| grapes | rezen |
| strawberries | frèz |
| vegetables | legim |
| carrot | karòt |
| corn | mayi |
| cucumber | konkonb |
| garlic | lay |
| lettuce | leti |
| olives | Oliv |
| onions | zonyon |
| peppers | piman |
| potatoes | pòmdetè |
| pumpkin | joumou |
| beans | pwa |
| tomatoes | tomat |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.