If you're trying to learn Haitian Feminine which is also called Creole, check our courses about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Haitian grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Haitian. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Haitian Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Haitian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Haitian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Rezèv tanpon fanm |
| he is happy | li kontan |
| she is happy | li kontan |
| he is American | li se Ameriken |
| she is American | li se Ameriken |
| man | nonm |
| woman | fanm |
| father | papa |
| mother | manman |
| brother | frè |
| sister | sè |
| uncle | tonton |
| aunt | matant |
| bull | toro |
| cow | bèf |
| boy | ti gason |
| girl | ti fi |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Haitian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Haitian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Haitian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objè |
| bathroom | twalèt |
| bed | kabann |
| bedroom | chanm |
| ceiling | plafon |
| chair | chèz |
| clothes | rad |
| coat | manto |
| cup | tas |
| desk | biwo |
| dress | rad |
| floor | etaj |
| fork | fouchèt |
| furniture | mèb |
| glass | vè |
| hat | chapo |
| house | kay |
| ink | lank |
| jacket | levit |
| kitchen | kwizin |
| knife | kouto |
| lamp | lanp |
| letter | lèt |
| map | kat |
| newspaper | jounal |
| notebook | kaye |
| pants | pantalon |
| paper | papye |
| pen | plim |
| pencil | kreyon |
| pharmacy | famasi |
| picture | foto |
| plate | plak |
| refrigerator | frijidè |
| restaurant | restoran |
| roof | do kay |
| room | chanm |
| rug | tapi |
| scissors | sizo |
| shampoo | chanpou |
| shirt | chemiz |
| shoes | soulye |
| soap | savon |
| socks | chosèt |
| spoon | kiyè |
| table | tablo |
| toilet | twalèt |
| toothbrush | bwòs dan |
| toothpaste | pat dantifris |
| towel | sèvyèt |
| umbrella | parapli |
| underwear | kilòt |
| wall | mi |
| wallet | bous |
| window | fenèt |
| telephone | telefòn |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Haitian. Once you're done with the Creole Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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