Haitian Feminine
Learning the Haitian Feminine 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 Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
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 |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of 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, therefore they need very special attention. 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.