Haitian Negation
Learning the Haitian Negation 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 Negation is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Haitian Negation |
| Negation | Negasyon |
| he is not here | li pa isit la |
| that is not my book | sa se pa livmwen |
| do not enter | pa antre nan |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Negation in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Negation above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Negation in Haitian
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Negation | Haitian Negation |
| I don't speak | Mwen pa pale |
| I don't write | Mwen pa ekri |
| I don't drive | Mwen pa kondwi |
| I don't love | Mwen pa renmen |
| I don't give | Mwen pa bay |
| I don't smile | Mwen pa souri |
| I don't take | Mwen pa pran |
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| he doesn't speak | li pa pale |
| he doesn't write | li pa ekri |
| he doesn't drive | li pa kondwi |
| he doesn't love | li pa renmen |
| he doesn't give | li pa bay |
| he doesn't smile | li pa souri |
| he doesn't take | li pa pran |
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| we don't speak | nou pa pale |
| we don't write | nou pa ekri |
| we don't drive | nou pa kondwi |
| we don't love | nou pa renmen |
| we don't give | nou pa bay |
| we don't smile | nou pa souri |
| we don't take | nou pa pran |
Negation and negative expressions have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Negation, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.