Haitian Plural
Learning the Haitian Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Haitian Plural |
| Plural | Pliryèl |
| my book | liv mwen |
| my books | liv mwen yo |
| our daughter | pitit fi nou a |
| our daughters | pitit fi nou yo |
| I'm cold | M frèt |
| we're cold | nou frèt |
| his chickens | poul li |
| their chicken | poul yo |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Plurals in Haitian
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Plural | Haitian Plural |
| alligator | Kayiman |
| alligators | kayiman |
| bear | lous |
| bears | lous |
| bird | zwazo |
| birds | zwazo |
| bull | towo |
| bulls | towo bèf |
| cat | chat |
| cats | chat |
| cow | bèf |
| cows | vach |
| deer | sèf |
| many deer | anpil sèf |
| dog | chen |
| dogs | chen |
| donkey | bourik |
| donkeys | bourik |
| eagle | malfini |
| eagles | malfini |
| elephant | elefan |
| elephants | elefan |
| giraffe | jiraf |
| giraffes | jiraf |
| goat | kabrit |
| goats | kabrit |
| horse | cheval |
| horses | cheval |
| lion | lyon |
| lions | lyon |
| monkey | makak |
| monkeys | makak |
| mouse | sourit |
| mice | sourit yo |
| rabbit | lapen |
| rabbits | lapen yo |
| snake | koulèv |
| snakes | koulèv yo |
| tiger | tig |
| tigers | tig yo |
| wolf | lou |
| wolves | lou yo |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.