If you're trying to learn Haitian Prepositions which is also called Creole, check our courses about time and place prepositions and and demonstrative pronouns... 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 Prepositions displayed below is vital to the language. Haitian prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Haitian Prepositions |
|---|---|
| Prepositions | Prepozisyon |
| inside the house | andedan kay la |
| outside the car | deyò machin lan |
| with me | avè' m |
| without him | sanli |
| under the table | anba tab la |
| after tomorrow | aprè demen |
| before sunset | anvan solèy kouche |
| but I'm busy | men m ap okipe |
Notice the structure of the Prepositions in Haitian.
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Haitian Prepositions |
|---|---|
| about | sou |
| above | anwo a |
| across | atravè |
| after | apre |
| against | kont |
| among | nan mitan |
| around | otou |
| as | kòm |
| at | nan |
| before | anvan |
| behind | dèyè |
| below | anba a |
| beneath | anba |
| beside | akote |
| between | ant |
| beyond | pi lwen pase |
| but | men |
| by | pa |
| despite | malgre |
| down | desann |
| during | pandan |
| except | eksepte |
| for | pou |
| from | nan |
| in | nan |
| inside | andedan |
| into | nan |
| near | tou pre |
| next | pwochen |
| of | nan |
| on | sou |
| opposite | opoze |
| out | deyò |
| outside | deyò |
| over | sou |
| per | pou chak |
| plus | plis |
| round | wonn |
| since | depi |
| than | pase |
| through | atravè |
| till | jouk |
| to | |
| toward | nan direksyon |
| under | anba |
| unlike | Kontrèman a |
| until | jiskaske |
| up | jiska |
| via | atravè |
| with | ak |
| within | nan |
| without | san yo pa |
| two words | de mo |
| according to | selon |
| because of | paske yo te |
| close to | fèmen |
| due to | akòz |
| except for | eksepte pou |
| far from | lwen |
| inside of | anndan |
| instead of | olye pou yo |
| near to | tou pre |
| next to | pwochen |
| outside of | deyò nan |
| prior to | anvan yo |
| three words | twa mo |
| as far as | osi lwen ke |
| as well as | osi byen ke |
| in addition to | an plis |
| in front of | devan |
| in spite of | malgre |
| on behalf of | sou non |
| on top of | sou tèt |
| demonstrative pronouns | prepozisyon demonstratif |
| this | sa a |
| that | ki |
| these | sa yo |
| those | sa yo |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Haitian. Once you're done with the Creole Prepositions, 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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