Haitian Questions
Learning the Haitian Questions 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 Questions is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian questions may be either a linguistic expression used to make a request for information, or else the request itself made by such an expression. Usually it starts with why, how, where, when ... Here are some examples:
| English Questions | Haitian Questions |
| Questions | Kesyon |
| how? | kouman? |
| what? | ki sa? |
| who? | ki? |
| why? | poukisa? |
| where? | Ki kote? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Questions in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Questions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Questions in Haitian
Below is a list of the Questions and interrogative expressions in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Questions | Haitian Questions |
| where is he? | ki kote li ye? |
| what is this? | Sa sa ye? |
| why are you sad? | Poukisa ou tris? |
| how do you want to pay? | kouman ou ta vle peye? |
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| can I come? | mwen ka vini? |
| is he sleeping? | l'ap dòmi? |
| do you know me? | ou konnen mwen? |
| do you have my book? | ou gen liv mwen an? |
| how big is it? | kigwosè'l |
| can I help you? | mwen kapab ede ou? |
| can you help me? | ou ka ede mwen? |
| do you speak English? | ou pale angle? |
| how far is this? | ki distans sa a? |
| what time is it? | ki lè li ye? |
| how much is this? | konbyen lajan sa a? |
| what is your name? | Ki jan ou rele? |
| where do you live? | kote w ap viv? |
Questions and interrogative expressions have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Questions, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.