Haitian Nouns
Welcome to the third Haitian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Haitian to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes pòmdetè |
tomatoes tomat |
onions zonyon |
carrots karòt |
fruits fwi |
apples pòm |
bananas fig |
oranges zoranj |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Haitian |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] èske ou gen lèt? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] mwen gen lèt ak kafe |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] li te gen twa pòm |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] li gen sèlman yon sèl pòm |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] nap viv non ti kay |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] mwen renmen mange maten sa'a |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread pen |
milk lèt |
butter bè |
cheese fwomaj |
coffee kafe |
sandwich sandwich |
meat vyann |
chicken poul |
fish pwason |
breakfast manje maten |
lunch manje midi |
dinner dine |
Conversation in Haitian
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Haitian |
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| Do you speak (English/ Haitian)? es'ke ou pale engle/kreyol |
| Just a little on ti kal |
| I like Haitian mwen remen kreyol |
| Can I practice with you? es'ke mwe ka pratike avec ou |
| How old are you? ki lag ou |
| I'm thirty three years old mwen gen trant twa zan |
| It was nice talking to you se te yon plezi pale avec ou |
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