Haitian Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Haitian vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Haitian. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt chemiz | sweater swetè | jacket jaket | coat manto |
socks chosèt | shoes soulye | trousers pantalon | pajamas pijama |
belt senti won | underwear kalson | hat chapo | skirt jip |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language | Haitian | Country | Haitian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | arab | Morocco | maròk |
| Chinese | chinwa | China | lachin |
| English | angle | England | angletè |
| French | franse | France | lafrans |
| German | alman | Germany | almay |
| Greek | grèk | Greece | grès |
| Portuguese | pòtigè | Portugal | pòtigal |
| Hindi | hindi | India | end |
| Italian | italyen | Italy | itali |
| Japanese | japonè | Japan | japon |
| Russian | larisi | Russia | larisi |
| Spanish | panyòl | Spain | espay |
| Swedish | syèd | Sweden | syèd |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel | Haitian | Survival | Haitian |
|---|---|---|---|
| airport | ayewopò | doctor | doktè |
| airplane | avyon | medicines | medikaman |
| train | tren | pharmacy | famasi |
| taxi | taksi | hospital | lopital |
| bus | otobis | ambulance | anbilans |
| car | machin | poison | pwazon |
| ticket | tikè | help me | ede'm |
| hotel | hotel | danger | danje |
| reservation | rezèvasyon | accident | aksidan |
| passport | paspò | police | lapolis |
| luggage | malet | headache | maltèt |
| tourism | touris | stomach ache | lestomak-fèmal |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class | Haitian | House | Haitian |
|---|---|---|---|
| books | liv | toilet | twalèt |
| pen | plim | bed | kabann |
| dictionary | diksyonè | bedroom | chanm |
| library | bibliyotèk | furniture | mèb |
| desk | biwo | house | kay |
| student | elèv | kitchen | kwizin |
| teacher | pwofesè | plate | plak |
| chair | chèz | refrigerator | frijidè |
| paper | papye | room | chanm |
| page | paj | table | tablo |
| pencil | kreyon | window | fenèt |
| question | kesyon | television | televizyon |
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| Haitian Verbs |
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