Haitian Adjectives
Learning the Haitian Adjectives 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 Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Haitian Adjectives |
| adjectives | adjèktif |
| a green tree | yon pye bwa vèt |
| a tall building | yon bilding wo |
| a very old man | yon vye gran moun gason |
| the old red house | ansyen kay wouj la |
| a very nice friend | yon zanmi ki trè janti |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Adjectives in Haitian
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Haitian Adjectives |
| colors | koulè |
| black | nwa |
| blue | ble |
| brown | mawon |
| gray | Gray |
| green | vèt |
| orange | oranj |
| purple | vyolèt |
| red | wouj |
| white | blan |
| yellow | jòn |
| |
| sizes | gwosè |
| big | gwo |
| deep | fon |
| long | tan |
| narrow | etwat |
| short | kout |
| small | piti |
| tall | wotè |
| thick | epè |
| thin | mens |
| wide | laj |
| |
| shapes | fòm |
| circular | sikilè |
| straight | dwat |
| square | kare |
| triangular | triyangilè |
| |
| tastes | gou |
| bitter | anmè |
| fresh | fre |
| salty | sale |
| sour | tounen |
| spicy | pike |
| sweet | dous |
| |
| qualities | kalite |
| bad | move |
| clean | pwòp |
| dark | fonse |
| difficult | difisil |
| dirty | sal |
| dry | sèk |
| easy | fasil |
| empty | vid |
| expensive | chè |
| fast | vit |
| foreign | etranje |
| full | plen |
| good | bon |
| hard | difisil |
| heavy | lou |
| inexpensive | chè |
| light | limyè |
| local | lokal |
| new | nouvo |
| noisy | bwi |
| old | ansyen |
| powerful | pwisan |
| quiet | trankil |
| correct | kòrèk |
| slow | dousman |
| soft | mou |
| very | anpil |
| weak | fèb |
| wet | mouye |
| wrong | mal |
| young | jèn |
| |
| quantities | kantite |
| few | kèk |
| little | ti |
| many | anpil |
| much | twòp |
| part | pati |
| some | kèk |
| a few | kèk |
| whole | antye |
Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Adjectives, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.