If you're trying to learn Haitian Negation which is also called Creole, check our courses about Negation and negative expressions... 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 Negation displayed below is vital to the language. Haitian negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (I am happy) into its opposite denial (I am not happy). Here are some examples:
| English Negation | Haitian Negation |
|---|---|
| Negation | Negasyon |
| he is not here | li pa isit la |
| that is not my book | sa se pa livmwen |
| do not enter | pa antre nan |
Notice the structure of the Negation in Haitian.
Below is a list of the Negation and negative expressions in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Negation | Haitian Negation |
|---|---|
| I don't speak | Mwen pa pale |
| I don't write | Mwen pa ekri |
| I don't drive | Mwen pa kondwi |
| I don't love | Mwen pa renmen |
| I don't give | Mwen pa bay |
| I don't smile | Mwen pa souri |
| I don't take | Mwen pa pran |
| he doesn't speak | li pa pale |
| he doesn't write | li pa ekri |
| he doesn't drive | li pa kondwi |
| he doesn't love | li pa renmen |
| he doesn't give | li pa bay |
| he doesn't smile | li pa souri |
| he doesn't take | li pa pran |
| we don't speak | nou pa pale |
| we don't write | nou pa ekri |
| we don't drive | nou pa kondwi |
| we don't love | nou pa renmen |
| we don't give | nou pa bay |
| we don't smile | nou pa souri |
| we don't take | nou pa pran |
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