Haitian Nouns
Learning the Haitian Nouns 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 Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Haitian Nouns |
| nouns | non |
| my car | machin mwen |
| green car | machin vèt |
| three cars | twa machin |
| car garage | garaj machin |
| outside the car | machin lan deyò |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Nouns in Haitian
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Haitian Nouns |
| arm | bra |
| back | do |
| cheeks | jou |
| chest | pwatrin |
| chin | manton |
| ear | zòrèy |
| elbow | koud |
| eye | je |
| face | fè fas a |
| finger | dwèt |
| fingers | dwèt |
| foot | pye |
| hair | cheve |
| hand | men |
| head | tèt |
| heart | kè |
| knee | jenou |
| leg | pye |
| lip | lèv |
| mouth | bouch |
| neck | kou |
| nose | nen |
| shoulder | zepòl |
| stomach | vant |
| teeth | dan |
| thigh | kwis |
| throat | gòj |
| thumb | gwo pous |
| toe | zòtèy |
| tongue | lang |
| tooth | dan |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.