Haitian Prepositions
Learning the Haitian Prepositions 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 Prepositions is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian prepositions link nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. Here are some examples:
| English Prepositions | Haitian Prepositions |
| Prepositions | Prepozisyon |
| inside the house | andedan kay la |
| outside the car | deyò machin lan |
| with me | avè' m |
| without him | sanli |
| under the table | anba tab la |
| after tomorrow | aprè demen |
| before sunset | anvan solèy kouche |
| but I'm busy | men m ap okipe |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Prepositions in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Prepositions above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Prepositions in Haitian
Below is a list of the Time place and demonstrative pronouns in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Prepositions | Haitian Prepositions |
| about | sou |
| above | anwo a |
| across | atravè |
| after | apre |
| against | kont |
| among | nan mitan |
| around | otou |
| as | kòm |
| at | nan |
| before | anvan |
| behind | dèyè |
| below | anba a |
| beneath | anba |
| beside | akote |
| between | ant |
| beyond | pi lwen pase |
| but | men |
| by | pa |
| despite | malgre |
| down | desann |
| during | pandan |
| except | eksepte |
| for | pou |
| from | nan |
| in | nan |
| inside | andedan |
| into | nan |
| near | tou pre |
| next | pwochen |
| of | nan |
| on | sou |
| opposite | opoze |
| out | deyò |
| outside | deyò |
| over | sou |
| per | pou chak |
| plus | plis |
| round | wonn |
| since | depi |
| than | pase |
| through | atravè |
| till | jouk |
| to | |
| toward | nan direksyon |
| under | anba |
| unlike | Kontrèman a |
| until | jiskaske |
| up | jiska |
| via | atravè |
| with | ak |
| within | nan |
| without | san yo pa |
| |
| two words | de mo |
| according to | selon |
| because of | paske yo te |
| close to | fèmen |
| due to | akòz |
| except for | eksepte pou |
| far from | lwen |
| inside of | anndan |
| instead of | olye pou yo |
| near to | tou pre |
| next to | pwochen |
| outside of | deyò nan |
| prior to | anvan yo |
| |
| three words | twa mo |
| as far as | osi lwen ke |
| as well as | osi byen ke |
| in addition to | an plis |
| in front of | devan |
| in spite of | malgre |
| on behalf of | sou non |
| on top of | sou tèt |
| |
| demonstrative pronouns | prepozisyon demonstratif |
| this | sa a |
| that | ki |
| these | sa yo |
| those | sa yo |
Time place and demonstrative pronouns have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Prepositions, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.