Haitian Pronouns
Learning the Haitian Pronouns 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 Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Haitian.
Haitian pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject). Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Haitian Pronouns |
| Pronouns | Pwonon |
| I | Mwen |
| you | ou |
| he | li |
| she | li |
| we | nou |
| they | yo |
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| me | m ' |
| you | ou |
| him | l ' |
| her | li |
| us | nou |
| them | yo |
| |
| my | mwen |
| your | ou |
| his | li |
| her | li |
| our | nou |
| their | yo |
| |
| mine | pa'm |
| yours | pa ou |
| his | pa li |
| hers | pa li |
| ours | pa nou |
| theirs | pa yo |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Haitian has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Creole.
List of Pronouns in Haitian
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Haitian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Haitian vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Haitian Pronouns |
| I speak | Mwen pale |
| you speak | ou pale |
| he speaks | li pale |
| she speaks | li pale |
| we speak | nou pale |
| they speak | yo pale |
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| give me | ban mwen |
| give you | ba ou |
| give him | ba l ' |
| give her | ba l |
| give us | ban nou |
| give them | ba yo |
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| my book | liv mwen |
| your book | liv ou a |
| his book | liv li |
| her book | liv li |
| our book | liv nou an |
| their book | liv yo |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Haitian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Creole Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Haitian lessons here: Learn Haitian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.