These are the personal pronouns. They are the same ones for both subjects and objects; that is to say, there is no distinction between I and me, for example.
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Singular
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Plural
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| First person
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mwen or m
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nou or n
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| Second person
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ou or w
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| Third person
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li,l or i
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yo or y
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- The word li/l can mean he, she or it. i is commonly used in the Northern part of Haiti
- There are short and long forms of each pronoun. They are synonymous, but there are circumstances when one is preferred over the other.
Some more vocabulary:
| ale
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to go
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| fè
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to do, to make
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| kite
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to leave, to let (someone do something)
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| gen, genyen
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to have, there is/are
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| manje
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to eat
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| pale
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to speak
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| rele
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to call, to name (something or someone). Used when asking what someone's name is: Kijan ou rele?: (literally) How are you called?
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- Note: Verbs don't conjugate.
| angle
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English
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| Ayiti
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Haiti
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| bagay
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thing
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| dlo
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water
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| franse
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French
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| kreyòl ayisyen
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Haitian Creole
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| manje*
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food
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| moun
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person
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- Note: There is no way to make nouns plural without a definite article, which will be taught in a later lesson, or the word kèk, meaning "some".
- *Manje can mean either "food" or "eat".
| anpil
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a lot.*
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| ayisyen
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Haitian
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| kèk
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some. This noun indicates that the following noun is plural.
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| lòt
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other
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| sa
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this, that.**
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| yon
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a, an
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- Note: Most adjectives go after the noun they modify. Yon, anpil and kèk are exceptions.
- *This can also be an adverb
- **This can also be a pronoun, meaning "this" or "that".
| bonjou
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hello
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| bonswa
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good evening
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| kijan
|
how
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| men
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but
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| mèsi
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thank you
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| nan
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in
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| pa
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not
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| pou
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for
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| Extra Practice
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| A worksheet covering this material is available at Wikiversity.
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