Grammar

Question 0

You your

Answer 0

Ou

Question 1

I my me

Answer 1

Mwen

M

Question 2

He she it his hers it’s him

Answer 2

Li

L

Question 3

We our us

Answer 3

Nou

N

Question 4

They their the

Answer 4

Yo

Question 5

A/an

Answer 5

Yon

Question 6

The -if the preceding word ends in a vowel

Answer 6

A

Ex) Dlo a

Question 7

The - if the preceding word ends in a consonant

Answer 7

La

Ex) soley la

Question 8

The - if the preceding word ends in a nasal sound (an en on)

Answer 8

An
Ex) lajan an
*also used after the nou or mou or a word ending in nou or mou

Question 9

The - if the preceding word ends in “n” “m” sounds (an, in, on, en, em, om, oun)

Answer 9

Lan
Nan
Ex) fanm lan
Pom nan

Question 10

Plural indicator is not expressed for yon

Ex) I see houses

Answer 10

Mwen we kay

Question 11

Plural of la lan nan

Answer 11

Yo

Ex) mwen we kay yo

Question 12

The verb to be

Ex) I am tired

Answer 12

Usually not expressed

Ex) mwen bouke

Question 13

The verb to be with emphasis
Ex) how are you?
Ex) it’s true

Answer 13

Ye
Se
Ex) Kijan ou ye
Ex) se vre

Question 14

The verb to be special special emphasis

Ex) where is it?

Answer 14

Se ki kote li ye

Question 15

Present tense

Ex) I help you

Answer 15

The verb alone

Ex) mwen ede ou

Question 16

Present progressive tense - being form

Ex) I am helping you

Answer 16

Marker + ap

Ex) m ap ede ou

Question 17

Past tense

Ex) I helped you

Answer 17

Te + verb

Ex) mwen te ede ou

Question 18

Past progressive tense -wasing

Ex) I was helping you

Answer 18

T ap + verb

Ex) m t ap ede ou

Question 19

The future tense

Ex) Lauren will do that later

Answer 19

A + verb

Ex) Lauren a fe sa pita

Question 20

Conditional tense - would

Ex) if I had money I would eat

Answer 20

Ta + verb

Ex) si m te gen lajan m ta manje

Question 21

Commands
Ex) eat!
Ex) won’t you sit down!
Ex) don’t talk like that!

Answer 21

Ou or nou are left out 
Followed by wi for a strong request 
non for a less decided request 
Pa before the verb followed by a strong non for a negative command
Ex)manje wi!
Ex) Chita non!
Ex) pa pale konsa non!

Question 22

Helping verb
To have just done something
Ex) I have just seen her

Answer 22

Fek

Ex) m fek we li

Question 23

Helping verb
To have just done something
Ex) he’s someone who has just come into town

Answer 23

Sot

Ex) se moun ki sot rive lavil

Question 24

Helping verb
To have permission to do something
Ex) you are permitted to eat the orange

Answer 24

Met

Ex) ou met manje zoranj la

Question 25

Helping verb
To be in the habit of doing something, to know how to do something
Ex) I know how to swim

Answer 25

Konn

Ex) mwen konn naje

Question 26

Helping verb
Finish doing something
Ex) when they finished eating they went out to see some friends

Answer 26

Fin

Ex) le yo te fin manje yo te soti we zanmi

Question 27

Helping verb
To be going to do something
Ex) I am going to call my brother

Answer 27

Pral

Ex) m pral rele fre m

Question 28

Irregular verb

To give

Answer 28

Bay

Question 29

Bay becomes…when followed by ou li l or yo

Ex) I’ll give it to you tomorrow

Answer 29

Ba

Ex) m ap ba ou li demon

Question 30

Bay becomes …when followed directly by mwen m or nou n

Ex) give me the little blue book please

Answer 30

Ban

Ex) ban mwen ti liv ble an souple

Question 31

Bay stays bay when…

Ex) I’ve already given those people a lot of money

Answer 31

Followed directly by a pronoun

Ex) m te bay moun sa yo anpil kob deja

Question 32

Bay can also be used as a preposition meaning …

Ex)he brought a little glass of rum for me

Answer 32

For, to

Ex) li pote yon ti ve wonm ban mwen

Question 33

Adjectives

Answer 33

Short commonly used adjectives come before the noun they modify

Question 34

I like the little house

Answer 34

M renmen ti kay la

Question 35

The fat man is sitting down

Answer 35

Guo neg la ap chita