Premye Leson Creole made Easy

a sounds like

“ah” like o in lot

e sounds like

“eh”, like first half of long a in “day”

è sounds like

e in let

i sounds like

ee in seed

o sounds like

first half of long o in go

ò sounds like

sounds like o in or

g sounds like

like g in go

j sounds like

sounds like s in measure

ay sounds like

sounds like i in ice

ou sounds like

sounds like o in movie

or oo in smoothie

ch sounds like

sounds like sh in ship

Ayiti

ah-yee-tee Haiti

kapab

kah-pahb - can

vini

vee-nee come

moun

moon - person

indefinite articles

yon: a (before the noun)

la: the (after the noun)

li: his/her (after the noun)

ou: your (after the noun

yon

a (before the noun)

yon kokoye

la

the (after the noun)

kokoye la

li

his/her (after the noun)

kokoye li

ou

ou: your (after the noun)

kokoye ou - your coconut

nou

we/us/you

yo

they, them, their

kapab, ka

to be able, can

vini

to come

ale

to go

vle

to want

fè

to do

pale

to spek

la

the or there

isit la

here

moun

person

bagay

thing

kafe

coffee

wi

yes

tanpri

please (I thought it was souple)

mèsi

thank you

kreyòl

Creole

Ou kapab ale la

You can go there

Nou vle pale Kreyòl

We want to speak Creole

Please come here

Tanpri vini isit

We want coffee

Nou vle kafe

He can go there

Li kapab ale la

She wants the thing

Li vle bagay la

la a

right there, right here