Haitian Creole
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Adjectives
- intelligent: entelijan
- beautiful: bèl
- dirty: sal
- fresh: fre
- shy: timid
- sick: malad
- special: espesyal
- sweet: dous, sikre
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Colors
- black: nwa
- blue: ble
- brown: maron
- red: rouj
- white: blan
Nouns
- airplane: avyon
- banana: bannann fig
- boy: gason, ti gason
- bank: bank
- bathroom: twalèt
- book: liv
- dinner: dine
- friend: zanmi
- fruit: fwi
- frustration: fristrasyon
- fuel: gaz
- future: avni
- girl: tifi, djal
- human being: kretyen vivan
- humid: imid, mouye
- ice / frost / freeze: glas
- intelligent: lèspri
- man: mesye, moun, nèg, nonm
- mouth: bouch
- music: mizik
- pineapple: anana
- police: polis, lapolis
- pork: kochon
- proof: prèv
- property: propriyete, byen
- quiet: trankil
- river: rivyè, flèv, dlo
- tree: pyebwa
- road: chemen, rout
- school: lekòl
- shirt: chemiz
- street: ri, lari
- table: tab, tablo
- woman: fanm, fi, madanm (pl. medanm)
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Verbs
- blood: san
- call: rele
- gift: kado, don
- give: bay, ban
- give away: fè kado
- grace: lagras
- labor / work: travay
- like: renmen
- listen: koute
- love:
love / amou
love / lanmou
love / v. renmen, (each other) damou
love, be in / v damou, nan renmen
love with, be in / v damou pou, nan renmen ak
love, make / koupe, (...to) pran
- swim: naje
- shower: binyin
- shut: fèmen
- toil: travay di, trimen
- vomit: vomi
- wash: lave
- watch: gade, siveye, veye (as in eye)
Religious
- baptism: batèm
- believe: kwè
- book: liv
- Christian: kretyen
- church: legliz
- cross: kwa
- die: mouri
- faith: kapwonnen
- forever: ajamè
- free: lib, (~ of charge) gratis
- free (v): delibere
- god: espri, lwa, dye
- God: Bondye
- heaven: lesyèl, paradi
- holy: sen
- hope: lespwa
- hope (v): espere
- Isreal: Izrayèl
- life: lavi, vi
- save: sove
- savior: sovè, lesovè
- sin: peche
- son: pitit gason, fis
- soul: nanm
Places
- Africa: Afrik
- Cuba: Kiba
- Haiti: Ayiti, Peyi Dayiti
- United States: Zetazini
People
- American: ameriken
- English: angle
- French: franse
- German: alman
- Haitian: Aiysyen
- Spanish: panyol, panyèl
Miscellaneous
- because: paske, akòz
- dirty word: gwo mò, mò sal
- joy: kontantman, lajwa
- OK: se byen
- wow!: mezanmi! papa!
Calendar
Days of the Week
| Sunday |
dimanch |
| Monday |
lendi |
| Tuesday |
madi |
| Wednesday |
mèkredi |
| Thursday |
jedi |
| Friday |
vandredi |
| Saturday |
samdi |
Months of the Year
| January |
janvye |
| February |
fevriye |
| March |
mas |
| April |
avril |
| May |
me |
| June |
jen |
| July |
jiye, jiyè |
| August |
out, dawout |
| September |
septanm, sektanm |
| October |
oktòb |
| November |
novanm |
| December |
desanm |
Numbers
| | English | Number | English | Ordinal |
| 0 | zero | zewo | | |
| 1 | one | youn, yon, en | first | premye |
| 2 | two | de | second | dezyèm |
| 3 | three | twa | third | twazyèm |
| 4 | four | kat | fourth | katriyèm |
| 5 | five | senk | fifth | senkyèm |
| 6 | six | sis | sixth | sizyèm |
| 7 | seven | sèt | seventh | setyèm |
| 8 | eight | uit | eighth | uityèm |
| 9 | nine | nèv | ninth | nevyèm |
| 10 | ten | dis | tenth | dizyèm |
| 11 | eleven | onz | eleventh | onzyèm |
| 12 | twelve | douz | twelfth | douzyèm |
| 13 | thirteen | trèz | thirteenth | trèzyèm |
| 14 | fourteen | katòz | fourteenth | katòzyèm |
| 15 | fifteen | kenz | fifteenth | kenzyèm |
| 16 | sixteen | sèz | sixteenth | sèzyèm |
| 17 | seventeen | disèt | seventeenth | disetyèm |
| 18 | eighteen | dizwit, dizuit | eighteenth | dizuityèm |
| 19 | nineteen | diznèf | nineteenth | diznevyèm |
| 20 | twenty | ven | twentieth | ventyèm |
| 21 | twenty-one | venteen | | |
| 22 | twenty-two | vennde | | |
| 30 | thirty | trant | | |
| 40 | forty | karant | | |
| 50 | fifty | senkant | | |
| 60 | sixty | swasant | | |
| 70 | seventy | swasanndis | | |
| 80 | eighty | katreven | | |
| 90 | ninety | katrevendis | | |
| 100 | one hundred | san | | |
| 101 | one hundred one | san en | | |
| 1,001 | one thousand | mil | | |
| 10,000 | ten thousand | dis mil | | |
| 100,000 | hundred thousand | san mil | | |
| 1,000,000 | one million | milyon | | |
| 1,000,000,000 | one billion | bilyon | | |
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