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Most Common Haitian Creole Words
Kreyòl ayisyen
Essential Haitian Creole vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| kay | house | KAY |
| dlo | water | DLO |
| gason | man | ga-SON |
| fanm | woman | FANM |
| timoun | child | ti-MOON |
| zanmi | friend | zan-MI |
| tan | time | TAN |
| jou | day | ZHOO |
| lavi | life | la-VI |
| mond | world | MOND |
| peyi | country | pe-YI |
| vil | city | VIL |
| travay | work | tra-VAY |
| lajan | money | la-ZHAN |
| manje | food | man-ZHAY |
| fanmi | family | fan-MI |
| machin | car | ma-SHIN |
| liv | book | LIV |
| lekòl | school | le-KOL |
| ri | street | RI |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| se | to be | SE |
| genyen | to have | gen-YEN |
| fè | to do / make | FEH |
| ale | to go | a-LE |
| vini | to come | vi-NI |
| di | to say | DI |
| wè | to see | WEH |
| konnen | to know | ko-NEN |
| ka | to be able to | KA |
| vle | to want | VLE |
| pale | to speak | pa-LE |
| manje | to eat | man-ZHAY |
| bwè | to drink | BWEH |
| dòmi | to sleep | DO-mi |
| travay | to work | tra-VAY |
| panse | to think | pan-SE |
| renmen | to love | ren-MEN |
| pran | to take | PRAN |
| bay | to give | BAY |
| konprann | to understand | kon-PRAN |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| gran | big | GRAN |
| piti | small | pi-TI |
| bon | good | BON |
| move | bad | MO-ve |
| bèl | beautiful | BEL |
| nouvo | new | noo-VO |
| vye | old | VYE |
| jenn | young | ZHEN |
| kontan | happy | kon-TAN |
| tris | sad | TRIS |
| fò | strong | FOH |
| rapid | fast | ra-PID |
| lan | slow | LAN |
| cho | hot | CHO |
| frèt | cold | FRET |
| fasil | easy | fa-SIL |
| difisil | difficult | di-fi-SIL |
| enpòtan | important | en-po-TAN |
| blan | white | BLAN |
| nwa | black | NWA |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| trè | very | TREH |
| tou | also / too | TOO |
| toujou | always | too-ZHOO |
| janm | never | ZHANM |
| souvan | often | soo-VAN |
| kounye a | now | koo-NYE-a |
| deja | already | de-ZHA |
| ankò | again | an-KO |
| petèt | maybe | pe-TET |
| byen | well | BYEN |
| vit | quickly | VIT |
| isit | here | i-SIT |
| la | there | LA |
| ansanm | together | an-SAN |
| sèlman | only | sel-MAN |
| vrèman | really | vre-MAN |
| anpil | a lot | an-PIL |
| yon ti | a little | yon-TI |
| twò | too much | TWO |
| toujou | still | too-ZHOO |