Most Common Haitian Creole Words

Most Common Haitian Creole Words

June 24, 2022

In any language, the most common words are always going to be conjunctions, prepositions, and determiners. Conjunctions are words like but, for, and, and or. Prepositions are words like to, on, in, and with. Determiners are less commonly understood and include words like this, every, it, those, and the. Different languages have different syntax, grammar, jargon, slang, conventions, and contexts, but in most cases, words that translate to the words and types of words mentioned above are going to be the most common.

This is of the utmost interest to anyone seeking to begin to learn another language or in language translation. If you can learn the most common words in a language and how they are used, you can learn the language much more quickly and effectively. For that reason, Etcetera has gone through the trouble to cover and discuss the 1000 most common Haitian Creole words. It is as follows;

200 Most Common Haitian Creole Words

Rank Haitian words in English Rank Haitian words in English
1 kòm as 101 nenpòt ki any
2 mwen I 102 nouvo new
3 l’ his 103 travay work
4 ki that 104 pati part
5 li he 105 pran take
6 te was 106 jwenn get
7 pou for 107 plas place
8 sou on 108 te fè made
9 yo se are 109 ap viv live
10 ak with 110 ki kote where
11 yo they 111 apre after
12 gen be 112 tounen back
13 nan at 113 ti kras little
14 yon sèl one 114 sèlman only
15 gen have 115 wonn round
16 sa a this 116 nonm man
17 soti nan from 117 ane year
18 pa by 118 te vin came
19 cho hot 119 montre show
20 mo word 120 chak every
21 men but 121 bon good
22 sa ki what 122 m ’ me
23 kèk some 123 bay give
24 se is 124 nou an our
25 li it 125 anba under
26 ou you 126 non name
27 oswa or 127 trè very
28 te gen had 128 atravè through
29 nan the 129 jis just
30 nan of 130 fòm form
31 gen to 131 fraz sentence
32 ak and 132 gwo great
33 yon a 133 panse think
34 nan in 134 di say
35 nou we 135 ede help
36 kapab can 136 ki ba low
37 soti out 137 liy line
38 lòt other 138 diferan differ
39 yo te were 139 vire turn
40 ki which 140 kòz cause
41 do 141 anpil much
42 yo their 142 vle di mean
43 tan time 143 anvan before
44 si if 144 deplase move
45 pral will 145 dwa right
46 ki jan how 146 ti gason boy
47 te di said 147 fin vye granmoun old
48 yon an 148 twò too
49 chak each 149 menm same
50 di tell 150 li she
51 does 151 tout all
52 seri set 152 gen there
53 twa three 153 when
54 vle want 154 moute up
55 air 155 itilize use
56 byen well 156 ou your
57 tou also 157 fason way
58 jwe play 158 sou about
59 ti small 159 anpil many
60 fen end 160 lè sa a, then
61 mete put 161 yo them
62 lakay home 162 ekri write
63 li read 163 ta would
64 men hand 164 tankou like
65 port 165 se konsa, so
66 gwo large 166 sa yo these
67 eple spell 167 gen her
68 ajoute add 168 lontan long
69 menm even 169 make
70 peyi land 170 bagay thing
71 isit la here 171 see
72 dwe must 172 l ’ him
73 gwo big 173 de two
74 segondè high 174 gen has
75 sa yo such 175 gade look
76 swiv follow 176 plis more
77 zak act 177 jou day
78 poukisa why 178 te kapab could
79 mande ask 179 ale go
80 moun men 180 vini come
81 chanjman change 181 te fè did
82 te ale went 182 nimewo number
83 limyè light 183 son sound
84 kalite kind 184 pa gen okenn no
85 koupe off 185 pi most
86 bezwen need 186 moun people
87 kay house 187 mwen my
88 foto picture 188 sou over
89 eseye try 189 konnen know
90 nou us 190 dlo water
91 ankò again 191 pase than
92 bèt animal 192 apèl call
93 pwen point 193 premye first
94 manman mother 194 ki moun ki who
95 mond world 195 kapab may
96 tou pre near 196 desann down
97 bati build 197 side
98 pwòp tèt ou self 198 te been
99 latè earth 199 kounye a now
100 papa father 200 jwenn find

As you can see, there are a number of common features to these words, their English versions, and related words from English and other languages. A simple list like this can make rudimentary communications easier and serve as an aid to translation. This is a simple example of the ways Etcetera strives to enhance communications for their customers and partners.

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