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Lesson # 1 – Haitian Creole Conversation

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What You Will Learn

In this lesson, you will:

• 1. have a brief history of the language • 2. have an overview of the alphabet of the language • 3. learn the letter sounds in Haitian Creole

History of Haitian Creole

• Originated in Africa (spoken by 99% Haitians)• How did it come about?

• From slaves of different tribes in Africa with European masters on an island (17th and 18th centuries on plantation)

• It is a fusion of French, Spanish, West-African languages, English, Portuguese and Taino (The language of the first inhabitants of Hispaniola)• Haiti (Ayiti ) is a Taino word• Sapat comes from the Spanish Zapato• Bokit comes from the English bucket; repoze comes from English repose• Bon Diye (God) from French Bon Dieu• Manbo and marassa from Kongo language• Mantèg and tchipe from Portuguese

Learn how the Haitian Creole alphabet workshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7mciqgPv4

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv=te7mciqgPv4

How the Haitian Creole Alphabet Work?Alphabet Sound Alphabet Sound Alphabet Sound

a ah i i oun oun

an an j ji p pe

b be k ka r èr

ch Se ach l èl s ès

d de m èm t te

e e n èn ui yi

en en ng èn je v ve

è è o o w doubve

f èf ò ò y igrèg

g je on on z zèd

h ach ou ou

Haitian Creole Alphabet

How the Haitian Creole Alphabet Work?

• There is no C, Q, X in Haitian Creole alphabet C = K No letter Q (not necessary); we use KW for QNo letter X (not necessary); we use KS• All Haitian Creole letters have one sound • In English C and K make the K sound

Letters and sounds in Haitian Creole

A ma mama rara aba papaAn ban van tan gan danE de bebe mete wete edeÈ lapè valè likè dèt doulèEn fen pen men nen ven

Letter sounds in Haitian Creole

I mi wi fi ri dirio bo do oto kado batoò fò bòl kò gòj pòvou kou lou mou nou touse

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