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Lesson III – Talk about your family    

Learn how to talk about your family and describe family members

Lesson Objectives :

  1. Talk about their family in Haitian Creole

  2. Use possessive determiners correctly 

  3. Form simple affirmative and negative sentences

  4. Recognize and use the negation marker pa

  5. ​Apply the structure : Noun + Possessive + Verb

  6. Use the names of common family members in Haitian Creole and use them correctly with possessive determiners.

  7. Recognize Haitian Creole words with French-influenced pronunciation and spell them correctly using standard Haitian Creole orthography.

Section 1 — Warm-up Exercices

A - Listen and repeat             

  • Manman mwen

  • Papa ou

  • Fanmi nou

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B - Listen and repeat           ​​

  • Konbyen frè ak sè ou genyen ?

  • Mwen gen …

  • Mwen pa gen …

Listen and repeat the dialogue                           

🗣️ Section 2 — Dialogue   

A : Bonswa !

      Kòman ou ye ?

B : Mwen byen, mèsi.

      E ou menm ?

A : Mwen anfòm.

      Konbyen frè ak sè ou genyen ?

B : Nou anpil nan fanmi an !

      Mwen gen twa frè ak de sè.

      E ou menm ?

A : M gen yon sè.

      M pa gen frè.

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Section 3  —  Vocabulary focus           
Click the audio icon to listen to the pronunciation.

Part I                                          

A - Listen and repeat

1 - Konbyen ... ou gen ... ?

     Konbyen moun ou gen nan fanmi ou ?  

2 - Konbyen ... ak ... ou genyen ?

     Konbyen frè ak sè ou genyen ? 

3 - Nou ... nan fanmi an.

      Nou anpil nan fanmi an. 

4 - Fanmi mwen ... anpil.

     Fanmi mwen gran anpil.

C - Listen and repeat

10 - Ou pa genyen /gen ...

        Ou pa gen sè.

11 - Mwen se ...

       Mwen se yon touris. 

12 - Mwen pa ...

       Mwen pa yon touris.   

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B - Listen and repeat 

5 -Mwen genyen / gen ...

      Mwen gen yon kay.

6 - Ou genyen / gen ...

     Ou gen yon kay.

7 - Li genyen / gen ...

     Li gen yon kay. 

8 - Nou genyen / gen ...

     Nou genyen yon magazen.        

9 - Yo genyen / gen ...

     Yo genyen yon magazen.

A - Listen and repeat 

1 - Youn

     Premye  

2 - De

     Dezyèm 

3 - Twa

     Twazyèm                              

4 - Kat

      Katryèm

5 - Senk

     Senkyèm

Part II  

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B - Listen and repeat

6 - Sis

     Sizyèm

7 - Sèt

     Setyèm 

8 - Uit

     Uityèm        

9 - Nèf

     Nevyèm

10 - Dis

       Dizyèm

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Part III -  Exercice Answer Key

 A – Complete the sentences by using the correct form of gen and the appropriate number.

👉 The short form “gen” is commonly used before a noun phrase (NP).

  1. Mwen gen 2 frè.

  2. Nou gen 4 timoun.

  3. Ou gen 1 frè ak 1 sè. 

B – Rewrite the sentences in the negative form.

👉 Negative sentences are formed by placing “pa” before the verb. However, the marker “se” disappears in the negative form.

  1. Mwen pa yon timoun. 

  2. Li pa gen twa sè.

  3. Yo pa wè matant yo a.

C – Complete the sentences with an ordinal number (premye, dezyèm, twazyèm, etc.).

👉 The ordinal numerals given here are examples, but you may use any ordinal number you wish. Avoid repetition.

  1. Mwen se premye pitit nan fanmi an.

  2. Li se dezyèm pitit nan fanmi an.

  3. Ou se senkyèm pitit nan fanmi an.

D – Ask and Answer

  1. Konbyen frè ou genyen ?                            →  Mwen gen (put the number here) frè.  

  2. Konbyen sè ou genyen ?                             →  Mwen gen (put the number here) sè. 

  3. Konbyen moun ou gen nan fanmi ou ?  → Mwen gen (put the number here) moun nan fanmi mwen.          

Section 4 —  Grammar - Exercice Answer Key 

Fill in the blank                 

1 - Liv mwen an                  

2 - Liv mwen yo 

3 - Sè ou a 

4 - Sè ou yo

5 - Liv li a

6 - Liv li yo

7 - Kay nou an                          

8 - Kay nou yo        

9 - Frè nou an                           

10 - Frè nou yo

11 - Timoun yo a

12 - Timoun yo yo                       

A – Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive determiner.

👉 The article is used for specific objects/known persons

  1. Papa mwen se pwofesè.

  2. Sè ou a renmen li.

  3. Liv mwen an nan bibliyotèk la.

  4. Frè ou vin nan lekòl la.

  5. Manman nou wè restoran an.

B – Fill in the blank with the correct possessive determiner.  Add the article (an / a / yo) only when necessary.

👉Avoid the article for general references to parents.

  1. Liv ou a 

  2. Liv ou yo                   

  3. Pitit yo a                            

  4. Pitit yo (yo) 

  5. Sè mwen an                            

  6. Papa mwen                       

  7. Manman yo                       

  8. Frè li a

  9. Kay nou an                    

  10. Kay nou yo                        

C – Decide if the sentence is correct or not. If it is incorrect, rewrite it correctly.

👉 Articles after possessives are often optional.

  1. Incorrect  →   Papa ou rete lakay li. 

  2. Correct

  3. Incorrect  →   Manman li gen senk pitit li.

  4. Correct

  5. Correct

D – Translate the following sentences into Haitian Creole.

👉 “Here is” = “Men…” in Haitian Creole (used for both singular and plural).

  1. Men manman mwen.

  2. Men papa li.

  3. Men sè li (a). 

  4. Men frè nou (an). 

  5. Men pitit yo (a). 

Section 5  —  Vocabulary 

PART I - Family Members

Click the audio icon to listen to the pronunciation and example sentence. 

A - Listen and repeat  

1 - Manman

     Mwen wè manman mwen. 

2 - Papa

     Ou renmen papa ou. 

3 - Pitit

     Li se pitit nou. 

4 - Frè

      Nou gen twa frè. 

5 -  Sè

      Nou pa gen anpil sè.

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B - Listen and repeat 

6 - Grann

     Grann ou wè pitit li. 

7 - Granpè

     Mwen ale lakay granpè mwen.

8 - Tonton

     Ou rele tonton ou.

9 - Matant

     Mwen renmen matant mwen. 

10 - Kouzen

       Ou gen yon kouzen.

11 - Kouzin

        Li pa gen kouzin.

 PART II - Exercice Answer Key

A – Translate into Haitian Creole :

👉 In Haitian Creole, verbs remain unchanged.

  1. Manman li gen twa pitit.

  2. Pitit yo pale kreyòl.

  3. Li gen senk kouzin. 

  4. Grann nou rete lakay li. 

  5. Fanmi mwen (gran) anpil / Nou anpil nan fanmi an.

B – Match the English words with their Haitian Creole equivalents.

  1. → f

  2. → a

  3. → b

  4. → d 

  5. → c

  6. → e

Section 6 — Haitian Proverb                     

Listen and repeat

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“Lè w pa jwenn manman, ou tete grann.”

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Literal translation :

When you do not find your mother, you nurse from your grandmother.

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