Haitian Creole and English/Pending tests

Noun phrases

• (ht) Yon kouto → A knife
• (ht) Yon kravat → A tie

• (ht) Kravat la → The tie
• (ht) Liv la → The book
• (ht) Kay la → The house

• (ht) Lanp lan → The lamp
• (ht) Bank lan → The bank

• (ht) Kouto a → The knife
• (ht) Peyi a → The country

• (ht) Fanmi an → The family
• (ht) Mi an → The wall
• (ht) Chien an → The dog
• (ht) Pon an → The bridge

• (ht) Machin nan → The car
• (ht) Telefòn nan → The telephone
• (ht) Madanm nan → The woman

• (ht) Liv yo → The books
• (ht) Machin yo → The cars

• (ht) Divès lang → Various languages

"np a" needs to be disambiguated as "np postdet", not "np part"...

• (ht) Ayiti a → Haiti
• (ht) 12 janvye a → January 12th

Possession

• (ht) chat Pyè a → Pyè's cat
• (ht) chèz Mari a → Mari's chair
• (ht) zanmi papa Jan → Jan's father's friend
• (ht) papa vwazen zanmi nou → our friend's neighbour's father

Verbs

• (ht) mwen te travay → I worked
• (ht) ou te travay → you worked
• (ht) li te travay → he/she worked
• (ht) nou te travay → we worked
• (ht) yo te travay → they worked

• (ht) mwen t ap travay → I was working
• (ht) ou t ap travay → you were working
• (ht) li t ap travay → he/she was working
• (ht) nou t ap travay → we were working
• (ht) yo t ap travay → they were working

• (ht) m ap travay → I am working
• (ht) w ap travay → you are working
• (ht) l ap travay → he/she is working
• (ht) n ap travay → we are working
• (ht) y ap travay → they are working

• (ht) M ap travay kounye a → I am working right now

• (ht) mwen pral travay → I am going to work
• (ht) ou pral travay → you are going to work
• (ht) li pral travay → he/she is going to work
• (ht) nou pral travay → we are going to work
• (ht) yo pral travay → they are going to work

• (ht) Mwen fèk sòt antre kay la → I just entered the house

• (ht) Yo ta renmen jwe → They would like to play
• (ht) Mwen ta vini si mwen te gen yon machin → I would come if I had a car
• (ht) Ann mande yon moun → Let's ask someone

stative vs action influence on tense

• (ht) ou travay → you worked
• (ht) ou adore → you love

Negatives

• (ht) Woz pa vle ale → Woz doesn't want to go
• (ht) Woz pa t vle ale → Woz didn't want to go

• (ht) Menm bèt pa ka viv konsa → Even animals can't live like that