LESON EN

DYALOG

Sou wout Petyonvil

Lwi meets Mari on the way to Pétionville.

LWI: Bonjou, ti dam. Ki jan ou ye?
Hello, ma'am. How are you?
MARI: M byen, wi.
I'm fine.
LWI: Se pitit ou?
Is that your child?
MARI: Wi se pitit mwen.
Yes, it's my child.
LWI: Ki jan li rele?
What's his name?
MARI: Li rele Sadrak.
His name is Sadrak.
LWI: M rele Lwi. E ou menm, ki jan ou rele?
My name is Lwi. And you? What's your name?
MARI: M rele Mari.
My name is Mari.

Kesyon
1. Ki moun k ap pale ak Mari? Lwi.
2. Ki jan madanm nan rele? Li rele Mari.
3. Ki jan msye a rele? Li rele Lwi.
4. Ki jan pitit la rele? Li rele Sadrak.



GRAME
1. Personal Pronouns

In Creole, personal pronouns have only one form. For example, yo is used for they, them, or their. The personal pronouns of Creole are as follows:


mwen I me my
Singular ou you you your
li he him his
she her her
it it its
Plural nou we us our
you you your
yo they them their


There are several distinctions made in English that do not occur in Creole. The same form is used for the first and second person in the plural; nou means both we and you (all). Creole does not distinguish masculine, feminine, and neuter in the third person singular. Li means he, she, or it.

2. Uses of Pronouns

When a pronoun precedes a predicate (verb, adjective, or adverb), it functions as the subject.

Li rele He/she (is) called.
Yo byen. They (are) fine.
Ki jan ou ye? How are you?

Annou pratike

A. Identification. To identify or point to someone one uses
the construction se...'It's....'.

MODEL: Ki moun sa a? (Mwen) --->
Se mwen.

1. mwen
2. ou
3. li
4. yo
5. nou


B . Identification. Imagine that someone is asking whether the person or
persons named have done something. Answer identifying the person.

MODEL: Ki moun sa a? Seou? --->
Wi, se mwen.

1. Se ou?
2. Se Jak?
3. Se Anita ak Chal?
4. Se mwen ak ou?
5. Se Sadrak ak Mari?
6. Se ou ak Lwi?

C. Identify yourself and people around you.

MODEL: Ki jan ou rele? --->
Mwen rele. . .

1. Ki jan ou rele?
2. Ki jan li rele? (Sadrak)
3 . Mwen rele Chal. E msye a? (Lwi)
4. Madanm nan rele Anita. E mwen menm? (Chal).


D. Picture-cued identification.
Identify the people in the picture.

MODEL: 2. Ki moun sa a? --->
Se yon madanm.

1. Ki msye sa a? --->
Se Chal.

1. Ki moun sa a?
2. Ki madanm sa a?
3. Ki timoun sa a?
4. Ki moun sa a?
5. Ki msye sa a?



ANNOU TCHEKE

1. Tell me what your name is.
2. Ask me what my name is.
3. Ask me what the child's name is.

Annou pratike

A.
1. Se mwen.
2. Se ou.
3. Se Mari. Se li.
4. Se Lwi ak Mari. Se yo.
5. Se mwen ak Sadrak. Se nou.

B.
1. Wi, se mwen.
2. Wit se li.
3. Wi, se yo.
4. Wi, se nou.
5. Wi, se yo.
6. Wi, se nou.

C.
1. Mwen rele. . .
2. Li rele Sadrak.
3. Li rele Lwi.
4. Ou rele Chal.

D.
1. Se Chal.
2. Se Mari.
3. Se Sadrak.
4. Se Sovè.
5. Se Lwi.

Annou tcheke
1. Mwen rele. . .
2. Ki jan ou rele?
3. E pitit la, ki jan li rele?