How Say "The" or Definite Article in Haitian Creole

[@damonledford820]

Making my Duolingo experience much easier. Thank you.

[@tyri3330]

Thank you !! Doulingo just kinda threw in the words with no explanation and I was very confused

[@StephenMatlock]

Yeah, Duolingo's Haitian Creole course needs some more guidebooks and other features of other more fully fleshed-out courses like they have for French or Spanish. There should be far more emphasis upon pronunciation, for example. And there should be a better understanding of the *six* indefinite articles ("yo" is the sixth indefinite article for plural nouns!). More about the use of mwen, mwen an/m nan and when to use them. It's great to learn solely by example w/o explanation for much of what you are taught, but some of these basics that are left undefined are very puzzling for a first-year student.

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[@leftisbestpolitics]

Man I’ve been guessing these rules all through out my life and never knew when to use which the. It’s always been which sounds right to me. Finally knowing the rules makes it real easy. So glad Duolingo and KZbin are actually reaching out to folks who are learning creole

[@A1Kamon]

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[@mrs.vistazidor6854]

Best explanation and I finally get it! Thank you!

[@howtocreole]

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[@Marodinho]

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[@Emily_CM]

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[@MannodjiHaitiCreole]

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[@robynkeesling5204]

Hi! Can someone explain to me why machin is followed by nan? It doesn't end with m, nn, or the two with accents. I would have thought la because it is a non-nasal vowel followed by a consonant. If it were machinn, I could understand the nan. Help.

[@onpoint2292]

This video on the hatian alphabet might help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpaanpafpsyDrJY An, en, on are all part of the hatian alphabet. In, however, is not a hatian leter, just a sound combination in which the "n" sound is pronouced. When the presenter said that the definite article "nan" applied to cases when the noun preceding it ended in "nn" or "m", he wasn't completely clear with what he meant. He meant if you pronounced "n" or "m" at the noun preceding the definite article. Hope that helps

[@victoriabuckner1591]

I am confused on the use of the definte article after the pronoun in the sentence Mwen pran komann li an. I took his order. Duolingo says that the Haitian creole written here is correct.

[@howtocreole]

Great point. We will cover this in the future.

[@rik9833]

I picked up creole from my parents but I had no understanding about the grammatical part of it even though I could speak clear creole

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[@RBG1st]

So, do you use "nan" in words ending with a single letter "N" as well? I noticed with the word "machin" wasn't a trailing NN, but "nan" was still placed. Thanks

[@littlewishy6432]

It's because “machin” doesn't end in a nasal vowel. If it has the “n” sound at the end of a word (meaning, -ann, -èn, -in, -òn) it is followed by “nan.”

[@rosiescaffee]

you use “nan” after n and m. but not if the n is part of a nasal vowel. so; pen an but machin nan or dam nan

[@RBG1st]

@@rosiescaffee ok, thanks 👍

[@Trexxy16]

Such good explanation! Thank you! 💜