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==Linguistics==
==Linguistics==
Haitian Creole often corresponds to French. The Creole phrase ''Komoun ou ye''? (how are you?) is congruent to the (non-existent, grammatically incorrect) French phrase ''Comment tu est''? Likewise, the Creole phrase ''Sakpasé''? (what is happening?) is congruent to ''Ça que passe''? in French.
Haitian Creole often corresponds to French. The Creole phrase ''Komoun ou ye''? (how are you?) is congruent to the (non-existent, grammatically incorrect) French phrase ''Comment tu est''? Likewise, the Creole phrase ''Sakpasé''? (what is happening?) is congruent to ''Ça que passe''? in French.
===Verb Conjugation===
Haitian Creole has no verb conjugation. A Creole verb chart looks like this:
Haitian Creole has no verb conjugation. A Creole verb chart looks like this:
{| class="wikitable" align="right"
{| class="wikitable" align="left"
|-
|-
|
|
|Li traval
|Li traval
|He/she works
|He/she works
|-
Nou traval (We work)
|Nou traval
|We work
Yo traval (They work)
|-
|Yo traval
Haitian Creole uses markers for tense such as ''te'', ''ap'' and ''pral'':
|They work
|}
Mwen te traval (I worked)
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Haitian Creole uses markers for tense such as ''te'', ''ap'' and ''pral'', as shown:
M'ap traval (I am working)
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Mwen pral traval (I am going to work)
|Mwen te traval
|I worked
|-
|M'ap traval
|I am working
|-
|Mwen pral traval
|I am going to work
|}
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''Mwen'' for I correlates to the French ''moi''. ''Traval'' correlates to the French ''travailler''. In Caribbean and French fashion, Creole words are easily abbreviated or pushed together; in the above example ''m'ap'' is a contraction of ''mwen ap''.
''Mwen'' for I correlates to the French ''moi''. ''Traval'' correlates to the French ''travailler''. In Caribbean and French fashion, Creole words are easily abbreviated or pushed together; in the above example ''m'ap'' is a contraction of ''mwen ap''.
Variations of the [[English]] and [[Spanish]] languages also exist in the Caribbean. These dialects also feature simplified verb conjugation, abbreviation and words of West African origin.
Variations of the [[English]] and [[Spanish]] languages also exist in the Caribbean. These dialects also feature simplified verb conjugation, abbreviation and words of West African origin.
==External Links==
*[http://www.travelinghaiti.com/haitian_kreyol.asp Creole words and phrases]
*[http://www.travelinghaiti.com/haitian_kreyol.asp Creole words and phrases]