Haitian Creole/Numbers

Category:Haitian Creole cardinal numerals To understand numbers in Haitian Creole, it is helpful to know French (but not necessary) because they are all derived from that language. The Haitian Creole numbers are mostly phonetic representations of how the same numbers are pronounced in French (changed according to a few rules), so if you know some rules regarding French pronunciation, you will understand Haitian Creole numbers more readily. Zero to ten #Haitian Creole 0zewo 1en2de 3twa 4kat5senk 6sis 7sèt 8uit9nèf 10dis Eleven to nineteen #Haitian Creole11onz12douz13trèz14katòz15kenz16sèz17disèt18dizwit19disnèf One way to help you remember these numbers is that they all have "z" at the end except 17,18,and 19 Twenty to twenty-nine Twenty is ven. For the rest, you take either vent- or ven- and add the units number. Use vent- for 1, 8 and 9. The only units number that is different from before is 1, which is eyen instead of en (which comes from French et-un, "and-one"). #Haitian Creole20ven21venteyen22vennde23venntwa24vennkat25vennsenk26vennsis27vennsèt28venntwit29ventnèf Thirty to sixty-nine These are all similar to the twenties, where "ven" (20) is the only irregularity. #Haitian Creole#Haitian Creole#Haitian Creole#Haitian Creole30trant40karant50senkant60swasant31tranteyen41karanteyen51senkanteyen61swasanteyen32trannde42karannde52senkannde62swasannde33tranntwa43karanntwa53senkanntwa63swasanntwa34trannkat44karannkat54senkannkat64swasannkat35trannsenk45karannsenk55senkannsenk65swasannsenk36trannsis46karannsis56senkannsis66swasannsis37trannsèt47karannsèt57senkannsèt67swasannsèt38trantwit48karantwit58senkantwit68swasantwit39trantnèf49karantnèf59senkantnèf69swasantnèf Seventy to seventy-nine These are irregular. You take the word for "sixty" (swasant) and add the numbers 10–19 as though it were "sixty-ten" for "seventy". This is also derived from French. Note that where in French you would say soixante-et-onze (71), you say swasantonz, and not *swasanteyonz. #Haitian Creole70swasanndis71swasantonz72swasanndouz73swasanntrèz74swasannkatòz75swasannkenz76swasannsèz77swasanndisèt78swasanndizwit79swasanndisnèf Eithy to eighty-nine This is also derived from french. In Haitian creole we say 'katreven", whereas in French it is "quatre-vingt". It literally means "four twenty", so a helpful mnemonic is to think of it as four times twenty (4*20). +#Haitian Creole80katreven81katreven-en82katreven-de83katreven-twa84katreven-kat85katreven-senk86katreven-sis87katreven-sèt88katreven-uit89katreven-nèf Ninety to ninety-nine These are irregular and similar to the seventies. You take the word for "eighty" (katreven) and add the numbers 10–19 as though it were "eightty-ten" for "ninety". This is also derived from French. +#Haitian Creole90katrevendis91katrevenonz92katrevendouz93katreventrèz94katrevenkatòz95katrevenkenz96katrevensèz97katrevendisèt98katrevendizwit99katrevendisnèf Haitian Creole/Numbers