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Haitian Negation

This is a lesson about negation in Haitian. This includes words or expressions used to form a negative form as opposted to the affirmative. For example "I don't understand".

No: non
Nothing: anyen
Not yet: poko
No one: pe sonn
No longer: pa enko
Never: jame
Cannot: paka
Should not: pa supoze

The below examples demonstrate how to use the negation form in a sentence. Don't be shy to use of these expressions if you don't know something.

We don't understand: nou pa konprann
I do not speak Japanese: m'pa pale japonet
I cannot remember the word: m'paka sonje mo'a
You should not forget this word: pa bliye mo'a
No problem!: pa gen pwoblem
I don't know!: m'pa konen
I'm not interested!: sa pa enterese'm
Don't worry!: pa enkyete'w
This is wrong: sa'a pa bon
This is not correct: sa'a pa korek
No one here speaks Greek: pa gen moun ki pale grak la'a
I'm not fluent in Italian yet: m'poko pale italyen two byen

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