Core Haitian Creole tense, mood, and aspect markers, which work differently from French or English verb conjugation, with an example sentence per card. Front: the Haitian Creole word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- ap
- Present progressive marker, shows an action happening now
- te
- Past tense marker, shows a completed action
- va
- Future tense marker, shows an action that will happen
- a
- Habitual present marker, shows repeated or general actions
- te ap
- Past progressive marker, shows an action in progress at a past time
- va ap
- Future progressive marker, shows an action in progress at a future time
- pa
- Negation marker, means not or do not
- pa te
- Past negation marker, shows a past action did not happen
- gen
- Auxiliary verb meaning to have or there is/are
- gen pou
- Modal phrase meaning must, have to, or supposed to
- pa gen
- Negated existential, means there is not, there are not, or don't have
- dwe
- Modal verb meaning must, should, or ought to
- vle
- Modal verb meaning to want, to wish, or to will
- kapab
- Modal verb meaning can, to be able, or possible
- konnen
- Verb meaning to know or to be acquainted with