100+ Haitian Creole Pronouns and Pronoun Phrases

Part 1 - Personal and Object Pronouns

• Note: Haitian Creole generally uses the same personal pronoun forms for:
• 1. Subject pronouns (I, You, We, He, She, They)
• 2. Object pronouns (Me, You, Us, Him, Her, Them, etc.)

1. Mwen / M – I, Me, My

2. Ou / W – You, Your

3. Li / L – He, She, It, Him, Her, His, Its

4. Nou / N – We, Us, Our, You (Plural), Your (Plural)

5. Yo / Y – They, Them, Their

Note: The English words my, your, our, his, her, its, and their are possessive adjectives (or possessive determiners). In Haitian Creole, possession is commonly expressed by placing the same pronoun forms shown above after the noun. They are included here because they also show ownership.

Part 2 - Possessive Pronouns

6. Pa mwen / Pa m – Mine

7. Pa ou / Pa w – Yours

8. Pa li / Pa l – His, Hers, Its

9. Pa nou / Pa n – Ours, Yours (Plural)

10. Pa yo (not usually contracted) – Theirs

Part 3 - Reflexive Pronouns

11. Tèt mwen – Myself

12. Tèt ou – Yourself

13. Tèt li – Himself, Herself, Itself

14. Tèt nou – Ourselves, Yourselves

15. Tèt yo – Themselves

Note: The Haitian Creole word tèt can literally mean head. For example, the Haitian Creole phrase tèt mwen can also mean my head.
When it is used in a reflexive construction, however, it expresses the meaning of self or oneself.

Part 4 - Demonstrative Pronouns

16. Sa a – This, That, This one, That one (More Specific)

17. Sa – This, That (More General)

18. Sa yo – These, Those

19. Sila a / Sila – This one / That one / The one

Note: Sa a and sa can have similar meanings and are often used in similar contexts. However, sa a is a definite singular demonstrative and can also mean this one or that one.

Part 5 - Interrogative Pronouns / Question Words

20. Ki sa? – What?

21. Ki moun? – Who?

22. Kiyès? – Who? / Which one?

23. Ki kote? – Where?

24. Kòman? / Ki jan? – How?

25. Poukisa? – Why?

26. Èske – Question marker (like "Do/Does/Is/Are/Can/Will...?")

Note: The Haitian Creole question marker èske does not mean who, what, where, why, or how by itself. It is used to form yes-or-no questions, similar to English questions that start with do, does, is, are, should, will, can, etc.

27. Konbyen? – How much? / How many?

Part 6 - Relative Pronouns & Related Words

28. Ki / K – Who / That / Which (in subject relative clauses)

29. Ke – That (Clause Connector / Conjunction)

Note: Ki / k commonly introduces a relative clause when the noun being described is the subject of that relative clause, corresponding to English who, that, or which. In other types of relative clauses, Haitian Creole may use no relative marker. Ke is better understood as a conjunction or clause connector rather than a relative pronoun.

30. Sa ki / Sa k – What / That which

31. Kote – Where

32. Lè – When

Note: Words like kote and lè are better understood as relative adverbs, but they can function in a similar way by connecting parts of a sentence.

Part 7 - Indefinite Pronouns & Related Quantifiers

Indefinite Pronouns, Expressions & Quantifiers

33. Yon lòt – Another

34. Nenpòt moun – Anybody / Anyone

35. Nenpòt bagay – Anything

36. Chak – Each / Every (before a noun)

37. Youn oswa lòt – Either

38. Tout moun – Everybody / Everyone

39. Tout bagay – Everything

40. Mwens – Less, Fewer

41. Ni youn ni lòt – Neither

42. Pèsonn – Nobody / No one / Anybody / Anyone (depending on context)

43. Anyen – Nothing / Anything (depending on context)

44. Yon moun – Somebody / Someone

45. Yon bagay – Something

Note: Many English indefinite pronouns are translated as phrases in Haitian Creole. The meaning of words like pèsonn and anyen depends on context. In negative sentences, they often work together with pa to express meanings such as nobody and nothing.

Additional Indefinite Pronouns, Expressions & Quantifiers

46. Tou de / Toulede – Both

47. Anpil – Many, Much

48. Kèk grenn / Kèk moun / Pa anpil – A few / A few people / Not many

49. Plizyè – Several

Variable Indefinite Pronouns & Expressions

50. Lòt – Other(s)

51. Tout – All

52. Nenpòt – Any

53. Plis – More

54. Pifò – Most

55. Okenn – No / None / Any (depending on context)

56. Kèk / Kèk nan / Yon ti kantite – Some / Some of / A small amount or number

Part 8 - Reciprocal Pronouns

57. Youn lòt (or yonn lòt) – Each other / One another

58. Youn ak lòt – Each other / One another

Part 9 - Exclamatory Words / Expressions

59. Ki sa! – What!

60. Mezanmi! – Wow! / Oh my!

61. Gadon koze! – What?! / Look at that! / Oh my word!

62. O! O! – What! / Oh no! / Wow!

Part 10 - Intensive / Emphatic Pronouns

63. Mwen menm – I myself

64. Ou menm – You yourself

65. Li menm – He himself / She herself / It itself

66. Nou menm – We ourselves / You (plural) yourselves

67. Yo menm – They themselves

Note: These intensive pronouns add emphasis to the subject. They are often used to stress that someone did something personally, e.g., Mwen menm mwen fè li – I myself did it.

Part 11 - Additional Demonstrative, Distributive & Related Expressions

68. Sila yo – These / Those / The ones (plural of sila / sila a)

69. Tout sa – All that / Everything (as a pronoun)

70. Yon lòt moun – Another person

71. Yon lòt bagay – Another thing

72. Kèlkeswa sa – Whatever

73. Kèlkeswa moun – Whoever

74. Nenpòt kote – Anywhere

75. Nenpòt lè – Anytime

Part 12 - Compound Indefinite Pronouns & Expressions (People & Things)

76. Okenn moun – No one / Nobody (with negation); Anyone (in questions or other non-affirmative contexts)

77. Okenn bagay – Nothing / Not anything (with negation); Anything (in questions or other non-affirmative contexts)

78. Youn – One (referring to a person or thing, e.g., Mwen vle youn. – I want one.)

79. Lòt moun – Other people

80. Lòt bagay – Other things

81. Pifò moun – Most people

82. Pifò bagay – Most things

83. Kèk bagay – Some things

84. Plizyè moun – Several people

85. Plizyè bagay – Several things

86. Anpil moun – Many people

87. Anpil bagay – Many things

88. Mwens moun – Fewer people

89. Mwens bagay – Fewer things

90. Chak moun – Each person

91. Chak bagay – Each thing

Part 13 - Partitive Pronouns & Expressions (“Of them”)

92. Kèk nan yo – Some of them

93. Plizyè nan yo – Several of them

94. Anpil nan yo – Many of them

95. Pifò nan yo – Most of them

96. Okenn nan yo – None of them (with negation); Any of them (in questions or other non-affirmative contexts)

97. Chak grenn nan yo – Each of them

98. Tou de nan yo – Both of them

99. Youn nan yo – One of them

Note: These partitive expressions are extremely common in everyday speech. They let you refer back to a group already mentioned, just like the English expressions some of them, most of them, etc.

Part 14 - Collective & Miscellaneous Pronoun Expressions

100. Nou tout – We all / All of us / You all / All of you

101. Yo tout – They all / All of them

102. Kèlkeswa bagay – Whatever / Whatever thing

Note: Nou tout and yo tout are collective expressions, similar to saying all of us / all of you or all of them in English. They can also be used for extra clarity or emphasis.