Part 1 - Personal and Object Pronouns

• Note: Haitian Creole uses the same words for

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• 1. Personal 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 words my, your, our, his, her, and their, along with their Creole counterparts, are possessive adjectives. They are included 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

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 words tèt mwen can also mean my head.
Of course, when it is used as a reflexive pronoun, it means self or oneself.

Part 4 - Demonstrative Pronouns

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

17. Sa – This, That (More General)

18. Sa yo – These, Those

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

Note: Sa a and sa almost mean the same thing and are often used interchangeably. But sa a can also mean this one or that one.

Part 5 - Interrogative Pronouns / Question Words

20. Ki sa? – What?

21. Ki moun? / Kiyès? – Who?

22. Kiyès? – Who? / Which?

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

28. Ki – Who / That / Which

29. Ke – That (Clause Connector / Conjunction)

Note: Ki is the main relative pronoun in Haitian Creole. Ke is often better understood as a conjunction or clause connector, but it can still help connect related ideas.

30. Sa ki / Sa k – What / That which

31. Kote – Where

32. Lè – When

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

Part 7 - Indefinite Pronouns

Singular Indefinite Pronouns

33. Yon lòt – Another

34. Nenpòt moun – Anybody / Anyone

35. Nenpòt bagay – Anything

36. Chak – Each

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 / None

43. Anyen – Nothing

44. Yon moun – Somebody / Someone

45. Yon bagay – Something

Note: Many English indefinite pronouns are translated as phrases in Haitian Creole. In negative sentences, words like pèsonn and anyen often work together with pa.

Plural Indefinite Pronouns

46. Tou de / Toule de – Both

47. Anpil – Many, Much

48. Kèk grenn / Kèk moun / Pa anpil – Few

50. Plizyè – Several

Variable Indefinite Pronouns

51. Lòt – Other(s)

52. Tout – All

53. Nenpòt – Any

54. Plis – More

55. Pifò / Pi plis – Most

56. Okenn – None

57. Kèk / Kèk nan / Yon ti kantite – Some

58. Konsa / Tèl – Such

Part 8 - Reciprocal Pronouns

59. Youn lòt (or yonn lòt) – Each other (2 people) / One another (3+ people)

60. Youn ak lòt – With each other / With one another

Part 9 - Exclamatory Pronouns / Expressions

61. Ki sa! (main) – What!

62. Mezanmi! – Wow! / Oh my!

63. Gadon koze! – What a thing! / What is this!

64. O o! – Oh no! / Wow!

65. Apa! – Well! / Oh! (Expression of emphasis or surprise)

Part 10 - Intensive / Emphatic Pronouns

66. Mwen menm – I myself

67. Ou menm – You yourself

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

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

70. 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 Pronouns

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

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

73. Yon lòt moun – Another person

74. Yon lòt bagay – Another thing

75. Kèlkeswa sa – Whatever

76. Kèlkeswa moun – Whoever

77. Nenpòt kote – Anywhere (used pronominally)

78. Nenpòt lè – Anytime (used pronominally)

Part 12 - Compound Indefinite Pronouns (People & Things)

79. Okenn moun – No one (stronger negative than pèsonn)

80. Okenn bagay – Nothing (alternative to anyen)

81. Youn – One (indefinite, e.g., Youn di… – One says…)

82. Lòt moun – Other people

83. Lòt bagay – Other things

84. Pifò moun – Most people

85. Pifò bagay – Most things

86. Kèk bagay – Some things

87. Plizyè moun – Several people

88. Plizyè bagay – Several things

89. Anpil moun – Many people

90. Anpil bagay – Many things

91. Mwens moun – Fewer people

92. Mwens bagay – Fewer things

93. Chak moun – Each person

94. Chak bagay – Each thing

Part 13 - Partitive Pronouns (“Of them”)

95. Kèk nan yo – Some of them

96. Plizyè nan yo – Several of them

97. Anpil nan yo – Many of them

98. Pifò nan yo – Most of them

99. Okenn nan yo – None of them

100. Chak nan yo – Each of them

101. Tou de nan yo – Both of them

102. Youn nan yo – One of them

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

Part 14 - Collective & Miscellaneous Emphatic Pronouns

103. Nou tout – We all / All of us

104. Yo tout – They all / All of them

105. Kèlkeswa bagay – Whatever thing (another form of whatever)

Note: Nou tout and yo tout are emphatic collectives, similar to saying all of us or all of them in English. They are often used for extra clarity or emphasis.