Haitian Creole/Pronunciation/Answer Key

Pronunciation activity

Pronunciations are in IPA. If it sounds the same as English, it's wrong.

• an /ã/
• animal /aniˈmal/
• bay /baj/
• chase /ʃaˈse/
• kite /kiˈte/
• men /mɛ̃/
• oral /oˈɰal/
• pale /paˈle/
• prepare /pɰepaˈɰe/

Spelling

Identify whether the following words might be words that are spelled correctly in the standard orthography of Haitian Creole.

• bann Yes. It means "group". There are two n’s because one of them is part of the digraph an indicating /ã/ and the other makes the sound /n/.
• continan No. The letter c only occurs in the combination ch.
• édé No. The letter é is not used in the standard orthography, although it might be in other orthographies.
• konsèy Yes. It means "advice".
• septanm Yes. It means "September".
• shase No. The combination sh is meaningless in the standard orthography. The letter h is very rarely used outside of the digraph ch.