Haitian Creole/Numbers/Zero to nineteen

Answer Key

One to twelve

Write out the full sentence, with the digit replaced by a word. These are all taken from the Haitian Creole Wikipedia. Try to figure out what they mean using the glossary below.

1. Gen 7 jou nan yon semèn.
2. Dyamèt li gwo pase 11 fwa dyamèt Latè a.
3. Patikil alfa se patikil ki konpoze avèk 2 pwoton ak 2 netwon ki emèt nan yon nwayo atomik ki an dekonpozisyon.
4. 1 ogmante sou 1.
5. Areye se yon ensèk ki gen 8 pye.
6. Nonagòn se yon fòm jewometrik ki gen 9 kote ak 9 ang.
7. Ensèk se yon ti bèt ki genyen 6 pye. (This contradicts the one about spiders, I know.)
8. Karayib se yon zòn sitye lès Amerik santral ki konstitiye anpil zile nan 3 gwo zòn.
9. Konpozit se melanj 2 sibstans.
10. Douzèn, Yon kantite ki gen 12 inite nan li.

Zero to nineteen

Write each number in digits.

1. sis
2. diznèf
3. nèf
4. katòz
5. en
6. de
7. dizuit
8. dis
9. uit
10. disèt
11. trèz
12. twa
13. sèt
14. douz
15. zewo
16. kat
17. onz
18. kenz
19. sèz
20. senk

Translate

Translate using the glossary.

1. Gen douz mwa nan yon lane.
2. Kenz moun te vini wè mwen.
3. Kite m ale de fwa!

Glosary

You could probably figure out the meanings of some of these by sounding them out: some sound similar to English.