Sunday, April 10, 2011

Comparing Simple Past and Present tense.

Compare the Haitian Creole sentence construction in the simple past and present tense.
Also, see audio about past tense: http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/04/its-all-in-past.html

1.
Present tense:   M pale Kreyòl. (I speak Creole)
Past tense:        M te pale Kreyòl.  (I spoke Creole)

2.
Present tense:    Mwen wè ou. (I see you)
Past tense:         Mwen te wè ou. (I saw you)

3.
Present tense:     Nou konprann li. (We understand it)
Past tense:          Nou te konprann li. (We understood it.)

4.
Present tense:      Yo pa gen lajan. (I don't have any money.)
Past tense:           Yo pa te gen lajan. (They didn't have any money)

5.
Present tense:       Jij la pa la. (The judge is not here.)
Past tense:            Jij la pa te la. (The judge was not here.)

6.
Present tense:      Mwen kontan. (I'm happy.)
Past tense:           Mwen te kontan. (I was happy.)

7.
Present tense:      Sa se kay mwen. (This is my house)
Past tense:           Sa se te kay mwen. (This was my house)

8.
Present tense:      Li bo li. (He kisses her.)
Past tense:           Li te bo li. (He kissed her)

9.
Present tense:      Mwen chante yon chante. (I sing a song)
Past tense:           Mwen te chante yon chante. (I sang a song)

10.
Present tense:      Ou bouke. - (You are tired.)
Past tense:           Ou te bouke. (You were tired)

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