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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Asking questions with the WH- words (Part 1)

Asking questions with the WH- words with the help of auxillary verbs (do, did, will, should, etc...)

what → kisa
when → kilè
where → ki kote, kibò
which → ki, kilès
who → kilès, kiyès, or kimoun
why → pouki, poukisa


In Haitian Creole, place the wh- word at the beginning of the sentence, followed by the inquiring sentence in the appropriate tense.

1. Kisa ou renmen?
    What do you like?

2. Kisa ou pral fè?
    What will you do?

3. Kilè ou te ale?
    When did you go?

4. Kibò ou prale?
    Where will you go?

5. Kibò ou te jewnn li?
    Where did you find it?

4. Ki jou ou prefere?
    Which day do you prefer?

5. Kilè ou te rele?
    Who did you call?

6. Poukisa ou te bay manti?
    Why did you lie?

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