ki mo yo di nan pale kapwaz yo ki diferan de moun nan lwes

You'll know right away that you're speaking to a Northerner by their style of enunciation.

Here's a few examples about the difference in the Creole vocabulary between North and West.

This is FYI only.

mine

pa'm (west Haiti)

kinan'm (North)

iron

fè a repase (west Haiti)

Kawo (north)

Possessives

His car

machin li (West Haiti)

machin a li (North)

your dress

rad ou a (West Haiti)

Rad w la (North)

my child

pitit mwen (West)

pitit an mwen (North)

word endings

Example:

Why did you do it?

Poukisa ou te fè li? (West Haiti)

Poukisa ou te fèy? (North)
etc....

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