"MWEN" can be used as personal pronoun: I or ME
"MWEN" can be replaced with contraction "m".
example:
1. Mwen te wè li.
or
M te wè li.
I saw it.
2. Rele mwen lè w rive.
or
Rele m lè w rive.
Call me when you arrive.
"MWEN" can be used as possessives: MY, MINE (singular or plural)
example
3. pitit mwen - my child
4. pitit mwen yo - my children
Do not use contraction after a word that end with a consonant.
The word "pitit" ends with "t" which is a consonant. So you cannot say "pitit m". You will always say "pitit mwen".
5. pye mwen or pye m - my foot
The word "pye" ends with a vowel "e" which is a vowel, so you can say "pye mwen" or "pye m"
6. kesyon mwen or kesyon m - my question
The word "kesyon" ends with a nasal vowel "on", so you can say "kesyon mwen" or "kesyon m"
Sometimes a definite article may come after MWEN:
7. kesyon mwen an or kesyon m nan. - my question
8. kesyon mwen yo or kesyon m yo - my questions
We do not use contractions after these prepositions POU, NAN, SOU at the end of a sentence:
9. Malèt la tonbe sou mwen.
You cannot say
Malèt la tonbesou m.
10. Fè sa pou mwen tanpri.
you cannot say
Fè sapou m tanpri
11. Lespri Bondye te desann sou mwen
you cannot say
Lespri Bondye te desannsou m.
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"MWEN" can be replaced with contraction "m".
example:
1. Mwen te wè li.
or
M te wè li.
I saw it.
2. Rele mwen lè w rive.
or
Rele m lè w rive.
Call me when you arrive.
"MWEN" can be used as possessives: MY, MINE (singular or plural)
example
3. pitit mwen - my child
4. pitit mwen yo - my children
Do not use contraction after a word that end with a consonant.
The word "pitit" ends with "t" which is a consonant. So you cannot say "pitit m". You will always say "pitit mwen".
5. pye mwen or pye m - my foot
The word "pye" ends with a vowel "e" which is a vowel, so you can say "pye mwen" or "pye m"
6. kesyon mwen or kesyon m - my question
The word "kesyon" ends with a nasal vowel "on", so you can say "kesyon mwen" or "kesyon m"
Sometimes a definite article may come after MWEN:
7. kesyon mwen an or kesyon m nan. - my question
8. kesyon mwen yo or kesyon m yo - my questions
We do not use contractions after these prepositions POU, NAN, SOU at the end of a sentence:
9. Malèt la tonbe sou mwen.
You cannot say
Malèt la tonbe
10. Fè sa pou mwen tanpri.
you cannot say
Fè sa
11. Lespri Bondye te desann sou mwen
you cannot say
Lespri Bondye te desann
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