tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709182402663786720.post3784509643730770512..comments2024-03-24T14:23:50.914-04:00Comments on Haitian Creole: "Peyi mwen an nan detrès" - Why is "an" and nan" needed? And why do some possessive phrases have a definite article at the end? (eg: Did you see my bag? -Eske ou te wè valiz mwen an?)Mandalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267219250311586945noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709182402663786720.post-68240145521544195082013-08-21T23:43:13.253-04:002013-08-21T23:43:13.253-04:00Here are a link to some posts about the use of the...Here are a link to some posts about the use of the definite articles with possessives: <br /><a href="http://sweetcoconuts.blogspot.com/search/label/Possessive%20adjectives%3A%20mwen" rel="nofollow">Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Adjectives and the Haitian Creole article</a><br /><br />Mandalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267219250311586945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709182402663786720.post-14868863245760805922013-08-21T23:33:04.804-04:002013-08-21T23:33:04.804-04:00Sorry :)
Peyi mwen an | nan | detrès.
My count...Sorry :)<br /><br /><b>Peyi mwen an | nan | detrès.</b><br /><i>My country | in | distress</i><br /><i>My country is in distress.</i><br /><br />In this sentence, "an" is a definite article and "nan" is a preposition.<br /><br />By the same token, if you contract "mwen" in that sentence, you will have:<br /><br /><b>Peyi m nan nan detrès</b><br /><i>My country is in distress.</i><br /><br />Here, the first "nan"(a definite article) is in accordance with the contraction "m", based on the rules of definite article in Haitian Creole.<br /><br />And, the second "nan" is a preposition. <br /><br />...... and,Mandalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267219250311586945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8709182402663786720.post-64173489366910517442013-08-21T23:15:08.099-04:002013-08-21T23:15:08.099-04:00Then when do you use possesive without the definit...Then when do you use possesive without the definite article?<br /><br />And you didn't answer the first question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com