Haitian Creole/Pronunciation/Answer Key

Pronunciation activity
Pronunciations are in IPA. If it sounds the same as English, it's wrong.


 * an
 * animal
 * bay
 * chase
 * kite
 * men
 * oral
 * pale
 * prepare

Spelling
Identify whether the following words might be words that are spelled correctly in the standard orthography of Haitian Creole.
 * bann Yes. It means "group". There are two n’s because one of them is part of the digraph an indicating and the other makes the sound.
 * continan No. The letter c only occurs in the combination ch.
 * édé No. The letter é is not used in the standard orthography, although it might be in other orthographies.
 * konsèy Yes. It means "advice".
 * septanm Yes. It means "September".
 * shase No. The combination sh is meaningless in the standard orthography. The letter h is very rarely used outside of the digraph ch.