Numbers

1. En, de, twa

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Basic Haitian Creole numbers 1 to 3

   Grammar Note

   Haitian Creole numbers evolved from French numerals

2. Kat, senk, sis

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   Haitian Creole numbers 4 to 6

   Grammar Note

   "kat" from "quatre", "senk" from "cinq", "sis" from "six" in French

3. Sèt, uit, nèf

   Sèt, u-it, nèf

   Seven, eight, nine

   Usage

   Haitian Creole numbers 7 to 9

   Grammar Note

   "sèt" from "sept", "uit" from "huit", "nèf" from "neuf" in French

4. Dis

   Ten

   Usage

   The Haitian Creole word for ten

   Grammar Note

   "dis" evolved from French "dix" (ten)

5. Konbyen? Vennsenk goud.

   Kon-byen? Venn-senk goud.

   How much? Twenty-five gourdes.

   Usage

   A practical price exchange using numbers and currency

   Grammar Note

   "goud" is the Haitian gourde, the national currency, from French "gourde"

6. Venteyen, vennde, venntwa

   Ven-te-yen, venn-de, venn-twa

   Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three

   Usage

   Compound numbers 21 to 23 in Haitian Creole

   Grammar Note

   Like French, compound numbers follow the pattern "tens + ones". The twenty element is spelled venn- before a consonant and vent- before a vowel, hence vennde / venntwa but venteyen — the same rule the Vennsenk, vennsèt and ventuit cards in this file follow

7. Trant, karant, senkant

   Trant, ka-rant, sen-kant

   Thirty, forty, fifty

   Usage

   Tens 30, 40, 50 in Haitian Creole

   Grammar Note

   From French "trente, quarante, cinquante" (30, 40, 50)

8. San, mil, yon milyon

   San, mil, yon mi-lyon

   One hundred, one thousand, one million

   Usage

   Large number units in Haitian Creole

   Grammar Note

   "san" from French "cent" (hundred); the number system follows French

9. Premye, dezyèm, twazyèm

   Pre-mye, de-zyèm, twa-zyèm

   First, second, third

   Usage

   Ordinal numbers for rank and order in Haitian Creole

   Grammar Note

   From French "premier, deuxième, troisième" (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

10. Vòl la nan pòt nimewo senk.

    Vòl la nan pòt ni-me-wo senk.

    The flight is at gate number five.

    Usage

    Using numbers practically at an airport gate

    Grammar Note

    "nimewo" derives from French "numéro" meaning "number"

11. Mwen gen vennsèt an.

    Mwen gen venn-sèt an.

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    Giving your age — the answer to "Ki laj ou?" (How old are you?)

    Grammar Note

    Haitian Creole states age as "gen + numeral + an" ("to have N years"), e.g. "Mwen te gen kenz an alepòk" (I was fifteen years old at the time). "an" stays uninflected after the numeral

12. Ane sa a mwen pral gen ventuit an.

    A-ne sa a mwen pral gen ven-tu-it an.

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Saying what age you will reach during the current year

    Grammar Note

    "pral" is the near-future marker and precedes the verb. "This X" is framed with "sa a" after the noun, as in "Semèn sa a" (this week) and "kanaval ane sa a" (the carnival this year)

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