Haitian Creole/Pronunciation/Answer Key
Pronunciation activity
[edit | edit source]Pronunciations are in IPA. If it sounds the same as English, it's wrong.
- an /ã/
- animal /aniˈmal/
- bay /baj/
- chase /ʃaˈse/
- kite /kiˈte/
- men /mɛ̃/
- oral /oˈɰal/
- pale /paˈle/
- prepare /pɰepaˈɰe/
Spelling
[edit | edit source]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 /ã/ and the other makes the sound /n/.
- 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.