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Haitian Gender

This page discusses the gender in Haitian. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: ti gason
Girl: ti fi
Man: nonm
Woman: fanm
Father: papa
Mother: manman
Brother: frè
Sister:
Actor: akte
Actress: aktris
Cat (m): chat
Cat (f): chat

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: li wo
She is tall: li wo
He is a short man: mesye sa'a kout
She is a short woman: fanm sa'a kout
He is German: le se yon alman
She is German: li se yon almen
Japanese men are friendly: japonet yo senpatik
Japanese women are friendly: japonet yo senpatik

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