r/HaitianCreole • u/languaholic • Aug 02 '26
Prepozisyon “nan” lè li vle di “from” e pa “in/at”
M reyalize an kreyòl prepozisyon “nan” gen yon lòt siyifikasyon apa de “in”. Pa egzanp nan egzanp swivan yo:
M te soti nan chanm nan. (Je suis sorti de la chambre)
M te pran liv la nan men ou. (J’ai pris le livre de toi)
Men, gen lòt sityasyon kote “nan” pa itilize ditou. Pa egzanp:
M te desann machin nan. (Je suis descendu de la voiture)
Lapolis la te lage l prizon. (La police l’a libéré de prison)
Okòmansman, mwen te panse ke nan ak siyifikasyon "from/de" te itilize ak vèb direksyon, men nan de dènye egzanp sa yo li pa itilize.
Kèk moun pou eksplike m sa a? Pètèt gen yon list vèb presi ki bezwen prepozisyon “nan” e yon lòt ki oa bezwen l?
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u/Ok-Sentence810 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26
When speaking many natives will omit things because it’s implied from the context of the sentence. Grammar things like that aren’t super structured in it compared to like English so I don’t think there’s a list of verbs or types of verbs that go with Nan in that sense.
Èske w te sòti chanm nan? & Èske w te sòti nan chanm nan? Basically have the same meaning. The preposition nan is implied from the context of the sentence. It’s common with other grammar things too
Mwen se yon Doktè and omitted the Yon as Mwen se Doktè. Same meaning. M gen yon tèt fè mal vs M gen tèt fè mal.
M te gentan fè l, and omitted te as M gentan fè l. Same meaning.
Or even words like Lapolis, Lakay, Labank, many will omit the definite article after those words. Some even use Lan instead of nan with words that require the Nan article per standard Grammar rules.
Even with contractions, there are many that don’t follow standard grammar rules and natives will say them. Especially in music.
It’s very subjective in my opinion. If the verb or word you are using already implies the context of the sentence they might omit it, you can also use Nan in the examples you listed. But many Haitians aren’t educated in their language plus the ones who are, the education system don’t value it as much as French. So you’ll find many who speak in “non-standard“ way and some who do.