Pronouns

The Louisiana Creole pronouns work as they do in the English language, pronouns take the place of a noun. Below you will find a useful matrix of the most common pronouns. You can click the "Creole" header to listen to the entire category or select an individual word.

	Subjective	Subjective	Objective	Objective	Possessive	Possessive
	English	Creole	English	Creole	English	Creole
First person	I	mo	me	mò	mine	mokin/mochin (masculine) makènn/mochènn (feminine)
Second person	you	to	you	twa	yours	tokin/tochin tokènn/tochènn
Third person	he, she it	li, ça	him, her, it	li	his, her, hers, its	sokin/sochin sokènn/sochènn
1st Plural	we	no, nou, nouzòt	us	nouzòt, nou, zòt	our, ours	nokin/nochin nokènn/nochènn
2nd Plural	you	vos, vouzòt	you	vou, vouzòt	your, yours	vokin/vochin vokènn/vochènn
3rd Plural	they	yé	them	yé	their, theirs	yékin/yéchin yékènn/yéchènn

	Reflexive	Reflexive	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Adjective
	English	Creole	English	Creole
First person	myself	mo-mèmm	my	mô (masculine) mâ (feminine)
Second person	yourself	to-mèmm	your	tô tâ
Third person	thyself	li-mèmm	his, her, its	sô/nô/zòt
1st Plural	ourselves	nou-mèmm	our	nô/nouzôt/zòt
2nd Plural	yourselves	vou-mèmm	your, yall's	vô/vôt/zòt
3rd Plural	themselves	yé-mèmm	their	yê

Demonstrative Pronouns

You need to be careful when using demonstrative pronouns. Sometimes they are pronominal, used before a noun, and other times they are hyphenated-postnominal, used after the noun. Please refer to Louisiana Creole Learning Channel for more information.

	Near	Far
	English	Creole
Singular	This	çe, -çilá
Singular	That	-ça, lá
Plural	These	-çê, -ca-yé
Plural	Those	-çála, -lála

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are those words conjoining or, combining sentences, phrases and/or words (http://eslus.com). Below you will find a list of the most common conjunctions in Louisiana Creole.

	Louisiana Creole	Example	Translation
and	É, épi	Épi çé fou, tou ça	And, all that is just crazy.
or	Ou	T’olé fettuccine ou chop-koshon aswar?	Do you want fettuccine or pork chops tonight?
but, well	Mé	Mé, çé pa bon tou ça	Well, that’s not good, all that.
when	Kan, ékan	Ékan li mourí, tou kékin viní a lamézon	When he died, everybody came to the house.
if	Si	Si mo té smat, mo sé gin un djob	If I were smart, I’d have a job.
because	Paske, parske	Mo pa ka jwènn vouzòt paske mo bizé	I can’t join yall because I’m busy.
anyways, although	Kanmèmm, Kamèmm	Sô pap dí li pa fé ça, mé, li té fé ça kamèmm	His father told him not to do it, but he did it, anyways.

Prepositions

A preposition is a word which shows relationships among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction, place, time, cause, manner and amount. A preposition always goes with a noun or pronoun which is called the object of the preposition (http://eslus.com). The following chart shows the most common preposition used in Louisiana Creole.

	Louisiana Creole	Example	Translation
Before	Avan, envan	Li té rivé avan mò	He arrived before me.
After	Apré	Li té rivé apré mò	He arrived after me.
Until	Jishká, Ishká, Shká	Li va rèsté isit ishká démin.	He’s going to stay here until tomorrow.
From, Since, For	Dépi, dipi	Mo já mariyé dépi 25 nan .	I’ve been married for 25 years, already.
Through	Atravèr	Li pasé atravèr labarriyèr.	He passed/entered through the gate/fence.
Under	Sou	L’apé kashé li-mèmm sou latab-la.	He’s hiding under the table.
Underneath	Ennsou	L’apé kashé sô kado ennsou latab-la.	He’s hiding her present underneath the table.
On	Sî, su	Li pa kapab kashé li-mèmm sî latab.	She can’t hide on the table
thereon, on there, thereupon	Ladsu, ladsi	Li pa kapab kashé sô kado ladsu.	She can’t hide his gift on there.
on top, on top of	Désu, dési	Li pa kapab kashé sô dipin désu laglasyèr.	He can’t hide his bread on top of the refrigerator.
at someone’s place of residence, near someone’s residence/business	Koté, shé	Yé gone koté Élisyá.	They’ve gone to Alicia’s place.
near, almost, nearby	Pròsh, pròsh de	Yé rès pròsh de lamézon. To pròsh finí tô léçon-la?	They stay nearby Have you almost finished your work?
in the vicinity of, around a place, close to	Orá de, alentour, ozalentour	Wé, yé batí un magazin orá de légliz. Zozo-yé rès tout alentour isit en avril.	Yes, they built a store close to the church. Birds stay all around here in April.

Question Words

*who, what and which are special pronouns.

	Louisiana Creole	Example	Translation
Who*	Ki, Ki-ça	Ki çé ki vwayé twa ça? Ki çé ci-là?	Who is it that sent you that? Who’s that one over there?
What*	Ça, Ki, Konmen	Ça ça di, nèg? Ki t’alé manjé?	What’s up, dude? What are you going to eat?
Where	Aou/Ayou, Éou/Éyou	Aou zòt va aswar? Éyou yé sorti ?	Where are y’all going tonight? Where are they from?
Why	Kwafèr, Poukwa	Kwafèr to pa kourí wa Nonk Jil? Poukwa l’ap kouri à Ibéry touletem?	Why aren’t you going see uncle Jules? Why’s she going to New Iberia so often?
When	Ékan, kan	Ékan to va fini l’ékòl?	So when are you going to finish school?
Which*	Ékèl, Kèl	Ékèl liv to préfèr?	Which book do you prefer?
How	Konmen	Komen yé pèl twa?	What’s your name?/What do people call you?
How many	Kombyin	Kombyin li payé pou ça?	How much did he pay for this?