How sentences work

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Kwéyòl	Meaning	Type
pandan	while	Word
menm	same	Word
ka	can (to be able to)	Word
Ki les	whose	Phrase
Li (i) té manjé	He/she had eaten.	Phrase
Li	her, him, it	Word
Ki sa	what is that	Phrase
andidan	in	Word
Mwen té manjé	I had eaten.	Phrase
Ou té enmen	You loved. You had loved.	Phrase
kò mwen	myself	Phrase
Yo té manjé	They had eaten.	Phrase
lè	when	Word
magwé	although	Word
asou	on	Word
toupatou	everywhere	Word
Jòdi-a sé lendi	Today is Monday	Phrase
chak	each, every	Word
kò-li	himself	Phrase
Yo pa kwè.	They did not believe.	Phrase
Mwen manjé	I ate. I have eaten.	Phrase
Li (i) kalé manjé	He/she will eat. He is going going to eat.	Phrase
plis	anything, more	Word
a lot	another	Phrase
kapab	able, can	Word
adan	in, inside, into, from	Word
yo	they, them, their	Word
osi	also	Word
Zòt té ka manjé	You were eating.	Phrase
kalé	going to; will	Word
Ou ka manjé	You eat. You are eating.	Phrase
sèl	only	Word
Yo té enmen	They loved. They had loved.	Phrase
té di	told	Phrase
kombyen	how many	Word
ki	what	Word
Nou manjé	We ate. We have eaten.	Phrase
tout	all	Word
bò	at	Word
dépi	since	Word
Zòt manjé	You ate. You have eaten.	Phrase
Ou té ka manjé	You were eating.	Phrase
mwen	mine	Word
silon	according to	Word
mwen Yonne	I alone	Phrase
Nou té manjé	We had eaten.	Phrase
kont	against	Word
Si	if	Word
té vlé	wanted	Phrase
pwèské	nearly, almost	Word
Mwen	my	Word
Nou	we, us	Word
Ou té manjé	You had eaten.	Phrase
jis	even then; until then	Word
mé	but	Word
apwé	then, afterwards, after	Word
ké	will	Word
Si ou vlé pou di cut I sé koupé.	If you want to say "cut", it's koupé.	Phrase
pasé	than (before infinitives; sometimes used alone for passé poû)	Word
an	at, in	Word
ka pòté	carrying	Phrase
Zòt kalé manjé	You will eat. You are going to eat.	Phrase
avan	before	Word
yon	one, a	Word
Yo té ka manjé	They were eating.	Phrase
Mwen pa manjé.	I am not hungry.	Phrase
Ki moun	who	Phrase
lot	other	Word
ka	Used before the verb shows present tense	Word
Sa	that	Word
Mwen ka wèsté an Òpò	I live in Port-of-Spain	Phrase
nan	in; from or out of (after such verbs as sótî, tirer)	Word
Ou	you	Word
tini	to have	Word
Li (i) ka manjé	He/she eats. He/she is eating.	Phrase
ét	and	Word
sété	was	Word
Zòt enmen	You love	Phrase
sala	this	Word
apan	between	Word
Li (i) té ka manjé	He/she was eating.	Phrase
kouman	how	Word
la	there	Word
Li (i) enmen	He/she loves	Phrase
pasé	than	Word
Ou kalé manjé	You shall eat. You are going to eat.	Phrase
anlè	upon	Word
Mwen té ka manjé	I was eating.	Phrase
pou	to, for	Word
paski	because	Word
lézòt	others	Word
Zòt té enmen	You loved. You had loved.	Phrase
Yo kalé manjé	They shall eat. They are going to eat.	Phrase
an	inside	Word
Zòt té manjé	You had eaten.	Phrase
mwen	I, me	Word
Zòt ka manjé	You eat. You are eating.	Phrase
èvèk	with	Word
koté	where	Word
èksepté	unless	Word
Li (i) manjé	He/she ate. He/she has eaten.	Phrase
Yo enmen	They love	Phrase
Ou enmen	You love	Phrase
èksèpté	except	Word
ant	between	Word
Li (i) té enmen	He/she loved. He/she had loved.	Phrase
i	he, she, it	Word
Nou kalé manjé	We shall eat. We are going to eat.	Phrase
nou	you (more than one)	Word
lòt	other	Word
magwé	in spite of	Word
konsa	so	Word
la	the	Word
Nou enmen	We love	Phrase
di	of	Word
Mwen kalé manjé	I will eat. I am going to eat.	Phrase
Mwen ka manjé	I eat. I am eating.	Phrase
pis	because	Word
Ou manjé	You ate. You have eaten.	Phrase
antiwan	excepting	Word
-an	the (form of the definite article after a nasal vowel: a final n that is not sounded)	Word
Yo manjé	They ate. They have eaten.	Phrase
anba	under, beneath	Word
Mwen enmen	I love	Phrase
Nou té enmen	We loved. We had loved.	Phrase
douvan	before	Word
pa	through, not, no, don't	Word
min	while	Word
pouki sa	why	Phrase
pas	because	Word
sé	is, are	Word
pasé	than (before any tense of the Indicative)	Word
Épi	and, with	Word
anho	above	Word
ja	already	Word
èk	and	Word
Yo ka manjé	They eat. They are eating.	Phrase
Nou ka manjé	We eat. We are eating.	Phrase
Mwen manjé?	Have I eaten?	Phrase
zòt	you (more than one)	Word
té	used to show past tense	Word
Mwen té enmen	I loved. I had loved.	Phrase
ayan	nothing	Word
Nou té ka manjé	We were eating.	Phrase

Notes

ét — Listed 'ét, èk, épi' together for 'and' (p. 23).
pou — Glossed 'to' and 'for' across lists.
Épi — p. 23 lists the variants 'ét, èk, épi' together for 'and'.
èk — Listed 'ét, èk, épi' together for 'and' (p. 23).