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===Possession=== | ===Possession=== | ||
Possession is usually indicated by placing the possessor after the head as in [[w:Haitian Creole|Haitian Creole]], e.g. | Possession is usually indicated by placing the possessor after the head as in [[w:Haitian Creole|Haitian Creole]], e.g. | ||
: '' | : ''Patat om yan'' | ||
: "The man's potato" | |||
This also applies to personal pronouns, and these are generally uninflected, e.g.: | |||
: ''Patat ti ye patat man'' | |||
: "Your potato and my potato." | |||
===Word order & tense=== | ===Word order & tense=== | ||