Chapter 3: Grammar
Mô…Mô…Mô…Mô…Mô…Mô
| Creole | English |
|---|---|
| Mô | my |
| Tô | your |
| Sô | his / hers / its |
| Vô / vou / vouzòt / zòt | your / y'all's |
| Nô / nou / nouzòt | our |
| Yê | Their |
A possessive adjective is an adjective that shows possession or ownership of a noun. In English, these are represented by ‘my, your, his, hers, its, their, and our.’ In Louisiana Creole, the possessive is placed before the noun it is taking ownership of such as in the phrase Mô moman (my mom). This is different from our neighbors in Haiti who tend to place the possessive behind the noun such as maman mwen.
You might also notice an accent marker on Mô, Sô, and Tô that is what we call a circumflex. A circumflex signifies that there was another letter present in the word that is no longer there. In Creole, the circumflex is used to mark the possessive to distinguish it from the direct pronoun and indirect pronoun, in the case of Mô.