Chapter 1: Greetings and Introductions
Unlike English and French, questions cannot be inversed in Creole. Instead, a speaker relies on inflection and context to introduce a question.
When a question is posed, the speaker tends to raise their inflection. This is similar to how a question is posed in English, when the question is not inversed. Take these two sentences for example; Are you going to the store? and You going to the store?
In the first sentence it is not necessary for the speaker to raise their inflection due to the inverse positioning of the subject and the auxiliary verb. In the second sentence, the speaker is obligated to raise their inflection in order for the request to be understood as a question.
To practice asking questions in Creole, use the question words that you learned and the examples below. Remember raise the inflection of your voice when posing a question.
Eske li gin ça? Does he have that?
L’ap kouri o sto? Is she going to the store?
Nou va manjé? Are we going to eat?