Haitian Creole/Etymology

Most of the lexicon in Haitian Creole is derived from French. Here are some patterns involving the pronunciation of the words borrowed into Haitian Creole.

Phonetic spelling
The standard orthography of Haitian Creole is phonetic, more so than French.

Unrounding of front rounded vowels
and are unrounded to  and, respectively. also becomes because it sounds similar to.

Loss of r in the coda
When r is in the coda position (i.e. end) of a syllable, it is dropped.

Tendency for verbs to end in e
There is a tendency for verbs to end in e. This might be because they are derived from the vous form of the present tense, or because the largest group of verb infinitives in French end in.

Tendency for verbs to drop their first syllables
There is a tendency for verbs to drop their first syllables.

Confusion between close-mid, open-mid and nasal vowels
and are sometimes substituted for one another. Likewise with and.

Merger of and
All instances of in French are pronounced.