Five senses = Senk Sans

Sight = Vizyon or Wè

Hearing = Tande

Smell = Santi (Sant) Pran Sant

Taste = Goute (Gou), Pran Gou

Touch = Manyen or Touche

I see the mountains = Mwen wè  montay yo or Mwen wè mòn yo

My eyesight is not good = Vizyon m pa bon

Blind = Avèg

Blind in one eye = Bòy

I like to smell perfume = Mwen renmen santi pafen

Stop smelling the food = Sispan santi manje a (the act of smelling, you are sticking your nose in your food to smell it)

Bad smell (smells) = Santi (Santi by itself means smell bad)

Smells good – Santi bon

Smelly feet = Mayas

I smell feet = M pran sant mayas (the smell is in the air, you are not sticking your nose on anything)

I smell your feet = M pran sant pye ou

Your feet smell = Pye ou santi mayas

I smell food = M pran sant manje

I smell the food = M pran sant manje a

What’s that smell? = Ki sant sa?

I smell something bad = M pran yon move sant

I hear you = Mwen tande ou

Do you hear me? = Èske ou tande m?

Do you hear me? = Ou tande m?

Also see “Body Parts” in Haitian Creole

Deaf = Soud

Mute = Bèbè (never call a person Bèbè; it’s rude and insensitive)

Let me taste = Ban mwen (ban m) goute

I taste the chicken = Mwen goute poul la (the act of tasting)

I taste the chicken = Mwen pran gou poul la (what you taste after putting food in your mouth)

Taste good = Gou

The food is good = Manje a gou (manje a bon)

The food is not good = Mange a pa gou (manje a pa bon)

It’s good = Li gou (li bon)

It’s not good = Li pa gou (li pa bon)

It’s (food) not good = Li pa gen gou

It has no taste = Li pa gen gou or Li san gou (without taste)

It does not taste good = Li pa gen gou or Li san gou (without taste)

I touch you = Mwen manyen ou

I touch you = Mwen touche ou

Don’t touch = Pa manyen

Don’t touch = Pa touche

Don’t touch me = Pa manyen m or Pa touche m

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