Janin ak Silvya pral chante pita. Janine and Sylvia are going to sing later. This word-base, however, has been enriched with borrowings from other languages with which Haitian Creole speakers historically had contact. As for the words derived from French, it is important to note that they have been modified in a variety of ways. A great number have undergone phonological changes, since the Creole sound system is not the same as the French system.
Some examples follow.
There are also Haitian Creole words that have retained the 18th century French pronunciation. This phenomenon can also be observed in Canadian French.