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Missouri French
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Agieu | bye |
| Bonzou | hello |
| Comme c'est ça va? | How are you? |
| Merci | Thank you |
| Asteur j'te quitte | Now I have to leave you |
| C'est tout ben | It's all good |
| Poc à poc, comme les vieux | Little by little, like the elders. (means not bad, or so-so) |
| Touè | You |
| Mouè | Me |
| Mon vieux | My elder (Term of Endearment) |
| pis | and/then (context dependent) |
| Ton | You |
| Tréde | Sell/trade |
| Comme c'est | How... |
| faire | to do |
| faire des groc'ries | to go shopping (make some groceries) |
| trisse | sad |
| trédeur | sales assistant, seller, dealer |
| tanneé | annoyed, fed up |
| tannant | annoying, tiring |
| factrie | factory |
| dans | in |
| ausitte | also |
| ét/e | to be |
| travialler | to work |
| tréder | to trader/to sell |
| ein farmeur | a farmer |
| ein balluer | a dancer |
| eune job | a job |
| ein pédleur | a peddler |
| ein bommeur | a bum |
| ein prêcheur | a protestant minister |
| eune couque | a cook |
| quouê | what |
| quouê c'est tsu fais asteur | What are you doing right now? |
| faire | To do |
| J'sus | I am |
| après | Now (expresses 'Now-ness') |
| caresser | to pet, to caress |
| mon chien | my dog |
| resse | to stay(to be at rest) |
| ma maison | my house |
| T'as | You have |
| Comment des chiens | How many dogs? |
| J'ai | I have |
| Y'a l'brun | There's the brown(one) |
| (Y'a | There's |
| grand | tall |
| ein chien laid | one ugly dog |
| j'vouès | I see |
| t'as-tsi | Do you have? |
| autre (aut'es) alimaux | any other pets |
| justement | just(only) |
| J'ai besoin d' | I have need of( I need) |
| ein chat | a cat |
| J’sus après caresser mon chien | I’m currently petting my dog |
| I’est après eurgarder la gazette | He is currently looking at the paper |
| Alle est après watcher ses enfants | She’s watching her kids |
| (Eux-aut’es) i sont après faire dzu sport | They’re currently doing sports |
| J’ai besoin de manzer | I need to eat |
| J’ai besoin de nettoyer | I need to clean |
| Y’a besoin d’ein chien | He needs a dog |
| T’as besoin de shéver | You need to shave |
| T’es-tsi après manzer? | Are you eating? |
| T’as comment des chiens? | You have how many dogs? |
| Comment des gens? | How many people? |
| Comment des chats? | How many cats? |
| I’a-tsi des chiens? | Does he have dogs? |
| ein chat sauvage | A raccoon |
| ein bouki | a hyena |
| ein lapin | a rabbit |
| ein rat d’bois | an oppossum |
| ein coq | a rooster |
| ein coq d’inde | a turkey |
| ein maringouin | a mosquito |
| ein bibitte | a bug |
| ein brûlot | a mosquito |
| ein ouaouaron | a toad |
| Nouère | black(masc.) |
| Nouèrte | black(fem.) |
| Blanc | white(masc.) |
| Blanche | white(fem.) |
| Rouge | red |
| Vert | green(masc.) |
| Verte | green(fem.) |
| Mauve | purple |
| Blond | yellow(masc.) |
| Blonde | yellow(fem.) |
| Bleu | blue |
| Brun(e) | brown |
| Orange | orange |
| Grand(e) | big |
| Court(e) | short |
| P’tsit(e) | small |
| Laid(tte) | ugly |
| Beau | beautiful(masc.) |
| Belle | beautiful(fem.) |
| En santé | healthy |
| Malade | sick |
| Vitte | fast |
| Lent(e) | slow |
| Facile | easy |
| Dzur(te) | hard |
| Trisse | sad |
| magané | messed up |
| Pesant(e) | heavy |
| étsudzier | to study |
| Parler | to speak |
| Vouère | to see |
| Eurgarder | to look |
| Watcher | to watch |
| Shéver | to shave |
| Finir | to finish |
| Commencer | to start |
| Aimer | to love |
| Caresser | to pet |
| Manzer | to eat |
| Scuse-mouè | excuse me |
| Pa | father |
| Oùsque | where |
| La machine | the (any) electronic device |
| Oùsque c’est la machine? | Where is the machine? |
| J’pense | I think |
| L’machin-là | the "thing" |
| c’est gonne | it's gone |
| J’pense que l’machin-là c’est gonne | I think that it(the thing) is gone. |
| C’est trisse | that's sad |
| P’teute | maybe (Peut Etre) |
| J’ai perdzu ça | I have lost it |
| La machine à laver | The washing machine |
| P’teute j’ai perdzu ça dans la machine à laver | Maybe I lost it in the washing machine |
| Après watcher | watching now |
| C’t’e | this/that |
| citte | here |
| Donc | so |
| T’as besoin | you have need to (You need to) |
| Charcer | to search |
| pour | for |
| seul | alone |
| tout seul | all alone |
| j’sus après watcher | I am now watching |
| j’sus après watcher c’t’e télévision-citte | I am now watching this television here |
| J’vas trouver ça | I am going to find it. (I'll find it) |
| Va charcer donc! | Go look then! |
| la chamb’e | the bedroom |
| la chaise | the chair |
| la quisine | the kitchen |
| l'blainquette | the blanket |
| la couverte | the quilt |
| l'balai | the broom |
| l'bureau | chest of drawers |
| la muraille | the wall |
| la planché | the floor |
| la couvertsure | the roof |
| l'room | the room |
| charcer pour - to look | to look |
| la chasis | the window |
| l'chimney | the chimney |
| la galitte | the porch |
| va vouère ça | go look at it |
| va parler | go speak |
| la chose | the thing(fem.) |
| l'manchin | the thing(masc.) |
| l’machin-là | that thing(masc.) |
| c't'e-chose | that thing(fem.) |
| c’t’e-machine | this machine |
| l’chien-là | that dog |
| Ça | that/it |
| J’sus après trouver ça | I'm finding that/it now. |
| la chose | the thing(fem.) |
| l'manchin | the thing(masc.) |
| l’machin-là | that thing(masc.) |
| c't'e-chose | that thing(fem.) |
| c’t’e-machine | this machine |
| l’chien-là | that dog |
| Ça | that/it |
| J’sus après trouver ça | I'm finding that/it now. |
| Au restaurant | at the restaurant |
| J’ai ben faim mouè | I really hungry myself |
| Quocé tsu veux manzer | What would you like to eat? |
| P’teute j’vas manzer des patates ou dzu gombo? | Maybe I will eat some potatoes or some gumbo? |
| Mouè j’aime ben l’gombo | Me, I really love gumbo. I really love gumbo myself |
| Mouè itou | Me too |
| T’aimes aussite les patates | Do you also love potatoes? |
| Mais oui, les patates sont bonnes! | But yes, potatoes are good! |
| D’abord, quocé on veut manzer? | Then, what do we want to eat? Then, what are we going to eat? |
| C’est ton chouès | It's your choice |
| j’ai besoin de manzer asteur par rapporte que j’ai faim, va chouèsir! | I need to eat now because I'm hungry. Go choose! |
| Voulouère | To Choose |
| J’veux | I want |
| Tsu veux | You want |
| y/alle/on/vous-aut’es veut | He/She/We/y'all want(s) |
| eux-aut’es veulent | They want |
| dzu | some(masc) |
| d'la | some(fem.) |
| des | some(plural) |
| J’veux dzu thé | I want some tea |
| J’veux des patates | I want some potatoes |
| l’serveur | the server the waiter |
| Salut, j’peux-tsi avouère l’gombo | Hi, Can I have some gumbo |
| Ben sûr | Of course |
| tsu veux-tsi des aut’es choses? | Do you want some other things |
| J’veux d’l’eau | I want some water |
| Pis touè monsieur? | And you, sir? |
| Mouè j’veux dzu gombo, mais j’veux aussite des patates pis d’l’eau. | Me, I want some gumbo, but I also want some pototoes and some water. |
| D’accord | Understood. Ok. |
| J’vas dzire ça à la couque dans la quisine | I am going to tell this to the cookin the kitchen |
| À bétôt! | See you soon! |
| dzire | to tell |
| ein couteau | a knife |
| eune cuillère | a spoon |
| eune fourchette | a fork |
| j’ai faim | I'm hungry. I have hunger. |
| ein oignon | an onion |
| ein rusin | a grape |
| eune pomme | an apple |
| l’pain | a bread loaf |
| eune patate | a potato |
| eune tomate | a tomato |
| eune tasse | a cup |
| ein bol | a bowl |
| la viande | the meat |
| l’gombo | gumbo |
| chouèsir | to choose |
| ein chouès | a choice |
| par rapporte que | because |
| ben sûr | of course |
| la quisine | the kitchen |
| aimer | to love |
Created by:
Clay.Hellman
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