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Tchiques phrases en Jèrriais - Some phrases in Jèrriais
| Tch'est qu'est vot' nom? | What's your name? My name is....... |
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| Comme est qu'ous êtes? Comme est qu'tu'es? Comment va? |
How are you? (formal) How are you? (informal) How are you? (colloquial) |
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J'sis d'charme
Malheutheux |
I'm fine Not too bad
Bad (for men)
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coumme un vyi coumme eune vielle
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like an old man like an old woman not too good (like the weather)
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un mio un mio lâssé
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a bit a bit tired and you?
yes why?
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un p'tit mio
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a little bit I like to speak Jèrriais, me! Would you like...? (formal) Welcome to Jersey! Goodbye, and till the next time!
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À bi!
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'Bye!
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| Lé temps - Weather | ||
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Tchi temps qu'j'avons aniet?
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What's the weather like today? It's cold. It's fine sunny weather. It's fine, now.
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| Fait-i' caud! | How hot it is! (as pronounced in the Eastern Parishes) | |
| Fait-i' caud! | How hot it is! (as pronounced in the Western Parishes) | |
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I' tchait d'la plyie I' brousse
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It's raining It's drizzling It's stormy a bolt of lightning The weather's getting worse
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| I' vente la pé du dgiâbl'ye | It's blowing a gale (It's blowing the skin of the devil) | |
| Les Pâraîsses - The Parishes | ||
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Où'est qu'tu d'meuthes?
St Ouën
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Where do you live? I live in St. Helier
St Ouen
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| Boutitchi - Shopping | ||
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un pénîn deux pénîns chîn pénîns dgiêx pénîns vîngt pénîns chînquante pénîns
un louis
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one penny two pence five pence ten pence twenty pence fifty pence
one pound (£1) Thank you very much
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S'i' t'pliaît S'i' vos pliaît
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Please (informal) Please (formal) How much?/How many?
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| eune pouque |
a bag
the market |
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| Les pliaiches - Places | ||
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la mé lé lac la riviéthe la grève
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the sea the lake the river the beach
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| Voul'ous...? - Do you want...? | ||
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voul'ous eune tâssée d'thée? voul'ous du chucre? Vos pliaît-i' d'la gâche? J'voudrais d'la gâche, s'i' vos pliaît.
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do you want a cup of tea? do you want some sugar? Would you like some cake? I'd like some cake, please.
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la g'lée du lait
un morcé d'gâche
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jam milk I would like...
a piece of cake a bottle of cider
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| Tch'est qu'i' y'a? - What's the matter? | ||
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Tch'est qu'i' y'a?
J'ai prîns du fraid
Il est bein pouôrrement
J'ai ma la gorge
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What's the matter?
I've caught a cold
He is very poorly Does it hurt a lot?
I've got a sore throat as sick as a dog
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| L's annimaux - Animals | ||
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jé d'meuthe sus eune fèrme
j'avons des j'vaux
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I live on a farm we have a lot of animals
we have some horses
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un crapaud un âne un corbîn un lapîn
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a toad (a Jerseyman) a donkey (a Guernseyman) a crow (a Sarkee) a rabbit (someone from Alderney)
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| Dans la maîson - In the house | ||
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la maîson et l'gardîn
la maîson est grande
la chambre |
the house and the garden
the house is big
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lé gardîn à lédgeunmes lé gardîn à flieurs
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the vegetable garden the flower garden downstairs, on the ground floor
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| Les couleurs - Colours | ||
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rouoge vèrt blianc |
red green white |
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nièr un nièr cat |
black a black cat |
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| gris Dé niet touos les cats sont gris |
grey At night all cats are grey |
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les Gris Ventres
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Grey Bellies (nickname for people from St. Ouen)
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| La fanmil'ye - The family | ||
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l'oncl'ye la tante
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the uncle the aunt
the brother
the father
the mother
the grandfather
the grandmother
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lé couôsîn la coûosinne
l's êfants
lé n'veu
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cousin (male) cousin (female)
children
nephew
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