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Ayeou que t'es parti...

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Cajun words and phrases to the post on Cajunlanguage.net "Ayeou que t'tes parti" (et d'autres choses)

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éyeou, ou
and where, where
a
she
faire un achat
make a buy
le tit boug(re), le jeune homme
the little fellow, the young man
les volailles,
the creatures with wings (chickens)
le poulailler, la perche
the enclosed chicken roost, the open roost
en cabas
in suitcase
passer la nuit
to spend (pass) the night
mes marchandises
my salable goods
sa bedaine, son estomac
his, belly, his stomach
mon vieux, mon époux
my old one (endearment), my husband
j'su parti, j'sus alléé
I am gone, I am gone
grand-grand-père, vieux grand-père
my great grand father, my old grand father
sobre, calme
sober, calm
avare (il est avare)
he is miserly
a enfoncé, a picqué
has pushed in, has stuck
chou-chou
little darling (little cabbage head)
moulu, moudu
ground (meat)
son gosier, son gorgoton
his throat, his throat area
ta petite soeur
your little sister
la coulée
the canal (sometimes a small bayou)
ni raison, ni cause
neither reason, neither cause
mes bills, mes comptes, mes devoirs
my bills, my accounts, my dues
mes obligeances
my obligations
deshabitué
to unaccustom
le marriage
the marriage
mon alliance
my wedding ring
un bavardeur, un radoteur
a blabber mouth, a gossiper
publiés
published
un bon échange
a good exchange (bargain, trade)
très contente, très chanceuse
very happy, very fortunate (feminine one)
une crête
a crest
avaler
to swallow
des pilules, des capsules
some pills, some capsules
une chesseress, une séscheresse
a dry spell, a drought
un chignon, un tignon
a kerchief, a kerchief
un fiseau d'fil
a spool of thread
le hobo, le tramp
a bum, a loafer
mépriser, parler mauvais de
to criticize, to speak disparagingly of
acidifié
acidic (acidified)
pille
robs (he robs)
un désir
a desire
j'ai réalisé
I have realized
j'ai compris
I have understood
réaliser, aperçevoir
to realize, to perceive
de maringouins, de cousins
of mosquitoes, of mosquitoes
tites mouches piquantes
little stinging insects (flying creatures)
les deux tits morceaux d'or
the two little pieces of gold (nuggets)
les deux tites mottes d'or
the two little lumps of gold
le médecin
the doctor
le traiteur, le soigneur
the treater, the caregiver
la volaille
the hen (winged domestic creature)
s'épouser, se marconer
to espouse oneself, to hitch oneself
le journal
the journal (newspaper)
sa nouvelle caméra
his new camera
un concurrent, un contesteur
a racer (vying against another horse), a contester
aller en lit
to go to bed
entièrement, totalement
entirely, totally
tombé dans milles morceaux
fallen into a thousand pieces
des merlitons
some vegetable pears
sali
soiled
le photo, le photographie
the photograph, the photograph
empirant, rempirant
worsening (too bad), worsening (too bad)
le pin
the pine tree
qu'a la tête en bas et les pieds en l'aire
who has the head down and the feet up (to look like a tree)
ton châle
your shawl
ton truck
your truck
ta face, ton front
your face, your forehead
vont aller tuer
they will go to kill (hunt)
des écureuils, des chevreuils
some squirrels, some deer
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