| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 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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