| Term | Definition |
|---|
| l'arbre | the tree |
| à lilas | chinaball tree (of lilac) |
| d'plaisir | of pleasure |
| pourquoi | why |
| parasol | parasol (chinaball tree type) |
| une apparence | an appearance |
| souvent | often |
| grimper | to climb, scamper |
| nous chacher | to hide ourselves |
| d'une et l'autre | from one another |
| les feuilles | the leaves |
| très épais | very thick |
| près à près | close to close (close together) |
| des fourches | some forks (forked branches) |
| couper | to cut |
| de caillous | of small rocks (pebbles) |
| les grains | the seeds (round seeds) |
| nos pistolets | our guns |
| à la pompe | by the pump (pump guns, bamboo) |
| tites fleurs | little flowers |
| jeunes filles | young girls |
| faire | to make |
| y | they |
| un fil | a thread |
| une aiguille | a needle |
| et vois-là | and see there |
| jolit tit | pretty little (masculine) |
| leur couleur | their color |
| de mauve (violet) | of mauve (violet) |
| leur essence | their essence (sweet odor) |
| agréable | pleasant, agreeable |
| d'l'omb(re) | of some shade |
| nous-autres | we (we others) |
| l'été | the summer |
| temps en temps | from time to time |
| ici et là-bas | here and there |
| me souvenir | myself recollect |
| ma jeunesse | my youth |
| équand | when |
| très facile | very easy |
| bien bas | very low |
| les oiseaux | the birds |
| connaît(re) | to know |
| leurs niques | their nests |
| au près | nearby |
| enfin | lastly |
| des fois | some times |
| y nous picochaient | they us would peck (Cajuns use "picocher" not "picoler.") |
| la tête | the head |
| leur p'tits | their young ones |
| ô oui | oh yes |
| j'me | I myself |
| rappelle | I remember |
| vous invite | invite you |
| d'aller trouver | of to go and find |
| pour voir | to see |
| pour vous-même | for yourselves |
| le bon temps | the good times |
| qu'on passait | we would have, pass |
| dans c't'arb(re) (cet arbre) | in that tree |
| le vôtre | it yours (masculine) |
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