Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole Language)

by Adriyènn

Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole) is a language indigenous to Louisiana. It has been spoken in Louisiana since at least the 1740's. Unfortunately, it is also an endangered language. This course is for those who wish to reclaim our heritage language. Many thanks to our contributors: N.A. Wendte, Amber Leigh Moore, Michael Gisclair, Denise DeVine, Oliver Mayeux, Adrien Guillory-Chatman [BTW, more audio and Mems will be added, please be patient]

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Total 45 levels

- mo
  I
- to
  you (sg.)
- li
  he, she, or it
- nouzòt
  we
- vouzòt
  you (pl), or y'all
- yé
  they
- pœr
  scared
- éksité
  excited
- konten
  happy
- jalou
  jealous
- fyær
  proud
- tris
  sad
- fashé
  upset
- kolær
  angry
- timid
  shy
- sériyé
  serious
- fim
  hungry
- swaf
  thirsty
- las
  tired
- fatigé
  exhausted
- Mo las
  I am tired
- To las
  You are tired
- Li las
  He/She/It is tired
- Nouzòt las
  We are tired
- Vouzòt las
  Y'all are tired
- Yé las
  They are tired
- Mo pœr
  I am scared
- To fatigé
  You are exhausted
- Li éksité
  He is excited
- Nou swaf
  We are thirsty
- Vou konten
  You (pl.) are happy
- Yé fim
  They are hungry
- Mo jalou
  I am jealous
- To sériyé
  You are serious
- Li fyær
  She is proud
- Nouzòt tris
  We are sad
- Vouzòt timid
  Y'all are shy
- Yé fashé
  They are upset
- Mo kolær
  I am angry
- mò
  me
- twa
  you (sg.) (obj.)
- li
  him, her, it (obj.)
- nouzòt
  us
- vouzòt
  you (pl.), or y'all (obj.)
- yé
  them
- rish
  rich
- fou
  crazy (male)
- fòl
  crazy (female)
- sou
  drunk
- dròl
  odd
- Li fashé, li
  He is upset, him
- Mò, mo las, mò
  Me, I'm tired, me
- Yé, yé konten, yé
  Them, they are happy, them
- Zòt rish, hin?
  Y'all rich, huh?
- To rish
  You are rich
- Li, li fou, li
  Him, he is crazy, him
- Li fòl
  She is crazy
- Nouzòt jènn
  We are young
- Yé vyé
  They are old
- Yé dròl
  They are odd.
- Li bèl
  She is beautiful
- Yé bo
  They are handsome
- Mò? Mo swaf
  Me? I'm thirsty
- Twa, to fou, twa
  You, you're crazy, you
- Li pa fashé
  He is not upset
- Mo pa las
  I'm not tired
- Mo pa las, mò
  I'm not tired, me
- Mo pa las, non
  I'm not tired, no
- Nou pa rish
  We are not rich
- Li pa jènn, non
  He's not young, no
- To pa swaf?
  You're not thirsty?
- Mo pa fim, mò
  I'm not hungry, me
- Bonjou
  Hello. Good day
- Aréwa
  Goodbye
- Éy laba!
  Hey there!
- M'alé wa twa pli tar
  I'm going to see you later
- A démin
  Until tomorrow/next time
- M'a parlé ak twa pli tar
  I'll talk to you later
- M'alé parlé ak twa pli tar
  I'm going to talk to you later
- Pas un bon jounné
  Have a good day (sg.)
- Pasé un bon jounné
  Have a good day (pl or formal)
- Komen ç'apé kouri?
  How's it going?
- Komen lê zafær?
  How are things?
- Komen ça va?
  How goes it?
- Komen to yê?
  How are you?
- Ça va byin é twa?
  It goes well and you?
- O, mo byin é twa?
  Oh, I'm fine and you?
- Mo byin, mèsi
  I'm fine, thank you
- Mo bon, mèsi
  I'm good, thank you
- O, çé bon
  Oh, it's good
- Ç'apé fær
  It's doing
- pokapok
  so-so
- pa tro mal
  not too bad
- pa bon ditou
  not good at all
- O, mé ça va pa ditou
  Oh, but it goes not at all
- mô
  my
- tô
  your (sg)
- sô
  his, her, its
- nô
  our
- vô
  your (pl)
- yê
  their
- Komen yé pèl twa?
  How do they call you?
- Komen to pélé?
  How are you called?
- Ki çé tô nom?
  What's your name?
- Yé pèl mò Timoté
  They call me Timothy
- Mô nom çé Mishèl
  My name is Michael
- Mô ti nom çé Tré
  My nickname is Tray
- Mo pélé Jérémi
  I'm called Jeremiah
- Mo konten pou konné twa
  I'm happy to know you
- Éré konné twa
  Pleasure to know you
- Ki çé sô nom?
  What's her name?
- Sô nom çé Mari
  Her name is Marie
- Yé pèl li Jozèf
  They call him Joseph
- shin
  dog
- lékòl
  school
- lamézon
  house
- nonm
  man
- fenm
  woman
- piti
  child
- légliz
  church
- liv
  book
- latab
  table
- lashèz
  chair
- mari
  husband
- Éyou to devyin de?
  Where you come from?
- Éyou to sòr?
  Where do you come from?
- Mo sòr a Lafayette
  I'm from Lafayette
- Mo devyin Ozopélousas
  I come from Opelousas
- Mé mo rès a Baton-Rouj
  But I live in Baton Rouge
- Mé mo rès a Nouvèl-Òrléan
  But I live in New Orleans
- Éyou li sòr?
  Where does he come from?
- Li rès a Pon Breaux
  He lives in Breaux Bridge
- Li rès a Scott, Lalwizyann
  She lives in Scott, Louisiana
- Li sòr Parwas Sin Landry
  He's from Saint Landry Parish
- vyé
  old
- jènn
  young
- gro
  fat
- mæg
  skinny
- bèl
  beautiful
- bo
  handsome
- joli
  pretty
- bon
  good
- mové
  bad
- vayan
  awesome, great
- nouvo
  new
- gran
  big, tall, great (in kinship)
- ti
  little
- kour
  short
- ho
  tall
- Ça ina?
  What's happening? What's up?
- Ki ça to gin?
  What's up? What's wrong?
- Ki ça to di?
  What you say?
- Ça ça to di?
  What's that you say?
- Ça to konné?
  What you know?
- Ça k'ap(é) rivé?
  What's happening?
- Éy laba!
  Hey there!
- pli tar
  later
- Swènn-twa!
  Take care!
- A démin
  Until tomorrow/next time
- mô shin
  my dog
- vyé shin
  old dog
- bèl lamézon
  beautiful house
- tô piti
  your (sg) child
- nô légliz
  our church
- mô fenm
  my wife, my woman
- gro sha
  fat cat
- tô bèl lamézon
  your beautiful house
- mové piti
  bad child
- bon piti
  good child
- jènn famiy
  young family
- vayan liv
  awesome book
- sô vayan liv
  her awesome book, his awesome book
- bo nonm
  handsome man
- joli fenm
  pretty woman
- bèl fenm
  beautiful woman
- nouvo lékòl
  new school
- nonm mèg
  skinny man
- gran fenm
  tall woman
- ti latab
  little table
- Ki laj to gin?
  How old are you?
- Mo gin vin-sink nan
  I am 25 years old
- Ki laj li gin?
  How old is she?
- Li gin sèt nan
  She is 7 years old
- sha
  cat
- shar
  car
- shar-yé
  cars
- shar-la
  the car
- shar-layé
  the cars
- shar-çila
  this car
- shar-çála
  that car
- shar-çilayé
  these cars
- shar-çálayé
  those cars
- sha-yé
  cats
- sha-la
  the cat
- sha-layé
  the cats
- sha-çila
  this cat
- sha-çála
  that cat
- sha-çilayé
  these cats
- sha-çálayé
  those cats
- lékòl-la
  the school
- shin-la
  the dog
- shin-layé
  the dogs
- shin-yé
  dogs
- lamézon-la
  the house
- nonm-layé
  the men
- nonm-çilayé
  these men
- fenm-yé
  women
- fenm-çálayé
  those women
- piti-la
  the child
- piti-yé
  children
- piti-layé
  the children
- légliz-çálayé
  those churches
- légliz-çilayé
  these churches
- légliz-layé
  the churches
- liv-la
  the book
- liv-layé
  the books
- liv-yé
  books
- liv-çila
  this book
- liv-çála
  that book
- liv-çilayé
  these books
- liv-çálayé
  those books
- latab-la
  the table
- latab-yé
  tables
- lashèz-çila
  this chair
- lashèz-çála
  that chair
- yê famiy-yé
  their families
- tô shin-yé
  your dogs
- un shar
  a car
- un latab
  a table
- Çé bon
  It's good
- ça
  it, that
- çé
  is, am, are, it's, that's
- té
  was
- ça çé
  that is
- Çé byin
  It's fine
- Çé byin bon
  It's very good
- Ça çé bon
  That is good
- Çé bon, ça
  It's good, that
- Ça çé bon, ça
  That is good, that
- Mé, ça çé vayan, ça
  But, that's nice, that
- Ça çé un bon liv
  That is a good book
- çé té
  it was, that was
- ça çé té
  that was (emphasis)
- O, mé, ça çé té bon
  Oh, but, that was good
- Mô pòv fenm té bèl
  My poor wife was beautiful
- Piti-çilayé çé bon
  These children are good
- Piti-çilayé, yé bon, wé
  These children, they good, yeah
- Çé tô kouzin laba?
  It's your cousin over there?
- Yê nouvo lamézon çé laba
  Their new house is over there
- Yê piti-yé mové, wé
  Their children bad, yeah
- Piti-çila çé mové
  This chid is bad
- Piti-çála té mové
  That child was bad
- Ça fyær, ça
  That's proud, that
- Ça çé mové, ça
  That's bad, that
- Mé wé, çé bon
  But yes, that's good
- pensé
  to think
- parlé
  to talk/speak
- shanté
  to sing
- linmé
  to love/like
- kouté
  to listen
- tendé
  to hear
- bliyé
  to forget
- manjé
  to eat
- dansé
  to dance
- sharé
  to chat/gossip
- marshé
  to walk
- komensé
  to start
- vwayajé
  to travel
- mô piti-yé
  my children
- nô famiy-yé
  our families
- tô shin-yé
  your (sg) dogs
- yê bèl famiy
  their beautiful family
- mové piti-çilayé
  these bad children
- vô vayan piti-yé
  your (pl) awesome children
- tô vayan piti-yé
  your (sg) awesome children
- nô sha mæg
  our skinny cat
- mô jènn fenm
  my young wife
- sô nouvo mari
  her new husband
- vyé légliz-la
  the old church
- vyé légliz-yé
  old churches
- vyé légliz-layé
  the old churches
- bon piti-la
  the good child
- bon piti-layé
  the good children
- bon piti-yé
  good children
- bon piti-çila
  this good child
- bon piti-çála
  that good child
- bon piti-çilayé
  these good children
- bon piti-çálayé
  those good children
- yê nouvo lamézon
  their new house
- Bonnwi
  Good night (not commonly used)
- Non
  No
- Wé
  Yeah
- Wi
  Yes (not commonly used)
- Mærsi
  Thank you
- Çé pariyin
  It’s nothing (You're welcome)
- sitoplé
  please (sg)
- sivouplé
  Please (pl. or formal)
- Non, Misye
  No, sir
- Wé, Misye
  Yes, sir
- Non, Madanm
  No, Ma'am
- Wé, Madanm
  Yes, Ma'am
- Apré twa
  After you
- Mo shagrin
  I'm sorry
- Èskizé mò
  Excuse me
- Paddonn mò
  Forgive me
- Bonswa
  Good evening, Good night
- Bonmatin
  Good morning
- Aréwa
  Good-bye
- Pas un bon jounné
  Have a good day (sg)
- Pasé un bon jounné
  Have a good day ( pl. or formal)
- Pas un bon lasmènn
  Have a good week (sg)
- Pas un bon finlasmènn
  Have a good weekend (sg)
- Pasé un bon lasmènn
  Have a good week (pl. or formal)
- Pasé un bon finlasmènn
  Have a good weekend (pl. or formal)
- famiy
  family
- fiy
  daughter, girl
- gaçon
  son, boy
- mær
  mother
- pær
  father
- granmær
  grandmother
- granpær
  grandfather
- kouzin
  cousin (male)
- kouzinn
  cousin (female)
- paren
  relative, family
- sœr
  sister
- frær
  brother
- nyès
  niece
- névé
  nephew
- zami
  friend
- mèt
  teacher (male)
- métris
  teacher(female)
- zékòlyé
  student (elementary)
- fiyèl
  goddaughter
- fiyo
  godson
- nénènn
  godmother
- parin
  godfather
- nonk
  uncle
- tant
  aunt
- bèl-sœr
  sister-in-law
- bo-frær
  brother-in-law
- bèl-mær
  mother-in-law
- bo-pær
  father-in-law
- moun
  person, world
- pærsonn
  person
- vwazin
  neighbor (male)
- vwazinn
  neighbor (female)
- Ça isit
  This (here)
- Ça isit çé
  This (here) is
- Lá
  There, Now, Well
- Lá, çé
  That (there) is
- Ça isit cé mô liv
  This is my book
- Lá, çé tô liv
  That is your book
- Lá, çé tô kouzin?
  That is your cousin (male)?
- Non, ça isit çé mô kouzin
  No, this is my cousin (male)
- Ça isit çé tô kouzinn
  This is your(sg) cousin (female)
- La çé un lapin
  That is a rabbit
- Ça isit çé un lapin
  This is a rabbit
- La çé un bèl shin
  That is a beautiful dog
- Ça isit çé un sha mâg
  This is a skinny cat
- Ça isit çé un bèl sha
  This is a beautiful cat
- Ga, yê bèl lamézon
  Look, their beautiful house
- Lá çé lamézon-la
  That is the house
- Ça isit çé vyé légliz-la
  This is the old church
- La çé un vyé légliz
  That is an old church
- mo pens
  I think
- to parl
  you(sg) talk/speak
- li shant
  she/he/it sings
- no linm
  we like/love
- vou kout
  you (pl) listen
- yé tend
  they hear
- mo bliy
  I forget
- to trouv
  you (sg) find
- li manj
  he/she/it eats
- nouzòt dans
  we dance
- vouzòt shar
  you (pl) chat/gossip
- yé marsh
  they walk
- mo komens
  I start
- nou vwayaj
  we travel
- mo té pensé
  I thought
- mo té parlé
  I talked/spoke
- mo té shanté
  I sang
- mo té linmé
  I liked/loved
- mo té kouté
  I listened
- mo té tendé
  I heard
- mo té bliyé
  I forgot
- mo té trouvé
  I found
- mo té manjé
  I ate
- mo té dansé
  I danced
- mo té sharé
  I chatted/gossiped
- mo té marshé
  I walked
- mo té komensé
  I started
- mo té vwayajé
  I traveled
- to té parlé
  you talked/spoke
- li té shanté
  he/she/it sang
- no té linmé
  we loved/liked
- vou té kouté
  you(pl) listened
- yé té tendé
  they heard
- to té trouvé
  you found
- li té manjé
  he/she/it ate
- nouzòt té dansé
  we danced
- vouzòt té sharé
  you(pl) chatted/gossiped
- yé té marshé
  they walked
- nou vwayajé
  we traveled
- mokin
  mine
- tokin
  yours (sg)
- sokin
  his, hers, its
- nokin
  ours
- vokin
  yours (pl)
- yékin
  theirs
- koulær
  color
- rouj
  red
- zoranj
  orange
- jonn
  yellow
- vær
  green
- blé
  blue
- vyolé
  purple
- maron
  brown
- blan
  white
- nwa
  black
- ròz
  pink
- gri
  gray
- larjên
  silver
- doré
  gold
- bèj
  beige
- poulé
  chicken
- dènn
  turkey
- bœf
  bull, beef
- lavash
  cow
- kanar
  duck
- poul
  hen
- mouton
  sheep, lamb
- zwa
  goose
- koshon
  pig, pork
- sèrpen
  snake
- torti
  turtle
- krévis
  crawfish
- krapo
  frog
- wawaron
  bullfrog
- lapin
  rabbit
- pwason
  fish
- krab
  crab
- kalbri
  goat
- kokodri
  alligator
- mo-minm
  myself
- to-minm
  yourself (sg)
- li-minm
  himself, herself, itself
- nou-minm
  ourselves
- vou-minm
  yourselves
- yé-minm
  themselves
- kréyol
  Creole (language, general term)
- Kréyol
  Creole (culture, ethnicity)
- katolik
  Catholic
- kouri-vini
  Kouri-Vini (Louisiana Creole language)
- kréyol Lalwizyan
  Louisiana Creole (language)
- Kréyol Lalwizyan
  Louisiana Creole (Culture, Ethnicity)
- françé Lalwizyan
  Louisiana French (language)
- gombo
  okra, gumbo (food), another name for Louisiana Creole language
- spanyol Lalwizyan
  Louisiana Spanish (language)
- françé
  French (language)
- Françé
  French (nationality)
- mérikin
  American English
- Mérikin
  American (Nationality)
- spanyol
  Spanish (language)
- Spanyol
  Spanish (Nationality)
- Méksikin
  Mexican (Nationality)
- Kanajin
  Canadian (Nationality)
- nasyon
  nation
- Kadjin
  Cajun
- Akadjin
  Acadian
- nanglé
  English (language, general)
- Nanglé
  English (nationality)
- mô granmær
  my grandmother
- mô bèl granmær
  my beautiful grandmother
- mô bèl granmær Kréyol
  my beautiful Creole grandmother
- Mô bèl granmær Kréyol dans
  My beautiful Creole grandmother dances
- La çé un gro zwa gri
  That is a big grey goose
- Ça isit çé un gro zwa gri
  This is a big grey goose
- Mo té trouvé
  I found
- Mo té trouvé vyé légliz-la
  I found the old church
- Mo té trouvé légliz blan-la
  I found the white church
- Mo té trouvé vyé légliz blan-la
  I found the old, white church
- Mo té trouvé vyé légliz blan-cála
  I found that old white church
- mô zami Kanajin
  my Canadian friend
- mô jènn vwazin
  my young neighbor(m)
- Mô zami Kanajin é mô jènn vwazinn
  My Canadian friend and my young neighbor(f)
- Mô zami Kanajin é mô jènn vwazinn parl françé
  My Canadian friend and my young neighbor(f) speaks French
- Tô nouvo mari parl kréyol?
  Your new husband speaks Creole?
- Mô vayan famiy parl kouri-vini
  My awesome family speaks Kouri-Vini
- Mô nonk Kréyol parl françé
  My Creole uncle speaks French
- Mô nonk Kréyol parl kouri-vini
  My Creole uncle speaks Kouri-Vini
- Mô nonk Kréyol parl kréyol Lalwizyan
  My Creole uncle speaks Louisiana Creole
- Kouri-vini çé kréyol Lalwizyan
  Kouri-Vini is Louisiana Creole
- Nou pèl ça kouri-vini
  We call it Kouri-Vini
- Krapo vær-çila
  This green frog
- Krapo vær-çila shant
  This green frog sings
- Mô ti kouzin
  My little cousin(m)
- Mô ti kouzin mæg
  My little skinny cousin(m)
- Mô ti kouzin mæg manj
  My little skinny cousin(m) eats
- Mô ti kouzin mæg manj krevis
  My little skinny cousin(m) eats crawfish
- Mô ti kouzin mæg té manjé krevis.
  My little skinny cousin(m) ate crawfish
- Mô mær é mô nouvo métris té sharé.
  My mother and my new teacher chatted
- Mô fiyèl katolik marsh a vyé légliz blan-la
  My Catholic godddaughter walks to the old white church
- Mô fiyèl té marshé a lékòl katolik-la
  My goddaughter walked to the Catholic school
- Mô fiyèl té bliyé sô liv zoranj
  My goddaughter forgot her orange book
- Nouvo métris-la té pélé sô pær
  The new teacher called her father
- trouvé
  to find
- arété
  to stop
- vansé
  to advanse
- maré
  to attach
- mélanjé, méle
  to mix
- komté
  to count
- kashé
  to hide
- pliyé
  to fold
- friyé
  to fry
- frappé
  to hit
- chouwé
  to kill
- galopé
  to run
- boukané
  to smoke (foods)
- fumé
  to smoke (cigarettes)
- séyé
  to try
- konté
  to tell (a story)
- swété
  to hope, to wish
- jélé
  to freeze
- éspéré
  to wait
- hallé
  to pull
- gouværné
  to drive
- navijé
  to navigate
- travayé
  to work
- volé
  to fly, to steal
- lésé
  to let, to allow, to leave
- kité
  to let, to allow, to quit, to leave
- avan
  before
- apré
  after
- jiska
  until
- atravér
  through
- enba
  under
- ensou
  underneath
- enho
  on
- a
  to
- koté
  near to
- alentour
  around, in the vicinity of
- dan
  in
- dedan
  inside
- déyò
  outside
- avèk
  with
- san
  without
- pou
  for
- travèr
  across
- Shin-la çé enba latab-la
  The dog is under the table
- Shin-la çé ensou latab-la
  The dog is underneath the table
- Yé rès koté lékòl, lála
  They stay by the school, there
- Yé rès koté lékòl-la
  They stay by the school
- Ina un sèrpen déyò lamézon-la
  There is a snake outside the house
- La çé sèrpan-la drèt-la déyò lamézon-la
  There is the snake right there outside the house
- Wawaron-la çé ensou pyær-la
  The bullfrog is underneath the rock
- Mo té trouvé torti-la déyò mô légliz
  I found the turtle outside my church
- Yé rès alentour Opélousas
  They stay around Opelousas
- Sèrpan-la çé dedan lamézon-la
  The snake is inside the house
- Lapin-la té galopé avan torti-la
  The rabbit ran before the turtle
- Mo galòp a pak-la toultem
  I run to the park all the time
- Sha-la té rèsté enho latab-la jiska shin-la té kité
  The cat stayed on the table until the dog left
- Femn-la dans san sô mari
  The woman dances without her husband
- Femn-la çé dan lamézon-la
  The woman is in the house
- Yé té kité apré yê kouzin-yé
  They left after their cousins
- Mo kash
  I hide
- Mo té kashé
  I hid
- Mo kash pa
  I do not hide
- Mo té pa kashé
  I did not hide
- Li arèt
  He stops
- Li té arété
  He stopped
- Li arèt pa
  He does not stop
- Li té pa arété
  He did not stop
- To galòp
  You run
- To té galopé
  You ran
- To galòp pa
  You do not run
- To té pa galopé
  You did not run
- Ann sèy
  Ann tries
- Ann té séyé
  Ann tried
- Ann sèy pa
  Ann does not try
- Ann té pa séyé
  Ann did not try
- André travay
  André works
- André té travayé
  André worked
- André travay pa
  André does not work
- André té pa travayé
  André did not work
- olé
  to want
- konné
  to know
- fé
  to do, to make
- né
  to be born
- m'olé
  I want
- mo t'olé
  I wanted
- mo p'olé
  I do not want
- mo té p'olé
  I did not want
- t'olé
  you want
- vouzòt olé
  you (pl) want
- zòt olé
  y'all want
- mo konné
  I know
- mo té konné
  I knew
- mo pa konné
  I don't know
- mo té pa konné
  I did not know
- to konné
  you know
- mo fé
  I do, I make
- mo té fé
  I did, I made
- mo pa fé, mo fé pa
  I don't do, I don't make
- mo té pa fé
  I did not do, I did not make
- yé fé
  they do, they make
- mo té né
  I was born
- to té né
  you were born
- mo té pa né
  I was not born
- Mè, mò, mo pa konné, mò
  Well, me, I don't know, me
- Zòt olé manjé?
  Y'all want to eat?
- Mo té né a Lafayette
  I was born in Lafayette
- Yé fé bon gombo
  They make good gumbo
- Yé té fé bon gombo
  They made good gumbo
- M'olé poulé
  I want chicken
- Ça çé sô sœr, to konné
  That is his sister, you know
- To fé ça?
  You make that?
- fé grosri
  make groceries
- tem
  weather, time
- frèt
  cold
- sho
  hot
- soléy
  sun
- briyé
  to shine
- réyon soléy
  sunlight, sunray
- lapli
  rain
- mouyé
  to rain, to water, to wet
- lanèj
  snow
- néjé
  to snow
- nwaj
  cloud
- kouvær
  cloudy
- gro tempèt
  storm
- sèk
  dry
- tonèr
  thunder
- néklè
  lightning
- brouyar
  fog
- brouyé
  foggy, blurry, fuzzy
- brouyasé
  drizzling, fuzzy, blurry, foggy
- larozé
  dew
- lagrèl
  hail
- kayou lagrèl
  hailstone
- shalœr
  heat
- limidité
  humidity
- limid
  humidity
- ouragan
  hurricane
- syèl
  sky
- lark-en-syèl
  rainbow
- M'apé shanté un shanson
  I am singing a song
- Mo t'apé shanté un shanson
  I was singing a song
- Mô mær apé pélé mò
  My mother is calling me
- Mo marsh
  I walk
- Mo té marshé
  I walked
- Mo marsh pa
  I do not walk
- Mo té pa marshé
  I did not walk
- M'apé marshé
  I am walking
- Mo t'apé marshé
  I was walking
- L'apé sharé avèk sô sœr
  He is chatting with his sister
- Li t'apé sharé avèk sô sœr
  He was chatting with his sister
- M'ap gouværné drèt-la
  I am driving right now
- T'apé shanté mô shanson
  You are singing my song
- To t'apé shanté mô shanson
  You were singing my song
- Zot apé vwayajé ak granpiti-layé?
  Y'all are traveling with the grandchildren?
- N'apé vwayajé san granpiti-layé
  We are traveling without the grandchildren
- Lapin-la apé galopé travèr klo-la
  The rabbit is running across the field
- Lapin-la t'apé galopé travèr klo-la
  The rabbit was running across the field
- Ga! Tô pær apé dansé
  Look! Your father is dancing
- M'ap éspéré pou mô fiy
  I am waiting for my daughter
- L'ap arété koté nouzòt
  He is stopping by us
- Ça fé frèt
  It's cold
- Ça fé sho
  It's hot (weather)
- Ça fé mové
  It's bad (weather)
- Ça fé kouvè
  It's cloudy
- Ça fé brouyé
  It's foggy
- Ça fé un ta diven
  It's windy
- Ça fé pouri
  It's nasty (weather)
- Ça fé bo
  It's nice (weather)
- Ça fé bèl
  It's beautiful (weather)
- Ça fé tonèr é néklèr
  It's thundering and lightning
- Ça té fé frèt
  It was cold (weather)
- Ça té fé sho
  It was hot (weather)
- Ç'apé mouyé
  It's raining
- Ç'apé néjé
  It's snowing
- Çé t'apé mouyé
  It was raining
- Çé t'apé néjé
  It was snowing
- Tem-la bèl
  The weather is beautiful
- Tem-la bo
  The weather is nice
- Tem-la té bèl
  The weather was beautiful
- Lapli apé tombé
  The rain is falling
- Tem-la brouyasé
  It's drizzling
- Un gro tempèt apé vini
  A big storm is coming
- Mo p'apé shanté un shanson
  I am not singing a song
- Mo té p'apé shanté un shanson
  I was not singing a song
- Mô mær p'apé pélé mò
  My mother is not calling me
- Mo té p'apé marshé
  I was not walking
- Li p'apé sharé avèk sô sœr
  He is not chatting with his sister
- Li té p'apé sharé avèk sô sœr
  He was not chatting with his sister
- Mo p'ap gouværné drèt-la
  I am not driving right now
- To p'apé shanté mô shanson
  You are not singing my song
- To té p'apé shanté mô shanson
  You were not singing my song
- Zot p'apé vwayajé ak granpiti-layé?
  Y'all are not traveling with the grandchildren?
- Nouzòt p'apé vwayajé avèk granpiti-layé
  We are not traveling with the grandchildren
- Lapin-la p'apé galopé travèr klo-la
  The rabbit is not running across the field
- Lapin-la té p'apé galopé travèr klo-la
  The rabbit was not running across the field
- Tô pær p'apé dansé
  Your father is not dancing
- Mo p'ap éspéré pou mô fiy
  I am not waiting for my daughter
- Li p'ap arété koté nouzòt
  He is not stopping by us
- Mo p'apé marshé
  I am not walking
- kouri
  to go
- vini
  to come
- sorti
  to come out of
- parti
  to leave, to begin, to start
- hayi
  to hate
- ouvri
  to open
- kouvri
  to cover
- menti
  to lie
- dormi
  to sleep
- senti
  to feel, to smell
- shwazi
  to choose
- nouri
  to die
- fini
  to finish, to complete
- sèrvi
  to use
- pari
  to bet
- asi
  to sit
- di
  to say, to tell
- bati
  to fight
- kwi
  to cook
- endromi
  to fall asleep
- ini
  to unite
- ri
  to laugh
- geri
  to heal
- Yé vyin
  They come
- Yé té viní
  They came
- Yé sòr
  They come from
- Yé té sortí
  They came from
- Yé hayi
  They hate
- Yé té hayí
  They hated
- Yé sen
  They feel
- Yé té sentí
  They felt
- swa
  evening
- tou swa
  all evening
- toultem
  all the time
- ditou
  at all
- pa ditou
  not at all
- iyær
  yesterday
- Mo finí
  I'm done
- Yé té shwazí shar blé-la
  They chose the blue cär
- Mo kouri
  I go
- Mo té kourí
  I went
- Li sòr Rivyé Dékònn
  She is from Cane River
- Bébé-la apé dormi
  The baby is sleeping
- Mo té dormí tou swa
  I slept all evening
- Li vyin isi toultem, li
  He comes here all the time, him
- Li té viní isi toultem, li
  He came here all the time, him
- Mo té kwí asmatin, mò
  I cooked this morning, me
- To dòr byin toultem
  You sleep well all the time
- Mo dòr pa byin ditou
  I do not sleep well at all
- Mé, to di ça toultem
  But, you say that all the time
- Mé, to té dí ça iyær
  But you said that yesterday
- Li té rí, rí, rí
  He laughed, laughed, laughed
- Mo va kouri fé grosri
  I will go to make groceries.
- M'alé kouri fé grosri
  I'm going to go make groceries
- Mo va pa kouri fe grosri
  I will not go to make groceries
- Mo va komensé
  I will start
- Zòt alé vini ak nouzòt
  Y'all going to come with us
- Zòt olé vini ak nouzòt
  Y'all want to come with us
- Yé p'alé vini, non
  They are not going to come, no
- T'alé tombé kom ça
  You are going to fall like that
- Li va kouri a légliz
  He will go to church
- Va asi, twa
  Go sit (down), you
- M'alé dormi byin byin
  I'm will sleep well tonight
- M'alé komensé
  I'm going to start
- Mo va kwi
  I will cook
- M'alé kwi
  I'm going to cook
- Mo va pa kwi
  I will not cook
- Mo p'alé kwi
  I'm not going to cook
- Mo t'alé kwí
  I was going to cook
- Mo té p'alé kwí
  I was not going to cook
- déjénné
  breakfast
- digri
  grits
- diri
  rice
- sosis
  sausage
- békìnn
  bacon
- dézœf
  eggs
- jambon
  ham
- diji
  juice
- dilé
  milk
- dipin
  bread
- dipin mayi é dilé
  cornbread
- dibœr
  butter
- krép
  pancake
- dipin pèrdi
  french toast
- siro
  syrup
- siro dikònn
  cane syrup
- biskwi
  biscuit
- dibœr pistash
  peanut butter
- jilé
  jelly
- sènnwich
  sandwich
- dézœf é diri
  eggs and rice
- digri é dézœf
  grits and eggs
- fromaj griyé
  grilled cheese
- diji zoranj
  orange juice
- dipin mayi é dilé
  cornbread and milk
- biskwi soda
  soda cracker
- biskwi soda é dilé
  crackers and milk
- lakrèmm
  cream
- kafé
  coffee
- disik
  sugar
- babœr
  buttermilk
- dézœf friyé
  fried egg
- dézœf bouyí
  boiled egg
- Mo té partí kouri a magazin-la
  I left to go to the store
- Mo té partí kouri marshé
  I left to go walking
- M'olé kwi soupé
  I want to cook supper
- Li té bliyé prenn sô liv
  He forgot to take his book
- Mo pa kapab galopé ojordi
  I'm not able to run today
- M'olé shanté
  I want to sing
- Yé linm dansé
  They love to dance
- Yé té linmé dansé
  They loved to dance
- Li té bliyé kouri la
  He forgot to go there
- M'olé li pou kouri
  I want him to go
- Mo bezwin twa pou kwi
  I need you to cook
- Li té kité yé pou kouri shé li
  He left them to go home
- Mo té kourí iyær pou shanté
  I went yesterday to sing
- Li té komensé marshé a lékòl
  He started to walk to school
- To té kouri a légliz
  You went to church
- To té partí kouri a légliz
  You left to go to church
- To té partí pou légliz
  You left for church
- Pas un bon jounné
  Pass(sg) a good day/Have a good day
- Pasé un bon jounné
  Pass (pl) a good day/Have a good day
- Bliy pa tô largen
  Don't forget(sg) your money
- Pa bliyé vô largen
  Don't forget(pl) your money
- Bliy li
  Forget(sg) him
- Bliyé li
  Forget(pl) him
- Va shærshé un liv
  Go look for a book
- Va shærshé un liv pou lir
  Go look for a book to read
- Marsh a légliz avèk mò
  Walk(sg) to church with me
- Marshé a légliz avèk mò
  Walk(pl) to church with me
- Vyin wa
  Come(sg) see
- Vini wa
  Come(pl) see
- Vyin isi
  Come(sg) here
- Vini isi
  Come(pl) here
- Pèl tô mær pou mò
  Call(sg) your mother for me
- Shant un bon shanson
  Sing(sg) a good song
- Shanté un bon shanson
  Sing(pl) a good song
- Shant pa
  Don't sing(sg)
- Pa shanté
  Don't sing(pl)
- janviyé
  January
- fèvriyé
  February
- mars
  March
- avril
  April
- mê
  May
- jwin
  June
- jwiyé
  July
- aout
  August
- sèptemb
  September
- òktob
  October
- novemb
  November
- désemb
  December
- lundi
  Monday
- maddi
  Tuesday
- mékrédi
  Wednesday
- jédi
  Thursday
- vendredi
  Friday
- sanmdi
  Saturday
- dimansh
  Sunday

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