Tuesday, September 16, 2008

More Patois

I, Me, Mine, My Mwen
You, Your, Yours ou
He, She, Her, Him, It, Its li (i)
We, Us, Out, Ours nou
Y'all, Y'alls zot
They, Them, Their, Theirs yo


parot jako
elephant lefan
behind deye
hat chapo
which kiles
gun fizi
shirt chimiz
books liv
shoes soulye
dog chyen
cat chat
and ek
many plizye
have ni
name non
want vle
any pyes
mistress jabal
good bon
where kote
table tab
on asou/anle
step-mother belme
step-father bope
today jodia
gift kado
to be sa
welcome byen vini
life lavi
well byen
clothes wad/had
say ka di
also osi
how much is this come sa
you're welcome (its nothing) sa pa anyen
where is the book kote liv-la
its on the table I asou tab-la
what did you do today? ki sa ou fe jodia
how do you say… koumannye ou ka di…
life is good lavi bon
how are you kouman ou ye
im well mwen byen


numbers - Limewo:
yonn
de
twa
kat
senk
sis
set
nef
dis
wonz
douz
twez
katoz
kenz
sez
diset
diswit
diznef


ven
ventenyen
vennde
venntwa
venkat
vensenk
vennsis
vennset
ventwit
ventnef


twant
twantenyen
twant de
twanttwa
twantkat…


kawant
kawantenyen
kawantde…


senkant
senkantenyen
senkantde…


swasant dis
swansant wonz
swansant de…


katwiven


katwiven dis


yon san


1000 yon mil
10000 dis mil
100 000 yon san mil
1 000 000 yon milyon


months - Mwa:
Janvye
Fevwiye
Mas
Avwi
Me
Jen
Jwiye
Awou
Septanm
Oktob
Novanm
Desanm


Days of the week - Jou Lasimenn:
Dimanch
Lendi
Madi
Mekwedi
Jedi
Vandwedi
Sanmdi


How old are you (what is your age) ki laj ou
I am 24-years-old mwen ne vennkatzan
year lanne
year (when speaking of age) zan


Ordinal Numbers - Limewo Ordinal:
pwemye
dezyenm
twazyenm
katyenm
senkyenm
sizyenm
setyenm
wityenm
nevyenm
dizyenm


the negative pa
makes the noun plural se

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