Cajun French words and phrases – Flashcards
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"a force que"
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"by force, dint, power or intensity"
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a force qu'il a mangé
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because he ate so much
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capoté
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fell over
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attrapé un point
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caught a pain
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la flĂąte
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the champagne glass
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la chanteuse
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the female opera singer
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s'a mouillé
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it rained
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j'souhaite
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I hope or wish
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déboulée
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tumbled down
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décacheter
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to open secretly
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miauler
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to meow
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très privée
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very private
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dégobillés
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gobbled down (with plural noun)
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les carencros
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the carrion birds
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la carcasse
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the carcass
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la charogne
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the dead and putrid animal
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les chevals, chevaux
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the horses (Cajuns use both)
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engager
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to hire
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dompter, adoucir
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to tame (make sweeter)
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la rosée
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the dew
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retifs
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balky (with plural noun)
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Ă©pais(e)
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thick (mas., fem.)
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au matin
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at the morning
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le linge
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the clothes
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la corde Ă linge
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the clothes line
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pendant la nuit
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during the night
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le pilleur
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the looter
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le pillard
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the looter (mas.)
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au blanc
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in exposing
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tremper, humecter
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to dampen
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mouiller
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to rain
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le constable
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the constable, police
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le jeun homme
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the young man
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Ă jeun (pas Ă jeun)
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sober (not sober)
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bambocher
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to dissipate
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sa veuve
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his widow
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voulait bâtir (3rd person present indicative)
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wanted to build
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une coverture
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a roof
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des merrains
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the long wooden shingles
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des bardeaux
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some shingles
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des gros boeufs
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some big bulls (oxen)
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pour haler
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to pull, haul
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les wagons (w is pronounced as w, not v)
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the wagons
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de grands prairies
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of big prairies
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les mulets
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the mules
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il est l'heure
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it is time (the hour)
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fermer, fremer
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to close
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vous-autres
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you (Cajuns prefer to use at times yet single verb used with it.)
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se dégoûter
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to disgust oneself
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cette charade
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this small talk
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la chatte
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the feline
