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Guernsey French

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Fisherman's beach in Herm

bànque (beach)

Guernsey French to English Vocabulary

Our alphabetic guide from Guernésiais into English.

A

Guernésiais - Phonetic - English

à - ah - to/at
à ces sé - a say seh - this evening
à haout - a how - up
à la perchoine - a la pairshoyn - goodbye/'til the next time
à matin - ah matah-ee - this morning
à peu près - a puh pray - nearly/about
à tchique bord - a chick bor - somewhere
à v'nir - ah vnee - to come
à vot'sàntaïe - ah vot sah-tye - health, to your good
acataïr - akat-eye - buy(to)
acore - ah-core - more
aerme - arm - Herm
aeut(nous) - eye - had(we)
aeutes - eyet - had(you)
affaire, l' - affair - thing(s)
aille, j' - eyel - go(I)
ailleurs - aye-uhr - elsewhere
ais, l' - ay - shelf, mantlepiece
alentours - les alentoor - environment, surrounding
all-ous? - all-oo - do you go?
allaïr - a-lye go - (to-)
allumaï(es) - alum-eye - lit up
amas enn' - en ama - lot, a
amendaïr - amord-eye - improve(to)
am'naï - amn-eye - bring
an, l' - ahn - year
anniversaire, l' - annee-vairsair - anniversary
angllais - org-yay - English
angllécque - org-yake - English
aonclle, l' - anky - uncle
aonze - anz - eleven
août - oo - August
aoute, l' - owt - other
appeule - apuhl - call
apportaïr - aport-eye - bring(to)
apprendre - app-rorde - learn, to-
apprins - aprah-ee - learned
arbre enn' - arb' - tree
arlevaïe, l' - arhl-ev-eye - afternoon
arrêtaïr - arayt-eye - stop, to
arrivaïr - areev-eye - arrive(to)
assaïz - ahs-eye - enough/sufficient
attrapaïr - atrahp-eye - catch(to)
au bas de - oh bah deh - bottom, at the bottom of
au four - oh foor - in the oven
au haout de - oh how deh - top, at the top of
au matin oh - mat-ah-ee - morning, in the
au saer - oh sahr - in the evening
auch't'haeure - orsh-tyre - now
aute partie enn' - owt partee - elsewhere
autour - oh-toor - around
av - av - have
aveir - aveh - have to
aver - ah-veh - have to
ayaïz - ay-eye - have

last updated: 13/10/2008 at 13:15
created: 06/08/2007

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