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Learning Guernsey French has never been so easy with the help of local language expert Hazel Tomlinson.

Below are the phrases from the ninth lesson with their phonetic spelling, but if you want to try something a bit different, why not listen to the lesson online and repeat the words back to you via the link on the right.

The format for the sayings are as following:

Written in Patois
Phonetic spelling
In English

All-ous souvent à la ville?
(All-oo soo-voh a la veel?)
Do you often go to town?

Oui j'y vais chaque samedi dans la bosse.
(Wee zhee vay shark samdee dor la boss.)
Yes I go there every Saturday on the bus.

Pour-tchi que vous n'allaïr pas dans vot'e moto?
(Poor cheek voo nall-eye par doh mohtoh?)
Why do you not go in the car?

J'peux pas trouvïar d'la parc'rie près des choppes.
(Zhpuhr pah troo-vye dla pah-kree pray day shorp.)
I can't find any parking near the shops.

Il est trop llian à marchier à la Salerie.
(Eel eh trop yoh ah marsh-yeh ah la sal-ee)
It is too far to walk to the Salerie.

Oiu dja, supareillement si nous a amas d'tché à portaïr.
(Wee dja, soo-pah-rail-moh see nooz ah en amah tcheh ah port-eye.)
Oh yes, especially if we have a lot of things to carry.

Et quend i'plleut ou i'vente, ch'est pière!
(Eh kah ee ooo ee voht, shay pee-air!)
And when it's raining or windy, it's worse!

All-ous jomais ès choppes à St. Samsaon?
(All-o zhom-ay shorp ah sahi sasang?)
Do you ever got to the shops in St. Sampson's?

Parfeis, mais ch'est aen p'tit llian d'ciz naon.
(Par-feh, may shay a ptee yohd see nang.)
Sometimes, but it's a little far from our house.

Mais vère, eh de ciz naon, étout. J'vous verrai biètaot!
(May vair, ayd-see nang eh-too. Zhvoo veh-reh byeh-tow!)
Oh yes, that's right and from our house too. I'll see you soon!