Parts 1 to 10

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

Below are the phrases from the tenth 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

Banjour, nous r'velo, Quaï magnifique temps à matin!
(Ban-zhoor, noor vlo. Kye manifeek tor ah matah-ee!!)
Hello, here we are again. What lovely weather this morning!

Vère dja. Je m'en vais dans mon gardin pus tard.
(Vair dja. Zhmor vay dor mah gardah-ee pu tahr.)
Oh yes. I am going in my garden later.

Tchique vous avaïs dans vot' gardin?
(Cheek vooz av-eye dor vot gardah-ee?)
What have you got in your garden?

Oh, toutes sortes de pllantes, - des légeumes et des flleurs.
(Oh, toot sort deh pyaht, - day ledjerm eh day fyuhr.)
Oh, all sorts of plants, - vegetables and flowers.

Av-ous des patates et des ouagniaons?
(Av-oo day patat eh days oon-yang?)
Do you have any potatoes and onions?

Mais oui dja, et des caboches et des cârottes étout.
(May wee dja, eh day cahbosh eh day pay shtorn-eye?)
But of course, and cabbage and carrots.

S'en all-ous s'mair des pônais et des peis ch't' onnaïe?
(Sorn alloo sm-eye day pornay eh day pay shtorn-eye?)
Are you going to sow parsnips and peas this year?

Oui, aen p'ti pus tard. J'oïme mes pônais à la graisse!
(Wee, a ptee pu tahr. Zhoym may pornay a la grayce!)
Yes, a little later. I like my parsnips cooked in fat!

Cor chapin, chena n'vous f'ra pas maigrir!
(Cor shapan, shena ne voo fra pah may-gree!)
Good heavens, that won't make you lose weight!

J'saïs bian, mais je les oïme, et les moussaettes au four étout!
(Zhe sye byo, may zhe layz oym, eh lay moozat oh foor eh-too!)
I know, but I like them, and bean jar as well!