Tcheûrre

Verb tcheûrre = to fetch, to run. In the meaning of fetch it is only used in the infinitive with verbs êt', aller, envyer, v'nîn

 

It is used like verb qu'si e.g. va tcheûrre/va qu'si, vein tcheûrre/vein qu'si = go and fetch/come and fetch

 

The Dictionnaire Jersiais-Français states that these 2 verbs are used interchangeably, but tcheûrre can be used for fetching things, & qu'si for fetching people

 

tcheûrre can also mean to run (usual verb for running in modern Jèrriais is couôrre) but only survives in some phrases & structures

 

3rd person present:

i' tcheurt comme un chèr  = he runs like a deer

Lé brit tcheurt = the rumour runs

 

L'heuthe qué les cats tcheuthent, et les tchians quand i' peuvent = the hour that cats run & dogs when they can

 

imperative:

tcheurs l'avant = run along

tcheurs mé qu'si... = run & fetch me...

 

However we've found some other uses in writings by Philippe Le Sueur Mourant (1848-1918)

tcheuthant = running (present participle)

j'tcheur[s] = I run (1st person present)

 

and in a text by Charles Picot (1840 - 1921)

tu tcheur[s] = you run (2nd person present)