Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Facebook en Jèrriais sus la BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-17740154

Adrian Cain at the Bunscoill

Adrian Cain rapporte entouor l'êcole en Manx:
The Isle of Man has a hugely successful Manx-medium primary school - here's a report:


In this short video piece, which we put together after our day filming at the Bunscoill, I go over some of the key issues relating to bilingual education as well as reiterating what the Bunscoill offers to the Island

Abouon d'a b c - Quite a lot of letters

YTchiques patholes Jèrriaises pouor châque lettre dé l'a b c:
A series of useful and interesting vocabulary for every letter of the alphabet:
  • yi = eye
  • y'a = there is, there are
  • y'a-t-i'? = is there? are there?

Monday, 16 April 2012

Dictionary addenda

Cuffsemminnotté = handcuffed
(r'ssource: Elie, 1918)

Des langues et des noes - Titbits

Are you looking at me?I' n'a pon pus d'entends-tu qu'un chanmeau = he hasn't got any common sense

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Subjunctives

Department of LinguisticsHow many subjunctives in -g- are there?

Liddicoat lists only 3 verbs with velar subjunctives âg-, veing-, and tcheing-; noting that Sèrtchais similarly has vẽdj- and tchẽdj-

Lé Jèrriais Pour Tous lists 5 verbs that take a present subjunctive ending in -g-:

Friday, 13 April 2012

Facebook en Jèrriais!

Facebook est achteu mîns à jour en Jèrriais! Ch'n'est pon sus la liste des langues, mais nou n'a qu'en dêchèrgi et înstaller - l'pus sîmpl'ye est si nou-s'en faithe sèrvi auve Google Chrome.

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/130838

Facebook is now available in Jèrriais! Just download and install in Google Chrome - it's also possible to use with other browsers.

Dictionary addenda

Manet, Edouard - Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (The Picnic) (1)piquenitcheux = picnicker
(r'ssource: Un Pic-Nique)

Thursday, 12 April 2012

Donkey Dialogue

Guernsey 2011 153Donkey Dialogue dé This is Guernsey:
Vlà l’élection ki s’appeurche et y en a ki veule savé chi k’les càndidats pense dé note langue en vouais dé l’heritage et la chulture à l’île?

With the election coming up some people would like to know what candidates think about our language in terms of Island heritage and culture?
Et n'en v'chîn eune vèrsion Jèrriaise:

V'là l'êlection tchi s'appréche et y'en a tchi veulent saver chein qu'les candidats pensent dé not' langue en vouaie dé l'héthitage et la tchultuthe dé l'île?

Lé Vièr Garçon - The Bachelor

Né v'chîn eune vèrsion modèrnîsée du Vièr Garçon d'Messire Robert Pipon Marett:
Here's a version in modernised spelling of Sir Robert Pipon Marett's poem about a bachelor's second thoughts:

Lé Vièr Garçon

Qu'i' sont heutheurs, les vièrs garçons.
I' n'ont ni êfants ni maîsons,
Ni femmes à lus badrer la tête.
Jé di pouor mé, qu'i' faut êt' bête,
Quand nou-s'est libre et sans souci,
Dé prendre eune femme pouor vos pliaidgi.
Jé n'lé f'thai pon! - nânnîn! - nânnîn!
Quand nou-s'est bein, i' faut s'y t'nîn!

Nan nan! nan nan! jé n'lé f'thai pon!
Jé restéthai bouôn vièr garçon!

Dictionary addenda

Struthio-camelus-australis-grazingaver la tête coumme eune autruche = to hang one's head

Dictionary addenda

  • Bulls Ishikawa, Okinawa 2007s'entre-cônilyi = to lock horns
  • cônil'lie = striking with horns