Wednesday, 2 March 2011
Des langues et des noes - Titbits
Chenna m'trébuque la huthe! = it's doing my head in!
huthe = animal's head, but also refers to a human head (in a slangy way, i.e. block, loaf, noggin...)
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Eune journée d'travas - A day's work
Dêpartément d'l'Envithonnement - Department of the Environment
Nou rapporte:
= Dêpartément d'l'Envithonnement
New name for Planning department
Senator Freddie Cohen, Minister for Planning and Environment, has today confirmed that the Planning and Environment Department will in future be known as the 'Department of the Environment'.
= Dêpartément d'l'Envithonnement
La Saint Aubîn
Ch'n'est pon seulement les Gallouais tchi sont à célébrer aniet, viyant qu'les carpeleuses dé Saint Aubîn ont lus jour saint étout.
Today isn't just a day for celebrations with leeks and daffodils. It's also when some people mark Saint Aubin's day - though it's also celebrated on 29th February! Aubin was Bishop of Angers in 529AD and was noted for his holiness, generosity and his many miracles.
Today isn't just a day for celebrations with leeks and daffodils. It's also when some people mark Saint Aubin's day - though it's also celebrated on 29th February! Aubin was Bishop of Angers in 529AD and was noted for his holiness, generosity and his many miracles.
La Saint Dâvi - Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant
Aniet ch'est la Saint Dâvi. Bouonne fête à touos nos anmîns Gallouais et anmies Gallouaises!Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!
Happy Saint David's Day to our Welsh friends!
Galles = Wales = Cymru
Gallouais = Welsh = Cymraeg
g'zette = daffodil = cennin Pedr
pouothé = leek = cennin
lé rouoge dragon = the red dragon = y ddraig goch
Lé Mais d'Mar - The month of March
Ch'est l'mais d'Mar. Né v'chîn eune poésie par AALG:
It's the month of March. Here's a poem by AALG:
Lé Mais d'Mar
Pouôrre mais d'Mar, hélas!
Jé n'pensais vraînment pas
Qué tu'étais si rude;
Ch'est vrai, ch'n'est pon qu'nou t'vait
Souvent coumme un angné:
J'avons la cèrtitude
Dé ch'là dans touos ches vents
Qu'tu soûffl'ye d'temps en temps.
Monday, 28 February 2011
Alice au Pays des Mèrvelles - Alice in Wonderland
Acouo un but d'Alice:Lé Blianc Lapîn env'yie bille
"Mêrrienne! Mêrrienne!" qu'la vouaix fit, "Va qu'si mes gants sus l'camp!" Épis y'eut la piétinn'nie dé p'tites pattes sus la montée. Alice réalîsit qu'ch'tait l'Lapîn tchi v'nait la qu'si, et ou trembliait jusqué pouor en châtchi la maîson, ayant oublié qu'achteu ou 'tait dans les mille fais pus grande qué l'Lapîn, et n'avait pon à l'craindre.
Bétôt l'Lapîn s'appréchit d'l'us, et êprouvit d'l'ouvri; mais viyant qu'l'us s'ouvrait vèrs lé d'dans, et l'coute à Alice y'abutait, l'êpreuve mantchit. Alice l'ouît s'dithe, "J'îthai don à l'aut' bord et j'entréthai par la f'nêt'."
Jèrriais at Cambridge
Jèrriais is an integral part of the course at Peterhouse on the French Language: Variation and Change. In their final year, Cambridge University students study the dialectal divisions of France, including Jersey, Guernsey and Sark.
Dr. Mari Jones presents information on the different vocabulary in Eastern and Western Jèrriais and the accents which are (or were) used in the linguistic pockets around the Island. One lecture compares the numbers and percentages able to use the different forms of Norman. Mainland Normandy has around 17,000 Norman speakers - about 1% of the population, Jersey has 2,874 or 3.2%, Guernsey with 1,327 speakers making up 2.2% and Sark has an estimated 10 speakers (1.7%)- and Alderney has none...
Students are also given information about the special features of the Norman language, with an emphasis on the Islands. They also examine Language policy and Planning, comparing programmes supporting Seselwa, the first official language of the Seychelles, with the States of Jersey's support of Jèrriais, Jersey's official minority language.
Dr. Mari Jones presents information on the different vocabulary in Eastern and Western Jèrriais and the accents which are (or were) used in the linguistic pockets around the Island. One lecture compares the numbers and percentages able to use the different forms of Norman. Mainland Normandy has around 17,000 Norman speakers - about 1% of the population, Jersey has 2,874 or 3.2%, Guernsey with 1,327 speakers making up 2.2% and Sark has an estimated 10 speakers (1.7%)- and Alderney has none...
Students are also given information about the special features of the Norman language, with an emphasis on the Islands. They also examine Language policy and Planning, comparing programmes supporting Seselwa, the first official language of the Seychelles, with the States of Jersey's support of Jèrriais, Jersey's official minority language.
La Voix du Donjon
J'avons r'chu l'drein neunmétho d'La Vouaix du Donjon tch'est tout pliein d'belles vaques brîngies Nouormandes. Y'a tchiques mots Nouormands: mielle, vergie (vrégie), melle, cllos (clios), "Ch'est men byin et mei j'y tyins" (ch'est man bein et mé j'y tcheins)...The latest issue of La Voix du Donjon celebrates the centenary of the Bricquebec agricultural society, with lots of lovely pictures, historical and modern, of brindled Norman cows to illustrate the history of the herd-book and the rural economy.
Choule
jeuxtradinormandie rapporte:Deuxième coupe de Normandie de Choule
et
Après-midi jeux normands en famille
à partir de 14h
Dimanche 8 mai 2011
LA HAYE DE ROUTOT (27)
Terrain de Choule
préparez vos équipes de choules!
L'Assembliée d'Jèrriais
L'Assembliée d'Jèrriais fut fondée l'23 d'Novembre 1951. 2011 ch'est don san 60e. Et l'Président a annonchi un parti l'23 d'Novembre 2011 à la Sociêté Rouoyale Agricole. Êcoutez s'n annonche ichîn.
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