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Louisiana Creole words starting with “V”

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vini pou

regular verb
English:come to
Synonyms:for the purpose of

“Vini pou ashté sosis”

— Come to buy sausage

“Li té viní pou lavé ti shyin-la.”

— She came to wash the dog.

English:come get
Antonyms:va mèt; go put

“Vyin shærshé ça.”

— Come get that.

“Li mandé sô gaçon vini shærshé sô fiy.”

— She asked her son to come get his daughter.

English:become

“Astœr ke kadjin viní popilær, tou kékunn olé dèt kadjin.”

— Now that Cajun became popular, everyone wants to be Cajun.

“Y na plin Démokrat ki tourné Républikin.”

— There are many Democrats who became Republicans.

virvir

Noun
English:mosquito larva