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“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.

“Yé trouvé li mòr endan sô lî.”

— They him dead in his bed.

“Yé pa gin asé lî koté yé.”

— They don't have enough beds at their place.

“Apré mô voyaj, mo méné bæk dê punèz a lamézon.”

— After my trip, I brought back bedbugs to the house.

“Unn fwa to gin punèz a lamézon, çé difisil débarasé yé.”

— Once you've bedbugs at the house, it's hard to get rid of them.

“Va dan tô shanm!”

— Go to your room!

“Yé défenn li manjé dan sô shanm.”

— They prohibit her from eating in her bedroom.

“Kombyin shanm a koushé zòt gin?”

— How bedrooms do yall have?

“Dan lété to pa bezwin koutepwint; ça fé tro sho.”

— In summer, you don't need a bedspread; it's too hot.

“To wa koutepwint-la? Mô bèlmær té fé ça.”

— You see this breadspread? My mother-in-law made that.

“Navé dê ta moush kan mo té piti, mé na pi, lála.”

— There used to be so many bees when I was young, but not anymore.

“Li mandé sô popá pou ékspliké zozo é moush-la-yé.”

— He asked his dad to explain the birds and the bees.

“Ça fé lontem mo manj pi lavyann.”

— It's been a while since I stopped eating meat.

“Alon mèt di bèf dan bouyon-la.”

— Let's put some beef in the stew.

“Mo t'olé ashté lavyann ashé koté Simoneaud's, mé na pi.”

— I wanted to buy some ground meat at Simoneaud's, but they're out.

“Jou pa koté rish-yé, ça va piké twa.”

— Don't play around beehives, they'll sting you.

“Y na un rish enhó st'afær, lá.”

— There's a beehive on top of that thing, there.

“Pou Labor Day, yé ashté si kés plin labyè.”

— For Labor Day, they bought six cases full of beer.

“Kan mo té jènn nanm, mo té bwa un ta labyær.”

— When I was a young man, I drank a lot of beer.

“Jou pa ak ti loulou-la-yé!”

— Don't play with those beetles!

“Li t'apé krié akòz un loulou dan sô rob.”

— She was screaming because of a beetle in her dress.

“Li té kité sô shar jish devan lamézon.”

— She left her car right in front of the house.

“Pas pa devan mò.”

— Don't pass in front of me.

“A lékòl, yé té devan nou.”

— In school, they were before us.