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“un bon pri”

— a nice wage/salary

“bon salè”

— good salary

“Mô frær té fé un pari avèk mò.”

— My brother made a wager with me.

“Ki çé ki pari-la?”

— What is the wager?

“Mo linm fè pari-yé ak mô zami, mo toujour ganyé!”

— I love making wagers with my friends, I always win!

“Sharèt blé-çála çé mokinn.”

— That blue wagon is mine.

“Toulejou piti-layé té jwé ak sharèt tout alentour pak.”

— All day the kids played with the wagon all around the park.

“Èske to té di t’olé swá sharèt vèr-la ou swá sharèt rouj-la?”

— Did you say you wanted the green or the red wagon?

“Kan to dans, krosh un bèl ti fiy en sô sinti é kit mizik-la bouj twa. Çé ça’k mo pèl bon dans mèmm!”

— When you dance, grab a beautiful girl by the waist and let the music move you. That's what I call real dancing.

“In sinti, çé ça to mèt otou tô lahansh.”

— A waistband is what you put around your wast.

“To ka trouvé in sinti pou nonm é pou fenm-yé.”

— You can find waistbands for men and for women.

“N'ap spéré li rentré.”

— We're waiting for her to get home.

“Éspèr! M'ap arivé.”

— Hold on! I'm coming.

“Révèy! Révéyé!”

— Wake up!

“Mo linm révéyé bonnœr pou komensé lajounné.”

— I enjoy waking up early to start the day.

“Yé té fé bal a Lawtell aswa, ça fé yé té révéyé tar, lá.”

— They had a good time in Lawtell last night, so they woke up late today.

“Sinntya linm fé un ti tour dimansh dan laprémidi apré lamès.”

— Cynthia enjoys going for a walk on Sunday afternoons after mass.

“In ti prommnad çé bon pou twa.”

— A little walk is good for you.

“Alon marshé wa Ti Nonk démin.”

— Let's go walk to see Ti Nonk tomorrow.

“Plis to marsh, plis to mégri, yé di.”

— The more you walk, the more you lose weight, they say.

“Navé in vyé nonm ki té konné tounnayé tou koté alentour isit.”

— There was an old gentleman who used to stay walking around in this area.

“Moman té gin pou særvi in baton pou marshé.”

— Moman had to use a walking stick to walk.

“Jozèf té kasé sô shviy é té komensé marshé ak in kònn.”

— Jozèf broke his ankle and began walking with a cane.

“Lontem pasé, navé bouziyaj ent shak miray lamézon.”

— In the old days, there was bousillage between the walls.

“In mur blan.”

— A white wall.

“A black wallet”