Picard/Grammar1
< Picard
In grammar, we distinguish the name, the article, the adjective, the adverb, the verb, the pronoun...
Names and articles
editThe name is a class of words which indicates the categories of beings, things and the concepts.
- male name
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- ch'gardin (the garden) , ech mon.nieu (the sparrow) , echl'éfant (the boy)
- un mon.nieu (a sparrow) ,
- female name
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- el vake , l'vake , la vake , (the cow) , chole feume (the woman)
- ène vake , un.ne vake , eune vake , in.ne vake (a cow)
- plurals of names
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- chés garchons (the guys) , chés éreilles , echs éreilles (ears)
- Partitive article du
- J’ai du chuke dins min sanke. (I have some sugar in the blood)
Numeral adjectives
edit- Un, Deus, Troés, Quate, Chonc, ... ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5, ...)
- deus foé quate font uit. ( 2 x 4 = 8 )
- prumié, sgond, trojième, quatième, chinquième, ... (first, segond, third, 4th, ... )
Possessive adjectives
edit- min fiu , em bouke, mes fius, mes vakes (My son, my mouth, my sons, my cows)
- emn éfant, emn éreille, mes éreilles, ems éreilles (My child, my ear, my ears, my ears)
Verbs
editIn picard language, we have 3 groups:
- - first group = canter, warder (to sing , to keep)
- - second group = finir, bolir (to finish, to boil)
- - 3th group = mintir, rinde, boère, mette, etc ... (to lie, to make, to drink, to put, ...)
Negative forms
edit- n' ... poin
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- i n'pérle poin picard. (he does not speak picard)
- non
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- Ch'est un carpintié ? - Non, ch'est un émnusié. (It is a carpenter? No, it is a joiner)
- mie
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- Ch'est mie cho ! (It is not this!)
Interrogative forms
edit- ch'est coér loin d'ichi ? (It is still far from here?)
- varos-tu ? (Will you come?)
- Cha vo-ti? (Are you all right?)
- Te viens-jou ? (Did you come from?)
Inquiring adjectives
edit- Quo qu'té bos ? (What are you drinking?)
- Qué lives qu'os volez ? (What books do you want?)
- Conbin d'peumes éq vos volez ? (How many apples do you want?)
Pronoun interrogatives
edit- Té pérle éd quoué ? (What are you talking about?)