Provençal

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Pichoun vilage de Prouvenço

Provençal (Prouvençau in Provençal language) is one of several dialects of the Romance language Occitan, which is spoken by a minority of people in southern France and other areas of France.

This book aims to teach beginners the Provençal maritime language in mistralian writing.

Contents

[edit] Pronunciation

  • The ending o of a word is not pronounced.

[edit] Introducing yourself

Coumo ti dien ?
Mi dien Virginio
What is your name ?
My name is Virginia

[edit] Date

Lei sèt jour de la semano
dilun dimars dimècre dijòu divèndre dissate dimènche
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Lei douge mès
janvié febrié mars abriéu mai jun juliet avoust setèmbre óutobre nouvèmbre desèmbre
January February March April May June July August September October November December
Lei chiffro
un, uno dous, douei, douas très quatre cinq siès sèt vuech nòu
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Lei noumbro
dès (v)ounge douge trege quartorge qui(e)nge sège dès-e-sèt dès-e-vuech dès-e-nòu
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
vint trento quaranto cinquanto seissanto, sièssanto setanto quatre vint, vuetanto nòunanto cènt milo
20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 1000
dès milo cènt milo un milien dès milien cènt milien un miliard
10 000 100 000 1000 000 10 000 000 100 000 000 1000 000 000

[edit] Vocabulaire

Lou grapaud (the toad)
La granouio (the frog)
Lou drôle (the boy)

[edit] Pluriel

Lei fiho (girls)
Lei drôle (boys)
Lei cansoun (songs)

[edit] External link

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