Guernsey patois lesson no. XIV: Le Meuble=the furniture
13th May 2021Guernsey Press, 1950.
Lessons by Walter Brehaut of Le Planel, Torteval.
It will be possible now to discard verbs. They more or less follow the same rules, and are formed in the same way.
Vocabulaire
Enne table | A table | |
Un banc | A form | |
De chaires | Chairs | |
Enne grand'chaire, enne chaire à bras (note: ch here pronounced like a q) | An arm chair | |
Un sofa | A sofa | |
Le liait de fouieille, or la jonquière | The greenbed | |
Un scabé | A stool | |
Un scabé à trais pids | A three-legged stool | |
Un cherri | A folding-bed | |
Enne presse | A press | |
Enne casse | A chest | |
Les pids du liait | The foot of the bed | |
Le linge du liait | The bed linen | |
Les blancquets | The blankets | |
Les draps | The sheets | |
La courte pointe | The counterpane | |
Les lincheuls | The top sheets | |
Le duvet | The down quilt | |
Enne enquauere | A pillow case | |
Un traversair | A bolster | |
Enne fermaine | A hanging press | |
Un halaue | A drawer | |
Un sécrétaire | A writing table | |
Un bureau | A writing desk | |
Enne table a pid | A one-legged table (often round) | |
Un tison | A poker | |
Enne palette | A shovel | |
Des pinchettes | Tongs | |
De longues courtaines | Curtains | |
Des courtaines | Blinds | |
Enne telle | A floor cloth | |
Un charné (quarpé) | A carpet | |
Enne natte | A mat | |
Un miraue | A mirror | |
Enne duchesse | A duchess | |
Enne picture | A picture | |
Un portrait | A portrait | |
Enne lampe | A lamp | |
Un chandilier | A candlestick | |
Un drap d'table | A table cover | |
Un doubilier | A table cloth | |
Enne (h)auloge | A clock | |
Un vase | A vase | |