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Quizlet Le Vieux Perroquet
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1. agrippants: gripping
2. ait l’envie de se vanter: to have urge to brag
3. alors quand: then when
4. après beurdasser: piddling
5. au même temps: at the same time
6. avec d’l'a nanane: with some goodies
7. besoin d’avoir: the need to have
8. ceci: this here
9. comme repas: for a meal (as a meal)
10. d’en bas: of below
11. d’la campagnie: of some company
12. d’une vérité: of a truth
13. de charer un peu: to converse a little
14. de crackettess: of crackers
15. de pain: of bread
16. de se faire accroire: of to make ourselves believe
17. demander sans remords: to ask without remorse or qualm of conscience
18. des grimilles: some crumbs
19. des écorces de noix: some nut shells
20. des épluches de fruits: some peels of fruits
21. dépasser: to surpass
22. eh bien: well then
23. empêcher: to prevent
24. en tout calcu: in all calculation
25. est ennuyant: is lonely
26. j’ai commencé, j’commencai: I began
27. joliment vieux: pretty old
28. la barre: the bar
29. la vie plus courte: the life shorter
30. langues étrangères: foreign languages
31. le chat ou la chatte: the male cat or feline
32. le vieux perroquet: the old parrot
33. les liseurs: the readers

34. mais gardes: but thou look
35. mangeailler temps en temps: nibble from time to time
36. mes pensées: my thoughts
37. mon idée: my mind
38. nous avoir: us to have
39. négligeable: negligibly
40. pas reconnaisant: not thankful, unthankful
41. pas seulement survivre: not only survive
42. peut ti apprendre: can really learn
43. pluiseur plus longtemps: a few more (longer)
44. plus-tard augmenter: later to add or augment
45. pour amuser un maitre: to amuse a master
46. pour satisfaire: to satisfy
47. qu’aimerait: that would love to
48. qu’on est mieux: that we (one is) are better
49. quand-même: nevertheless
50. que rester: than to remain
51. quelques-un d’années: a few years
52. quoi qu’il y’a: what is there of
53. quoique: although
54. regardé manière: regarded in a manner
55. rentrant, entrant: entering
56. s’approchant: itself approaching
57. sans accomplissement: without accomplishment
58. ses argots: his talons
59. simplement: simply
60. son maitre: his master
61. sous une convenable circonstance: under a suitable circumstance
62. sur le jouquoir en maison: on the perch in home
63. sur le plancher: on the floor

64. sur un jouquoir: on a perch
65. taquiner (tiner): to tease
66. toujours gaillard: still hale
67. très serrées: very tight
68. un dégât: a mess
69. un human: a human
70. un mot ou deux: a word or two
71. un oiseau: a bird
72. un paillasse: a clown
73. une autre langue: another language
74. une être qui peut nous humilier: a creature (being) that can humiliate us
75. vaut pas mieux: not worth more
76. à lui-même: to himself
77. écrire sur papier: to write on paper

3 Responses to “Quizlet Set to “Le Vieux Perroquet””

  1. on 03 Nov 2011 at 8:39 pmLisa

    Hi Jim, When you going to post some new stuff? :) Really enjoy trying to learn Cajun – my grandfather spoke it but died before I was born, so I am trying to learn what I can. Thanks for your efforts to keep the language alive!

  2. on 04 Nov 2011 at 8:59 pmJim

    Lisa: As soon as I can feel better. Jim Leger

  3. on 13 Nov 2011 at 4:11 amAaron

    Hello Jim,
    I love your site. I was curious if it would matter if i learned French first? Given the abundance of resources out there in regards to learning French, then try to learn Cajun French once i have some French experience? Thank you so much for your efforts. Hopefully one day I can pass this beautiful language to my daughter. Like Lisa my grandfather died before he could teach me. Hope you are feeling better.

    Aaron

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