Days and time

When something happened is the second thing you need after who did it. These are the words for it.

PatoisCassidy-JLUEnglish
a (+ verb)a (+ verb)-ing marker: happening now
alwaysaalwiezalways
eveniniivninlate afternoon into evening
evri dayevri dieevery day
evri maaninevri maaninevery morning
fram maaninfram maaninall day, since morning
from maaninfram maaninall day long
latalietalater
likkle morelikl muorsee you later
maaninmaaningood morning
nex' weekneks wiiknext week
nungnongnow
one-onewan-wanone at a time
set-upset-opwake night of singing and sharing
sidung a evening timesidong a iivnin taimsit down in the evening
soon comesuun komcoming soon (elastic time!)
soon-a-maaninsuun-a-maaninearly in the morning
tidehtidetoday
time longer dan ropetaim langga dan ruoppatience; time settles everything
tumarotumarotomorrow
wa daywa diethe other day
wha day tideh?wa die tide?what day is it today?
yesideyesideyesterday

The second column is Cassidy-JLU, the systematic spelling. It is worth reading across the two columns rather than down one — the difference between them is the sound.

Every word here is taught somewhere in the course, in the lesson it belongs to, with audio and a pronunciation check. The full vocabulary is here, grouped by parish.

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