When something happened is the second thing you need after who did it. These are the words for it.
| Patois | Cassidy-JLU | English |
|---|---|---|
| a (+ verb) | a (+ verb) | -ing marker: happening now |
| always | aalwiez | always |
| evenin | iivnin | late afternoon into evening |
| evri day | evri die | every day |
| evri maanin | evri maanin | every morning |
| fram maanin | fram maanin | all day, since morning |
| from maanin | fram maanin | all day long |
| lata | lieta | later |
| likkle more | likl muor | see you later |
| maanin | maanin | good morning |
| nex' week | neks wiik | next week |
| nung | nong | now |
| one-one | wan-wan | one at a time |
| set-up | set-op | wake night of singing and sharing |
| sidung a evening time | sidong a iivnin taim | sit down in the evening |
| soon come | suun kom | coming soon (elastic time!) |
| soon-a-maanin | suun-a-maanin | early in the morning |
| tideh | tide | today |
| time longer dan rope | taim langga dan ruop | patience; time settles everything |
| tumaro | tumaro | tomorrow |
| wa day | wa die | the other day |
| wha day tideh? | wa die tide? | what day is it today? |
| yeside | yeside | yesterday |
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.