Picard/Grammar1

In grammar, we distinguish the name, the article, the adjective, the adverb, the verb, the pronoun...

Names and articles

The name is a class of words which indicates the categories of beings, things and the concepts.

male name

ch'gardin (the garden) , ech mon.nieu (the sparrow) , echl'éfant (the boy)

un mon.nieu (a sparrow) ,

female name

el vake , l'vake , la vake , (the cow) , chole feume (the woman)

ène vake , un.ne vake , eune vake , in.ne vake (a cow)

plurals of names

chés garchons (the guys) , chés éreilles , echs éreilles (ears)

Partitive article du

J’ai du chuke dins min sanke. (I have some sugar in the blood)

Numeral adjectives

• Un, Deus, Troés, Quate, Chonc, ... ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5, ...)
• deus foé quate font uit. ( 2 x 4 = 8 )
• prumié, sgond, trojième, quatième, chinquième, ... (first, segond, third, 4th, ... )

Possessive adjectives

• min fiu , em bouke, mes fius, mes vakes (My son, my mouth, my sons, my cows)
• emn éfant, emn éreille, mes éreilles, ems éreilles (My child, my ear, my ears, my ears)

Verbs

In picard language, we have 3 groups:

- first group = canter, warder (to sing , to keep)

- second group = finir, bolir (to finish, to boil)

- 3th group = mintir, rinde, boère, mette, etc ... (to lie, to make, to drink, to put, ...)

Negative forms

n' ... poin

i n'pérle poin picard. (he does not speak picard)

non

Ch'est un carpintié ? - Non, ch'est un émnusié. (It is a carpenter? No, it is a joiner)

mie

Ch'est mie cho ! (It is not this!)

Interrogative forms

• ch'est coér loin d'ichi ? (It is still far from here?)
• varos-tu ? (Will you come?)
• Cha vo-ti? (Are you all right?)
• Te viens-jou ? (Did you come from?)

Inquiring adjectives

• Quo qu'té bos ? (What are you drinking?)
• Qué lives qu'os volez ? (What books do you want?)
• Conbin d'peumes éq vos volez ? (How many apples do you want?)

Pronoun interrogatives

• Té pérle éd quoué ? (What are you talking about?)