Lesson 6: Home, This-That & Where is it?

A: Kombyin shanm ina dan tô lamézon?
B: Ina lakizinn, dé shanm-a-koushé, salon-la, é ina ènn shanm-a-bin. Ça fé yé gin sink shanm. É tô-chin?
A: Mô-chin gin sèt shanm: lakizinn, dé shanm-a-bin, dé shanm-a-koushé, salon-la é in lakav.
B: Tô lakav enba?
A: Wi.
B: No pe pa gin lakav enba o Nouvèl-Òrléan. Ina tro dolo. To gin lashans, twa.
A: Petèt, mé vouzòt rès dan Lalwizyann é mo rès dan Indiana. Ça fé vouzòt gin lashans!
B: Hm. To gin rézon, la.

A: How many rooms are there in your house?
B: There is the kitchen, two bedrooms, the living room, and a bathroom. So, they have six rooms. And yours?
A: My house has seven rooms: the kitchen, two bathrooms, two bedrooms, the living room and a basement.
B: Is your basement underneath?
A: Yes.
B: We can’t have basements underneath in New Orleans. There’s too much water. You’re lucky, you.
A: Maybe, but y’all live in Louisiana and I live in Indiana. Y’all are lucky!
B: Hm. You’re right about that.

C: Mo bézwin komod-la! Éyou li yê?
D: Li enho lèskalyé. Dèzyèm zétaj-la.
C: OK, mærsi!
D: Pa-d-kwa.
C: Byin, byin mærsi; mo mank èksplozé!
D: Çé pa aryin, mé fé vit, la! Ç’alé sòrti salé si to fé pipi sur planshé mô gran-mær.

C: I need the toilet! Where is it?
D: It’s up the stairs. The second floor.
C: OK, thanks!
D: You’re welcome.
C: Thanks so much; I’m almost exploding!
D: It’s nothing, but be quick! It’s going to end up badly if you pee on my grandmother’s floor.