| a, an / ein |
| affaire / zafè |
| afraid / gen pè |
| air / l'air |
| all / tout |
| alone / séls |
| already / déja |
| always / touhou |
| amuse / misé |
| another / en n'aut |
| answer / réponn |
| ant / fourmi |
| any / oken |
| apple / despomm |
| april / avriy |
| arrive / rive |
| ask / monde |
| at the home of / coté |
| at the same time / en mem tan |
| autumn / lotonn |
| back (of body)/ do |
| bayou / bayou |
| be called / pele |
| because / paske |
| bed / lit |
| beer / bè |
| before / devan |
| begin / komanse |
| behind / derye |
| believ / krwa |
| below / enba |
| beside / ora |
| better / mye |
| bird / zozo |
| black / blank |
| blood / disang |
| blue / ble |
| book / liv |
| born / nen |
| boss / bos |
| bottom / fond |
| boy / garson |
| branch / branch |
| bread / dipen |
| bridge / pont |
| bring / porté |
| brother / frè |
| bull / toro |
| burn / brile |
| but / me |
| butcher / biche |
| buy / achte |
| buzzard / kalenkro |
| cabbage / deschou |
| cabin / kabonn |
| can / v. ka, kap, kapab |
| cat / gato |
| chair / lachès |
| change / v chanje |
| child / piti |
| choose / chwasi |
| church / leglis |
| circle / serkle |
| climb down / desonn |
| close / freme |
| cold ( I am) / gen frèt |
| cold (it is) / fè frét |
| cold / frèt |
| come / vini |
| continue / kontinye |
| counsel / v konseye |
| count / v. konte |
| crocodile / krokodi |
| crown / kouronn |
| cry / ele |
| cry / plere |
| dance / v danse |
| daughter / fiy |
| day / jou |
| dead / mouri |
| dead / mouri |
| decide / deside |
| defend / defonn |
| depart / soti |
| devil / djab |
| die from / kreve |
| dinner / dinin |
| do / fè |
| dog / chen |
| door / laport |
| drink / bwa |
| drive / v kondwi |
| each / chaken |
| each / chaken |
| ear / zorey |
| early / bonè |
| earth / tè |
| eat / manje |
| egg / dese |
| evening / swa |
| eyes / zye |
| family / fonmiy |
| fat / gro |
| father / popa |
| fear / pè |
| feather / laplim |
| fill / renpli |
| find / trouve |
| finger / dwat |
| fire / dife |
| first / premye |
| flood / lagrando |
| flour / lafarin |
| fly / vole |
| for / pou |
| forget / bilye |
| fortune / fortin |
| four / kat |
| fresh / frech |
| friend / lami |
| fun / fonn |
| gallon / gelon |
| get up / leve |
| giant / jean |
| give / donn |
| go / ale |
| go in / rentre |
| goat / kabri |
| good lord / bondje |
| grass / deserb |
| grasshopper / sigal |
| green / vèr |
| grill / v griye |
| ground / later |
| guy, fellow (black) / nèg |
| hand / lamen |
| happy / kontan |
| hard / dir |
| have / gen |
| he / li |
| head / latet |
| here / isit |
| here is / ga (isit) |
| hit / batt |
| hot / cho |
| house / lameson |
| how much / konmyen |
| hungry / gen fem |
| I / mo |
| if / si |
| imbecile / kouiyon |
| in / ara |
| in / dan |
| innocent / inosan |
| interest (bank) / lintere |
| invent / vente |
| invite / vite |
| it / li |
| it is / se |
| just / jis |
| key / kle |
| kill / tschwe |
| king / rwa |
| kitchen / kisin |
| knife / couto |
| know / konnen |
| lamp / lalamp |
| late / ta |
| later / pli ta |
| laugh / v ri |
| lay / kouche |
| lead / v kondwi |
| leave (not take) / kite |
| leave / parti |
| let / lese |
| lick / liche |
| light / limyè |
| lip / babin |
| listen to / koute |
| live / vive |
| long time / longtan |
| look for / cheche |
| lose / perde |
| love / lem |
| man / nomm |
| marry / marye |
| master / met |
| maybe / petet |
| me / mwen |
| meat / lavyonn |
| middle / milye |
| milk / dile |
| mine / pro. mokyenn (motchen) |
| mistake / mistek |
| moment / maman |
| money / largan |
| more / pli |
| morning / matin |
| mother / moman |
| mouth / ladjèl |
| must / fò |
| near / ora |
| near / proch |
| need / bezwan |
| never / jamen |
| new / nouvo |
| night / nwit |
| no longer / pli |
| noise / dibri |
| noon / midi |
| not / pa |
| not even / yenk |
| nothing (ne...rien) / pa...aryen |
| now / astè |
| nude / ni |
| odor / odè |
| of / omitted |
| often / souvan |
| ogre / ogre |
| old / vye |
| on / an |
| on / si |
| one / pro. moun |
| only / nek |
| oven / stov |
| pain / pèn |
| parole / parol |
| path / chimin |
| pay / paye |
| person / boug |
| place / plas |
| pocket / poch |
| poor / pov |
| prairie / pleri |
| principal (bank) / prinsipal |
| prison / prison |
| purple / vyole |
| put / mete |
| quickly / vit |
| rain / lapli |
| red / rouj |
| resemble / sonble |
| rest / repose |
| rest / reste |
| return / v revini |
| right, to be / gen rezon |
| run / kouri |
| sack / sak |
| sad / trist |
| say / di |
| see / wa |
| self / mem |
| send / voye |
| smell / senti |
| serve / servi |
| set to (doing) / pronn |
| shape / lafigi |
| she / li |
| shit / krot |
| sick / malad |
| since / depi |
| sing / chante |
| sister / sè |
| skinny / megri |
| sky / syel |
| sleep / dromi |
| sleep / dromi |
| small / ti |
| smart / smat |
| so (this much) / afors |
| some / kèk |
| someone/ kek-en |
| something / kichos |
| speak / parle |
| spring / prentan |
| still / ankor |
| stomach / lestomak |
| stop / rete |
| story / listwa |
| strong / fort |
| stupide / bet |
| subject / sije |
| sugar cane / deskon |
| summer / lete |
| sun / solè |
| supper / soupe |
| swamp / swampè |
| table / latab |
| tell (a story) / konte |
| ten / dis |
| thank / mersi |
| that / sa |
| then / sa fè |
| there is / enna |
| there is in / enna |
| they / ye |
| thing / kichos |
| think / panse |
| three / twa |
| throw / jete |
| tiger / tig |
| time / fwa |
| to / omitted |
| to be / omitted before adjective, ye in simple questions, se between |
| today / jordi |
| together / ensomn |
| tomorrow / demen |
| tongue / lalang |
| touch / touche |
| toward / kote |
| trap / trape |
| travel / voyoje |
| tree / narb |
| tremmble / tronble |
| true / vrè |
| try / v seye |
| two / de |
| umbrella / lonbrey |
| under / onba |
| understand / konpronn |
| unhappy / malere |
| until / jiska |
| very / byen |
| voice / lavwa |
| wait for / tonn |
| walk / marche |
| wall / mir |
| warehouse / magazin |
| was / te |
| wash / lave |
| watch / v garde |
| water / dolo |
| we / nou |
| week / smen |
| what / sa |
| what / kisa |
| when / kann |
| which / kel |
| while / pandan |
| white / blan |
| who / ki |
| why / kofè |
| will be / sa |
| wine / divin |
| winter / livè |
| wish / v. ole |
| with / vek |
| without / san |
| wolf / lou |
| woman / fom |
| work / v travay |
| would be / sé |
| year / lonnen |
| yellow / jòn |
| yes / we |
| yesterday / yè |
| you (pl) / vou |
| you (sing) / to |
| young / jen |
