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?)