190 OUR INSULAR DIALECT. 



Au sounds like ow in low, as ravauda'ir. 



Aeu sounds much as the ow in vowel, as guichaeux, but in both the 

 aeu and aou the a sound is immediately followed by the sounds 

 of the other two vowels, as craoula'ir. 



An, en, in, un have a nasal sound unknown in French, as bdnque, 

 amendair, pdlin, arrum. 



M or N between two vowels renders the preceding one nasal, as 

 imanue, inutile. 



■v 



/. The verbs ending in ir and air drop the sound of the r, as s'mair, 



v'na'ir. 



S and T, when doubled at the end of a word, are to be sounded as 



niett, liett, Jiss, while silent in niet, liet, Jis. 



One is one syllable, as roue, hue. 



LI is always sounded as in mouille, cllaque. 



Gn and n are palatals, as bagnolle, enna'ir. 



Ky, as in Makyu, and Qu, as in nequair, have a medium sound be- 

 tween t and k, and are unknown in French, and sound some- 

 thing like tkyie. 



Gy is palatal, as gyablle, gyu ; while fy, ry, sy and vy are labials, and 

 sound like yie, as nya'iz, prydiz,fyaiz. 



Teh is pronounced as in ch in the English word chat. 



Liaisons in Norman French are very few, of which here are some : — 



Nou-s-raime ses amis, ?iou-s , a'ime, leu-s-enn'mi. 



Here follow a few verb formations : — 



TO BE. — ETRE. 



Pres. Ind. — J } sis, f srais,ffus,f eta'ir ,f aeus eta'ir, fy~avais eta'ir, fsrai, 

 fy-rais eta'ir. 



1st Person Plural. — J' etaimes, f etion, f srais, f erais eta'ir. 



Sai, qui sait, sayons, quails saient, saya'ir, sayie. 



Subjonctif. — Qiifsaies, qiCffusse, quefaie eta'ir, que f aeusse eta'ir. 



The verbs allair (Fr. alter) and acata'ir (Fr. acheter), change to acatis 

 and a His in the Pret. Def., so also is amis, while dormir and 

 Jinir change to dormisis and Jinisis, and in the subjunctive alter 

 alter changes to auge and imperfect allisse, perfect eta'ir, 

 pluperfect paeusse allair. 



In the few remarks I have made on Norman orthography 

 and some of the verbs, I have followed freely Mr. Metivier's 

 views, as they appear to me to give more generally the 

 true orthoepic sounds, and to be more free from local 

 peculiarities, though, I admit his writings lean to those 



