Provençal (Provençau) is one of several dialects of Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern France and other areas of France and Italy .
In the English-speaking world, "Provençal" is often used to refer to all dialects of Occitan, but actually refers specifically to the dialect spoken in the former province of Provence as well as south of Dauphiné and the Nîmes region in Languedoc and the upper valleys of Piedmont, Italy (Val Maira, Val Varacha, Val d'Estura, Entraigas, Limon, Vinai, Pignerol, Sestriera). Outside Europe, the language in spoken mainly in the Northern Californian counties of Tehama, Siskiyou, Napa, Alpine and Mono counties, especially in the Mono County town of Chalfant Valley. A small community in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties also exists in Southern California.
Provençal is also the customary name given to the older version of the langue d'oc used by the troubadours of medieval literature, as opposed to Old French or langue d'oïl (from the native word for yes ) of the northern areas of France.
[edit ] Phrasebook [edit ] Provençal-speaking nations France França
Italy Itàlia
Spain Espanha
Monaco Mónegue
United States Estats Units (Es-tats-oo-nits )
[edit ] Essentials [edit ] Greetings Good morning. Bona matin. (Bo-nuh-ma-tin )
Good evening. Bon vèspre. (Bon-vees-pre )
Good afternoon. Bonser. (Bon-ser )
Hello. Adieu. (Ad-dieu )
What is your name? (formal) Cossí te dison? (Cuss-ee-te-di-sun? )
What is your name? (familiar) Cossí te dises? (Cuss-ee-te-di-ses? )
My name is... Mon nom est... (Mon-nom-ess-t )
Delighted. Encantat. (En-can-ta )
Likewise. Agradarsatge. (Ag-ra-dar-sagi )
Pleased to meet you. Content vos rencontrar. (Con-tent-voo-re-con-trar )
Mister (Mr.) Monsen (M.)
Madam (Mrs.) Madòna (Mdm.)
Miss (Ms.) Madomaisèla (Mla.)
How are you? (familiar) Cossí vas? (Coss-ee-vas? )
How are you (formal) Cossí va? (Coss-ee-va? )
What's happening? Qué passa? (Keh-pas-sa? )
How are you Cossí anatz? (Coss-ee-anat-ss? )
well ben (ben )
Thank you. Mercé. (mer-ceh )
Good-bye. Adieu. (A-deu )
Good-bye. (formal) Adieussiatz. (Ad-dieu-si-as )
See you later. Adieussiatz. (As-dieu-si-as )
See you tomorrow. Adieu-deman. (Ad-dieu-de-man )
See you. A reveire. (Arre-vea-re )
[edit ] Numbers One (1) Un (un )
Two (2) Dos (dos )
Three (3) Tres (th-re-ss )
Four (4) Quatre (quat-r )
Five (5) Cinc (zinc )
Six (6) Sièis (seei-s )
Seven (7) Sèt (seet )
Eight (8) Uèit (wait )
Nine (9) Nòu (noou )
Ten (10) Dix (dix )
Eleven (11) Onze (on-ze )
Twelve (12) Dotze (dot-ze )
Thirteen (13) Trètze (thret-ze )
Fourteen (14) Catòrze (ca-toor-ze )
Fifteen (15) Quinze (kin-ze )
Sixteen (16) Setze (set-ze )
Seventeen (17) Dètz-e-sèt (deet-ze-seet )
Eighteen (18) Dètz-e-uèch (deet-ze-huee-ch )
Nineteen (19) Dètz-e-nòu (deet-ze-noou )
Twenty (20) Vint (veint )
Twenty-one (21) Vint-e-un (veint-e-un )
Thirty (30) Trenta (th-rain-ta )
Forty (40) Quaranta (qua-ran-ta )
Fifty (50) Cinquanta (cin-quan-ta )
Sixty (60) Seissanta (seis-san-ta )
Seventy (70) Setanta (set-tan-ta )
Eighty (80) Ochanta (o-chan-ta )
Ninety (90) Nonanta (no-nan-ta )
One hundred (100) Cent (cent )
[edit ] Body parts Head Tèsta (tes-tuh )
Eye Uèlh (uu-ei )
Nose Nas (nas )
Mouth Boca (bo-cuh )
Arm Braç (bra-sh )
Hand Man (mann )
Finger Det (det )
Stomach Ventre (ven-tre )
Leg Camba (cam-ba )
Foot Pè (pei )
[edit ] School objects Pen Estilo (es-ti-lo )
Folder Dorsièr (door-si-ee )
Notebook Quasèrn (qua-seer )
Student Estudiant (es-tu-di-an )
Paper Papièr (pa-piee- )
Pencil Gredon (gre-don )
Book Libre (lee-brae )
Teacher (male) Professor (pro-fes-soo )
Teacher (female) Professora (pro-fes-sooro )
Desk Taula (tau-la )
Classroom Sala de classa (sa-la-de-class-a )
[edit ] The calendar Year An (aun )
Day Jorn (gsh-orn )
Week Setmana (set-ma-na )
Sunday Dimenge (di-menje )
Monday Diluns (di-luns )
Tuesday Dimarts (di-marts )
Wednesday Dimèrcres (di-meer-crees )
Thursday Dijòus (di-joou )
Friday Divendres (di-ven-dres )
Saturday Dissabte (dis-ab-te )
January Genièr (jen-neer )
February Febrièr (feb-reer )
March Març (marsh )
April Abrial (ab-ri-al )
May Mai (mai )
June Junh (june )
July Julhet (jull-het )
August Agost (aw-gost )
September Setembre (se-tem-brae )
October Octòbre (ot-too-brae )
November Novembre (no-vem-brae )
December Decembre (de-sem-brae )
Today Uèi (oo-way )
Tomorrow Deman (de-man )
Note: In Provençal, days of the week and months are only capitalized when they are in the beginning of a sentence.
[edit ] Weather conditions Sunny Solelhós (so-leel-oh-s )
Hot Caud (cod )
Cold Freg (freech )
Windy Vent (ven )
Rainy Plòure (pl-oou-re )
