Aranese - aranés


To the west of Andorra in the Pyrenees lies the Val d'Aran, the Aran Valley. It is on the northern side of the mountains and the river flows northwards into France. The local dialect is the southern form of Gascon. The language to the south of the Pyrenees at this point is Catalan. For historical reasons, though, the Val d'Aran is not in France, but is part of Spain. In France Gascon is not an official language, but in this valley on the Spanish side of the border it is. Here it is called Aranese.

1. germà    brother        1. òc    yes        1. Guaire còste?    How much is that?
2. germana    sister        2. non    no        2. A on me cau pagar?    Where do I pay?
3. hilh    son        3. se vos platz    please        3. Compréner    To understand
4. hilha    daughter        4. gràcies    thank you        4. Compreni    I understand
5. pair    father                  5. Non compreni pas    I don’t understand
6. mair    mother        1. dimenge    Sunday        6. Sabi    I know
          2. deluns    Monday        7. Non sabi pas    I don’t know
1. primauera    spring        3. dimars    Tuesday          
2. ostiu    summer        4. dimèrcles    Wednesday        1. (jo) sò    I am
3. tardor    autumn        5. dijaus    Thursday        2. (tu) ès    you are (informal)
4. ivernau    winter        6. diuendres    Friday        (vosté) ei    you are (formal)
          7. dissabte    Saturday        3. (eth) ei    he is
1. chivau    horse                  (era) ei    she is
2. can    dog        1. pòble    town          
3. gat    cat        2. pòble    village        1. (nosati) èm
(nosates) èm		    we are (msc.)
we are (fem.)
4. vaca    cow        3. carrèr    street        2. (vosati) ètz
(vosates) ètz		    you are (msc.pl.)
you are (fem.pl.)
5. taure    bull        4. plaça    square          
6. pòrc    pig        5. pònt    bridge        3. (eri) son    they are (msc.)
7. oelha    sheep        6. casa    house        (eres) son    they are (fem.)
8. lop    wolf        7. jardin    garden          
9. arrat    mouse        8. glèisa    church          
10. audèth    bird        9. escòla    school        1. un, ua    one (msc., fem.)
11. auca    goose        10. estacion    station        2. dus, dues    two (msc., fem.)
12. peish    fish                  3. tres    three
                    4. quate    four


9. Paire Nòstre qu’ei ath cèl, qu’eth tièu nòm sia sanctificat; 10. qu’eth tièu règne venga. qu’era tia volontat sia hèita ara tèrra coma ath cèl. 11. Dòna-nos agüèi eth nòstre pan de cada dia, 12. e perdona-nos es nòstres ofènses coma nosàti perdonam es d’aqueths que nos an ofensats 13. e no nos deishes pas caure en tentacion; mai deliura-nos deth malin.

9 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. Matthew 6


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