Translate Words from English to French Canadian
Do you want to know how to translate words from English to French Canadian? Speaking with someone of French Canadian origin would be a great idea, since you can get the words right from the source. However, you cannot just walk around with a French Canadian following you constantly and answering your every whim! Therefore, learning how to translate some words by yourself is crucial, if you want to learn the language.
French Canadian exists of quite a few components, and several languages fall under this term. Quebecois (Quebec French), Acadian French, Metis French and Newfoundland French are all part of the general category of French Canadian. Furthermore, French Canadians often refer to a people too, and not just a language. These French Canadians sometimes tend to also speak Canadian English or American English.
Quebec is the heart of French Canada, and about six million of its residents speak native French, and only about one million of them are English speaking. Throughout the rest of Canada, you will only find about one million French speaking Canadians. Therefore, the language is clearly quite concentrated!
Translate Words from English to French Canadian
Here's a list of some words and phrases translated from English to French Canadian.
- Il lui manque des bardeaux.:He’s missing a few tiles.
- Tout le kit: The whole shebang, the whole kit and caboodle, everything
- mariage contrat: marriage contract
- naissance: birth
- rem: remarried
- cadet: younger or youngest child
- la careme: Lent
- faire porter: to cause to be done
- fete: festival
- jour: day
- paroisse: parish
- raison: reason
- recensement: census
- souche: origin
- sud: south
- testament: last will and testament
- traite: treaty
Of course, we cannot translate words from English to French Canadian indefinitely. Chances are, you are looking for a specific word. Therefore, we will provide the tools that you need to do some translation of specific words.
Translators
The best translator is a person or a book, because Internet and other electronic translators are not always reliable. They cannot understand the context in which you are speaking. However, for single word translations, they are not really so much of a problem. Additionally though, finding translators for French Canadian is much more difficult than finding them for other languages. Therefore, lists of already translated words need to be included here as well.
- List of translated words
- French Canadian phrases and sayings
- About.com's Guide to French Canadian
- French Canadian dictionary
- French Canadian translations
Using French Canadian
Do you want to know why you might need to know French Canadian translations or when you may need to use this language? Perhaps you are going to visit Quebec at some point. If you are reading this from the United States, perhaps the northern most portions, that is quite a possibility for you, since Quebec is not that far away. Of course, you might vacation there from other parts of the world too. You do not need to know a foreign language to travel to that country, but it certainly does make the situation easier. You might find a decent amount of American speaking people in Quebec, so it might not be as much of a concern. Furthermore, they use the same language as people in the United States, for the most part. Therefore, it is not as difficult to learn as languages that are written in a different alphabet.