Magoua which may derive from a word in an Algonquian

Algonquian languages

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 language ' onMouseout='HidePop("85862")' href="/topics/Algonquin_language">Algonquin

Algonquin language

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: Magwish; Mi'kmaq

Mi'kmaq language

The Mi'kmaq language is an Eastern Algonquian language spoken by nearly 9,100 Mi'kmaq in Canada and the United States out of a total ethnic Mi'kmaq population of roughly 20,000. The word Mi'kmaq is a plural word meaning 'my friends' ; the adjectival form is Míkmaw...

: Gwimu; ) which means loon, is a particular dialect

Dialect

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 of basilectal Quebec French

Quebec French

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 spoken in the Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières

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 area, between Trois-Rivières and Maskinongé

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. Long before a military fort was constructed there, Trois-Rivières became in 1615 the first stronghold of the coureur des bois

Coureur des bois

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 outside the city of Québec

Quebec

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. Magoua is the ethnonym applied to their descendants in the area, many of whom originated in Mi'kma'ki (also known as Acadia

Acadia

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). Magoua is the most conservative of all Quebec French varieties, including Joual

Joual

Joual is the common name for the linguistic features of basilectal Quebec French that are associated with the French-speaking working class in Montreal which has become a symbol of national identity for a large number of artists from that area...

. It preserves the sontaient "étaient" characteristic of Métis French

Métis French

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 and Cajun French

Cajun French

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, has a creole

Creole language

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-like past tense particle tà and has old present-tense contraction of a former verb "to be" that behave in the same manner as subject clitic

Clitic

In morphology and syntax, a clitic is a morpheme that is grammatically independent, but phonologically dependent on another word or phrase. It is pronounced like an affix, but works at the phrase level...

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Morphology and vocabulary

Standard French equivalents are in quotation marks, and the English translations within brackets.

Magoua	Standard French	English
mouén	moi, je	I
toué	toi, tu	you
(mouén) ch(u) tà ben màlàd	j’étais très malade	I was very sick
(mouén) chu la pis j’rès	j’y suis, j'y reste	I am here, and I stay
i son tà deus euzot	ils étaient deux	There were two of them
Ti-Oui i ben màlàd	Louis est très malade	Louis is very sick
Ti-Oui i tà ben màlàd	Louis était très malade	Louis was very sick
Ti-Oui tà pour t’aider	Louis t’aurait aidé	Louis would have helped you
tà mér tu la?	ta mère est-elle là?	Is your mother at home?
tà mér tà tu la?	ta mère était-elle là?	Was your mother at home?
(nouzot) ouen tà pour viend	nous serions venus	We would have come
vouzot tà àprà bouér	vous étiez en train de boire	You all were drinking
m’a fer sa	je le ferai	I will do it
t'a fer sa	tu le feras	You will do it
ouan alé wér wér si la djòb tà fèt	nous irons voir si le travail a été vraiment fait.	We will go and see if the job was really done
mon kien	le mien	mine
ton kien	le tien	yours
à gar	à la gare	at the train station
dan kour	dans la cour	in the yard
dan kor	dans le corps	in the body
ya ben kàrant onz d'skotch dan kor	il a bu quarante onces de scotch	He must have been drinking 40 ounces of Scotch
kòsen	vieillerie, truc, chose, affaire	old stuff
èn plènté d'kosen	une grosse quantité d'objets divers	plenty of stuff
ranmàs té kòsen pi dékris	prends tes affaires et vas-t’en	Pick up your things and scram!
tokàp	pénis, sans allure, con	penis, idiot
tokàpin	conne	idiotic woman
parlé màgoua	parler magoua	to speak Magoua, "comme les gens de chez nous"
èn cour d'Màgoua	une cour en désordre où on trouve de tout	a court yard that looks like Ali Baba's cave
en vrà Màgoua	un Magoua de souche; un vrai débrouillard	a person of Magoua descent; someone without "proper European" manners; a resourceful person