Tsz Kong French

Tsz Kong French is a creole of French spoken in Tsz Kong made and developed by flutters

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There is no gramatical gender in TK French, so all is replaced with Li.

English	French	Tsz Kong French
The	Le/L'	Li/L'
	La/L'
	Les	Lisses
Of	De	Di
	De la
	Des

For example Li Siuba (The minibus), Li canteng (The restaurant)

Pronouns

Note: The use of French 'on' is generalised to 'us' and not any other uses as this concept does not exist in Tsz Kong French.

Subject and Reflexive Pronouns

Pronouns	English	To Eat (To Eat)	Reflexive	French	Reflexive	To Eat (Manger)	Tsz Kong French	Reflexive	To Eat (Siquer)
1st Person Pronoun	I	Eat	myself	Je	me	mange	Je	me	sic (From 食 in Cantonese)
2nd Person pronoun	You	Eat	youself	Tu	te	manges	Tu	te
3rd Person Masculine Pronoun	He	Eats	himself	Il	se	mange	Ili	se
3rd Person Feminine Pronoun	She	Eats	herself	Elle	se
3rd Object Pronoun	It	Eats	itself	Refer to Il/Elle
3rd Gender Neutral Pronoun	They/Xey	Eat	Themself/Xemself	Iel*	se
1st Person Pronoun Plural	We	Eat	Ourself/ourselves	On	se		On	on
3rd Person Masculine Plural Pronoun	They	Eat	Themselves	Ils	se	mangent	Ilises	seses
3rd Person Feminine Plural Pronoun				Elles	se
1st Person Pronoun Plural ("Formal")	Refer to We			Nous	nous	mangeons	Refer to On
2nd Person pronoun formal	Refer to You			Vous	vous	mangez	Refer to Tu

*Iel is not widely used, mostly used in the queer community in France

Direct Objects

	English			French				Tsz Kong French
Pronouns	Sentence	English Direct Object	Indirect	Sentence P1	French Direct Object	Sentence P2	Indirect	Sentence P1	French Direct Object	Sentence P2	Indirect
3rd Person Masculine Pronoun	I give	him	to him	Je	le	donne	à lui	Je	li	bei	ili
3rd Person Feminine Pronoun		her	to her		la
3rd Object Pronoun		it	to it		le
3rd Gender Neutral Pronoun		them/xem	to them/xem				à leur
3rd Person Masculine Plural Pronoun		them	to them		les				Lisses		illises
3rd Person Feminine Plural Pronoun					les

Disjunctive

Pronouns	English	French	Tsz Kong French
1st Person Pronoun	With me	Avec moi	Avec mi
2nd Person pronoun	With you	Avec toi	Avec ti
3rd Person Masculine Pronoun	With him	Avec lui	Avec li
3rd Person Feminine Pronoun	With her	Avec elle
3rd Object Pronoun	With it	Refer to Il/Elle
3rd Gender Neutral Pronoun	With them/xem	Avec iel
1st Person Pronoun Plural	With us	Avec nous	Avec ni
3rd Person Masculine Plural Pronoun	With them	Avec leur	Avec lissis
3rd Person Feminine Plural Pronoun		Avec elles
1st Person Pronoun Plural ("Formal")	Refer to We	Avec nous	Avec ni
2nd Person pronoun formal	Refer to You	Avec vous	Avec oi

Possessive

Disjunctive	English	French			Tsz Kong French
		XX's Baguette (M)	XX's Life (F)	XX's glasses	XX's baguette
1st Pronoun	Mine	Mon baguette	Ma vie	Mes lunettes	Li baguette di mi
2nd pronoun	Yours	Ton baguette	Ta vie	Tes lunettes	Li baguette di ti
3rd Masc Pronoun	His	Son baguette	Sa vie	Ses lunettes	Li baguette di li
3rd Feminine Pronoun	Hers
3rd Object Pronoun	Its
1st Pronoun Plural	Ours				Li baguette di ni
3rd Masculine Plural Pronoun	Their	Leur baguette	Leur vie	Leurs lunettes	Li baguette di lissis
3rd Feminine Plural Pronoun
1st Pronoun Plural Formal		Notre baguette	Notre vie	Nos lunettes
2nd pronoun formal		Votre baguette	Votre vie	Vos lunettes

Prepositions

French	Tsz Kong French	English	Example in French	Example in TK French	Example in English
À	Dans	At	À Paris	Dans Paris	At/In Paris
À côte de	à li côte di	Next to	À côte de mon bureau	À li côte di mi gongsi	Next to my office
Après	Après	After	Après la fête	Après li fête	After the party
Au dessous	Li hameen di	Below	Au dessous de la table	Li hameen di li toi	Under table
Au dessus	Li seungmeen di	Above	Au dessus de moi	Li seungmeen di mi	Above me
Autour de	à l'autour di	Around	Autour de l'école	À l'autour di hokhau	Around the school
Avant		Before	Avant de la leçon	Avant di li fortong	Before the lesson
Dans		In	Dans le restaurant	Dans li canteng	In the restaurant
De	Di	Of	Il est le prince de Bel Air	Ili hai li wangji di Bel Air	He is the prince of Bel Air
Derrière	Li derrière di	Behind	Le stylo est derrière l'ordinateur	Li derrière di li deenau, yau li stylo	The pen is behind the computer
Devant	Li devant di	In front of	Le stylo est devant l'ordinateur	Li devant di li deenau, yau li stylo	The pen is in front of the computer
En face	[Subj] face	Facing	La voiture est face au garage	La che face li chefang	The car is facing the garage
En vers	Li vers di	Toward	La voiture est vers le garage	La che vers li chefang	The car is towards the garage
Loin	Loin	Far
Pour	Pour	For
Près de	Li près di	Next to
Sans		Without
Sous	Li sous di	Under
Sur	Li sur di	Above

Preposition Contractions

They do not exist like in French (Eg. à le become au, instead à li becomes à li)

Vocabulary

Most nouns and verbs are from Cantonese written in French, however, there are some exceptions: