A wife sees her husband panicking in a scene from 30 vies. She pushes him to tell her what the matter is:
Dis-moi c’que t’as.
He tells her that everything’s fine. But because the wife keeps insisting on knowing what’s wrong, he gets frustrated. He tells her:
Ya rien, j’te dis.
Dis-moi c’que t’as. (dzi moi skeu tâ)
= Dis-moi ce que tu as.
Tell me what’s the matter.
Ya rien, j’te dis. (ya rien chteu dzi)
= Il n’y a rien, je te dis.
Nothing’s the matter, I tell you.
If you don’t know why dis in these examples sounds like dzi, read entries #209 and #210.
[Quotes from 30 vies, season 2, episode 59, Radio-Canada, Montreal, 21 December 2011.]
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