“ti” word

[knotty jacinth]

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[cyan egret]

Je ne trouve pas le mot “ti” dans aucun dictionnaire, mais je pense qu’il signifie “little”. Pourquoi “ti”?
Je souhaite qu’il existe un urban dictionary français.

[knotty jacinth]

ti / little

“ti” word

[regal hedge]

petit -> p'tit -> ti

[cyan egret]

merci

Is it a straight replacement for petit/e? Could we say ti-déjeuner or ti fils?

[regal hedge]

it's really just the same word. p'tit and ti reflect the pronunciation

ti is not very common though

p'tit is

(as spellings)

but even spelled the normal way, it is pronounced without the schwa most of the time

[cyan egret]

merci beacoup, sounds like p’tit-déjeuner and p’tit fils just as acceptable too

[regal hedge]

yeah

it's pretty much like little/lil'

[native pumice]

'ti/'tite are very common in Quebec btw

[regal hedge]

I should've specified European French

[gilded plank]

« ti » is like saying "lil"

[keen osprey]

i'm assuming it's always with the apostrophe?

like no one writes just «ptit» (unless it's in an apostrophe-dropping context, like how english people sometimes write "dont" instead of "don't" for some reason)

[native pumice]

people definitely write ptit in very casual contexts

both sides of the atlantic