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Louisiana French…
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:32 pm
A French girl evaluates Louisiana French and the disappearing language pretty interesting video.
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Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:34 pm to Nole Man
quote:some people tried to preserve it, but they gave up
the disappearing language
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:38 pm to Kafka
quote:Baumers tried, Momma
some people tried to preserve it, but they gave up
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:41 pm to Nole Man
My grands, parents, aunts & uncles speak fluently (Avoyelles parish). I know many phrases & the basics.
This post was edited on 4/21/25 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:48 pm to Nole Man
Great video.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:51 pm to Nole Man
I watched it and the most interesting fact to take from it is that the young lady says that Cajun French is traditional French, just like they speak in France. It is not "patois", it is not a dialect. The accent is a bit different, but, she says it is like the French that is spoken in many places out in the rural areas of France.
Now, the "down on the Bayou" Cajun French, she says, is more like a dialect because it is not the same as traditional French and she had a difficult time understanding it, because the language is different. Bayou Cajun French is "patois" but Plains Cajun French is not.
Now, the "down on the Bayou" Cajun French, she says, is more like a dialect because it is not the same as traditional French and she had a difficult time understanding it, because the language is different. Bayou Cajun French is "patois" but Plains Cajun French is not.
This post was edited on 4/20/25 at 8:53 pm
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:53 pm to Nole Man
Cajun french?
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:59 pm to Champagne
During the war my grandfather could talk to the women in French and nobody else could.
Posted on 4/20/25 at 8:59 pm to Nole Man
As a native of south Louisiana who never learned any French and have now moved away with children who know no French.
This video actually made me sad
This video actually made me sad
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:16 pm to Nole Man
quote:
evaluates Louisiana French and the disappearing language
Glad I’m fluent in CoonAss…
Posted on 4/20/25 at 9:41 pm to RichJ
soooo
pass by my house
sew for out
make groceries
were these cajun or French sayings
pass by my house
sew for out
make groceries
were these cajun or French sayings
Posted on 4/20/25 at 10:21 pm to Nole Man
All my aunts and uncles spoke cajun French. It's a shame that it was forced out in the schools and not carried on as tradition. Yet we have to choose 1 for English and 2 for Spanish.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 12:04 am to bayouvette
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Yet we have to choose 1 for English and 2 for Spanish.
Yes because Spain had a way bigger colonization/population in the Americas than France.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 12:07 am to Nole Man
Cajun French is almost identical to rural French from SW France. Words not yet developed in France were borrowed from mostly English.
At least 40 years ago, the purest French in Louisiana was spoken in Rayne and Lake Arthur.
FTR, I find Lake Chuck more Cajun than Baton Rouge and on down the to New Orleans. Lake Chuck is about as Cajun as Batman, it's really more like SE Texas.
If you say shoot the ball for a quarterback to throw it, you might be Cajun.
If you say laid a fart or laid a turd, you might be Cajun
At least 40 years ago, the purest French in Louisiana was spoken in Rayne and Lake Arthur.
FTR, I find Lake Chuck more Cajun than Baton Rouge and on down the to New Orleans. Lake Chuck is about as Cajun as Batman, it's really more like SE Texas.
If you say shoot the ball for a quarterback to throw it, you might be Cajun.
If you say laid a fart or laid a turd, you might be Cajun
This post was edited on 4/21/25 at 12:09 am
Posted on 4/21/25 at 12:43 am to Trevaylin
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make groceries
It comes from the direct translation of fais depicerie which literally translates to “make groceries” like most action verbs in french start with the verb faire.. to make or do
Another one ..why we say “get down” when we get out of the car.. comes from the french term descende la voiture - to to get down from the car
This post was edited on 4/21/25 at 12:46 am
Posted on 4/21/25 at 1:33 am to Nole Man
I’d think idioms would come in to play to explain some of the differences as well. A person who speaks perfect English wouldn’t necessarily understand much of what American speakers say on a routine basis. So I’m sure that occurs with French as well. She used an example. “Laissez le bon temps rouler” didn’t make complete sense to her.
Also think of how sarcasm translates to those in their secondary language. For someone translating words in their mind the literal meaning can’t help but come first. That has to be a pain to master.
Also think of how sarcasm translates to those in their secondary language. For someone translating words in their mind the literal meaning can’t help but come first. That has to be a pain to master.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 6:55 am to sqerty
quote:
During the war my grandfather could talk to the women in French and nobody else could.
In that tv series Combat! from the 60's one of the main characters was a guy named Caje who was a Cajun and served as the platoon's translator with the Frenchies.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 7:35 am to Nole Man
The older generation spoke French when they want the young kids to know what they were saying. It died with them.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:08 am to Nole Man
Born in 52 and have 100% Cajun on my mother's side of the family. My grandma on her side was born a Terrebonne, got married the first time to a Bourgeois and after he died in an accident, married a Barrilleaux.
When I was a kid it was common for most of my mom's side of the family to get together and speak Cajun French so us kids didn't know who they were cutting up. It was mostly Cajun French with a sprinkling of English words tossed in for good measure.
I can remember listening to them talk and asking for them to teach me because it sounded so cool to me hearing them talk like that, but I was always run off and told "NO".
I can remember pockets of Cajun French speaking people in the N.O. area but my relatives in Golden Meadow and other parts of S.E. La. in the bayou area all spoke it daily as part of their normal life.
I haven't heard Cajun French in the N.O. area in decades but the last time I visited a friend in Houma who was in the hospital, I heard quite a few older people speaking it and it brought back good memories.
When I was a kid it was common for most of my mom's side of the family to get together and speak Cajun French so us kids didn't know who they were cutting up. It was mostly Cajun French with a sprinkling of English words tossed in for good measure.
I can remember listening to them talk and asking for them to teach me because it sounded so cool to me hearing them talk like that, but I was always run off and told "NO".
I can remember pockets of Cajun French speaking people in the N.O. area but my relatives in Golden Meadow and other parts of S.E. La. in the bayou area all spoke it daily as part of their normal life.
I haven't heard Cajun French in the N.O. area in decades but the last time I visited a friend in Houma who was in the hospital, I heard quite a few older people speaking it and it brought back good memories.
Posted on 4/21/25 at 8:31 am to Nole Man
My grandfather is Landry. My grandmother before marrying him, is Rivault.
My grandparents never spoke fluent French in front of the grandchildren but you damn well heard it from my grandfather when I fricked up.
My mawmaw just used it to put us to sleep.
Do do. Fais do do. Do do. (Go to sleep).
My grandparents never spoke fluent French in front of the grandchildren but you damn well heard it from my grandfather when I fricked up.
My mawmaw just used it to put us to sleep.
Do do. Fais do do. Do do. (Go to sleep).
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