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Breaks my heart to read that.

Same here (Lafourche Parish, Louisiana). My grandparents on both sides wouldn't teach us. In childhood, they were brainwashed by the schools to be ashamed of the language. They weren't allowed to speak their own language at school.

Aye you should come down when they open the Cajun/Creole festivals again. You might find people you related to, cuz.

I'm in Louisiana, south louisiana, baton rouge, but I travel around. My understanding from the people I see and know, a creole family is mixed between black and another person of a different heritage but the nix was culturally in the past, years back. Where communities and families would just be all mixed up and become creole. I could be wrong but that's what I observe and understand.

couillon is derived from 'couille',meaning testicle, and is used as an insult.(in France)

😂 we still call each other coo yon in my family. Lol 😂 or Boscoyo. 😆

A Hispanic-Latino 🇪🇸 who want to learn French from us Franco-Latinos 🇫🇷! Much rèspeck mô lami!

Yes it is.

That’s basically what it is, but even more than that. It’s an old Americanized /Canadianized French. The word ‘Cajun’ is an American spelling for Acadian (or Acadians) what they use to call [ pronounced Ca-juh] in French. It’s been also mixed with English a bit too over the years and or rural redneck (or less educated) version of French. The French in old colonial Louisiana were basically broken down into three different camps. You had the European or Parisian French settlers (which my family was), you had the Acadians (later known as Cajuns - ( which my other half of family was) also like to refer to ourselves as “coon ass.” And you had the creoles (or French Creoles). Those mixed with Native American, or African or Spanish or other cultures. which is also a slightly different French/patois and culture. That’s more of the New Orleans area. In the rural south La regions is more Cajun. And in the Prairies of Avoyelles is more of descendants of the colonial French settlers. But we’ve all mixed together so much now that we all just speak basically Cajun French.

Doucement :)

@@BradNation Thank you 👍

It's my intention to make more but atvthe moment I'm starting a new job and I have a new baby

Brad Nation congrats

It's used for everyone.

helloitslbo we also use "Boo" as a term of endearment (female or child). Men use "podnah" when not well acquainted with someone.

Don't do that "Boo" thing. It is so annoying.

oui, oui, ma chère amie

@@TheBlueeyedJewBoo and podna ain’t French tho

I'm hoping I can put a little time aside to make a few more videos. I hope they helping.

Ruben Pikin we know. we find it funny too. LOL

Yes; there's even a couple different kinds of Cajun French (the creole and the one that's more like classical french). France's French has changed a lot in the past 200 years, and Louisiana French has changed some too, making them sound different from each other.

+Ryan Smith is there a way to learn the latter?

There's a group on Facebook called "Cajun French Virtual Table Francaise" that's the largest such group and is lots of help. If you can find a copy, and are good with Linguistics, Louisiana French Grammar by Marilyn Conwell is also a huge help.

Ryan Smith Thank you ! Just sent a request to join the group as I have been wanting to learn Cajun French for years

To answer your question, I find that sometimes, Cajun pronunciation is similar to that of the elderly of Western France's countryside, which is no wonder when you know that many Acadians came from this part of France (Poitou, Normandy...). They also roll their Rs which a feature no longer in use in modern Standard French, but again, the old would roll Rs.. My late grandmother who lived in western France rolled Rs to and used to say "Asteur", an obsolete way of saying "now" ("maintenant"), but which is still in use among the Cajuns and French-speaking Canadians. Cajun French and Standard French are mutually intelligible, whereas it's not quite the case with Louisiana Creole

Pain dore for pain perdu, non?

Why would I hate you?

🇭🇹 Haitian-yé çé bon moun! Mo çé kréyol du lawizyann.

🤣OH I know!! LOL My grandfather found out the hard way as well.

I know right!! LOL

Just learn french! I learned Canadien-francais, because mes aieux (my ancesters) are from Quebec, and i understood everything( except Marraine). if you Learn standard french, picking up the dialects will be easy! Bon chance, 'Ello/bonjour!

*Louisiana French. Not everyone in Louisiana that speaks French descends from Acadians.

I have two thoughts on this. Asteur je connais ce qu'est l'amour and Je connais ce qu'est l'amour asteur It's a matter of moving the NOW from the front to the back. It's how I would say it, but others may have a different way of saying it.

I'm guessing you love me and I love you. Toi l'aime moi Moi, j'l'aime toi I would've said Tu l'aime (just aime) moi and the second part is how I said it. I pronounce it more mwaw sh-Tame twaw

@@BradNation I hope Im not steppin on toes, but if you are referencing a person one wouldnt use the '"L" (le/la) before aime, because its 2nd person singular reflexive. You would be well to use "T' (tu) as you wrote it.I dont speak cajun, so maybe thats how it is spoken/written in Louisianne?

That would be France French, not Louisiana French

Will Prat I say "sha", like "shah"

Chère: expensive Cher laik cher ami :dear frend ;In french de accent doe de difference . Désolé pour mon anglais

@@michelvansteenberge571 Tu parle en anglais bien, la!

In Lafayette and st Martinville it’s sha. Spoken by adults to adults or children. A term of endearment like sweetheart or dear or along those lines and spoken in standard English sentences like. “Thank you sha”. Or “ mais sha” ... okay that’s not English buts its definitely a phrase. In 43 years never heard Cher. Except in standard French.

Morris York I’m from south Louisiana, cher is pronounced “sha” here, never “share”.