Thanks for this. My whole dads side of the family is from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Grew up hearing some creole but never learned much of it myself. Very interested in picking up a little. I wanna surprise my family in Louisiana some day hahaha I got cousins and uncles I never even met still livin in my grandmas old house on the bayou. Just gonna show up one day haha.
Me and my Grandma have always wanted to learn Louisiana French, because her grandparents spoke it but never taught them. I am excited to now learn and teach my children so that our Heritage and language will live on.
Louisiana creole and Louisiana french are so similar. We say "Bon matin" like Canada, but france doesn't use that phrase for good morning. Don't give up on your practice, you won't regret it.
@@louisineseI find that fascinating. This is why I think linguistic diversity is important and also can be beneficial because it reflects the cultural values and views of the people in that specific place. I've heard quite a few North American anglophones say that they find it easier to understand and speak the Canadian and Louisiana varieties of French than that of France. There's a shared culture for speakers of languages in North America for sure.
Yes mo zami. I appreciate how you said “Afro” althoughin this case I prefer to use “Soulaan”. It’s a personal level of expression. It’s more welcoming (We are Family) vs inviting (Come on Stranger). We are not strangers so there’s no need to connect…but we can converse.😉
I’m a French Acadian from the Canadian East Coast, and we do say : Kwa, Ki, Ayou 😀, Kel, Poukwa, Eske, nouzot, vouzot, but for they, we say Zeu! Yé is singular for us. Also all of the Bonjou, bon laprémidi, comment va lè zafè….I want to go Louisiana some day. The British deported our Acadian ancestors in 1755, all south and some settled in Louisiana.
Ma'am, Stop lying to yourself and to these people in this video's comment section! Because those words that you wrote are words of Afrakan languages not the French language. So how did y'all Arcadian French people get Afrakan languages...words in your language too?!
@@CertifiedKyl504 No, she's not lying. Those words are of French origin. Most Louisiana and Haitian Creole has French Vocabulary over a West African syntax. kwa=quoi? ki=qui? ayou= a ou? eske = est-ce que? Nouzot, vouzot come from vous autres and nous autres. All these are French in origin.
I love languages. Specifically creoles. I have more familiarity with Cape Verdean Creole (kabuverdianu) and I love seeing the parallels with this creole. Specifically, with pronouns. In the islands of CV, the kriolo can change (kinda like a dialect) drastically between northern islands and southern islands. So, I giggled when I saw the pronoun zot. It's used in the island of Sao Vicente and Santo Antao in CV. It's Bizote, but when speaking fast can sound just like zot. It's so neat. Also, listened to the video... I would be lying if I said I knew something lol
Great grandmother was creole! Spoke the language, all that jazz. Unfortunately, my grandfather died when my mother was a kid. So the language is lost in my family Curious to learn this language and help keep it alive!
All the French-based creoles I've heard or read about so far have one thing in common, that is the disappearance of the letter R at the end of syllables. I guess africans used to struggle with the harsh french R
My grandfather is the only one in my family who still knows Louisiana Creole. He tried teaching me all my life, but as I got older, I forgot a lot of it because people teased me for speaking it. I really wish I'd taken better care of those lessons. Thanks to this channel, I want to learn Creole, partly to surprise my grandfather while he's still around and also to share it with my daughter!
Im from Lafayette my family is from st.martinville, Lafayette, duson, Abbeville. My grandparents and great grandparents and aunts spoke kouri vini. My grandparents and great grandparents only spoke kouri vini
Thank you for teaching Louisiana Creole 💯❤️Helps me gets better on speaking and writing. Is there a book with everything in it. My family speaks Louisiana Creole. I understand when they speak it. My family from Breaux Bridge, Lafayette, Cecilia, etc....
My dad stopped speaking and refused to speak it again. My uncle spoke nothing but. So, I didn't know much of the language. When my dad was near death , he reverted to the language because he was out of his head.
i seen some people pronounce “in” in words such as bon matin as “ma-tan” with more of an a sound but you pronounce it with more of an u or uh sound is this a dialectal thing?
French has soft and a lot of times silent consonants at the ends of many words and kouri vini seems to have carried some of those spelling traditions. Also 'en' tends to have a sound more like "on" in english or "ohn" with a soft 'n' and depending on the speaker no 'n' sound
My grandad is from New Orleans an of creole descent I’m so happy to find a channel that can teach creole . He knows only very little
Thank you so much for teaching this. I'm so proud of us for not letting our culture and language die out.
Thank GOD for this channel! Please keep posting lessons.
I was never taught creole by my father. I always wanted to learn
Thanks for this. My whole dads side of the family is from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Grew up hearing some creole but never learned much of it myself. Very interested in picking up a little. I wanna surprise my family in Louisiana some day hahaha I got cousins and uncles I never even met still livin in my grandmas old house on the bayou. Just gonna show up one day haha.
Me and my Grandma have always wanted to learn Louisiana French, because her grandparents spoke it but never taught them. I am excited to now learn and teach my children so that our Heritage and language will live on.
Louisiana creole and Louisiana french are so similar. We say "Bon matin" like Canada, but france doesn't use that phrase for good morning. Don't give up on your practice, you won't regret it.
@@louisineseI find that fascinating. This is why I think linguistic diversity is important and also can be beneficial because it reflects the cultural values and views of the people in that specific place. I've heard quite a few North American anglophones say that they find it easier to understand and speak the Canadian and Louisiana varieties of French than that of France. There's a shared culture for speakers of languages in North America for sure.
I'm very happy to find this!! I'm currently trying to connect to my roots. Thank you C:
This is fantastic. Thank you for this! Been hearing bonswa all my life and finally deciding to learn something myself
I LOVE THIS, please continue!❤
this all sounds familiar and correct. "Sholo" and my grandmother used to talk like this (St Martinville)
Im from california can i still speak Louisiana creole just what to connect with my afro people
Yess of course
Yeah, why not? Lol.
Yes mo zami. I appreciate how you said “Afro” althoughin this case I prefer to use “Soulaan”. It’s a personal level of expression. It’s more welcoming (We are Family) vs inviting (Come on Stranger). We are not strangers so there’s no need to connect…but we can converse.😉
I’m a French Acadian from the Canadian East Coast, and we do say : Kwa, Ki, Ayou 😀, Kel, Poukwa, Eske, nouzot, vouzot, but for they, we say Zeu! Yé is singular for us. Also all of the Bonjou, bon laprémidi, comment va lè zafè….I want to go Louisiana some day. The British deported our Acadian ancestors in 1755, all south and some settled in Louisiana.
Heyyyyy we may be Kin lol❤
Ma'am, Stop lying to yourself and to these people in this video's comment section! Because those words that you wrote are words of Afrakan languages not the French language. So how did y'all Arcadian French people get Afrakan languages...words in your language too?!
@@CertifiedKyl504 No, she's not lying. Those words are of French origin. Most Louisiana and Haitian Creole has French Vocabulary over a West African syntax. kwa=quoi? ki=qui? ayou= a ou? eske = est-ce que? Nouzot, vouzot come from vous autres and nous autres. All these are French in origin.
@@JLDReactionsGood points!. I also remember your channel. How is your language learning (or maintenance) going now?
moi itou!!
You're resources have been so helpful, it'd be beautiful if you returned to making content on your website
I love languages. Specifically creoles. I have more familiarity with Cape Verdean Creole (kabuverdianu) and I love seeing the parallels with this creole. Specifically, with pronouns. In the islands of CV, the kriolo can change (kinda like a dialect) drastically between northern islands and southern islands. So, I giggled when I saw the pronoun zot. It's used in the island of Sao Vicente and Santo Antao in CV. It's Bizote, but when speaking fast can sound just like zot. It's so neat.
Also, listened to the video... I would be lying if I said I knew something lol
Great grandmother was creole! Spoke the language, all that jazz.
Unfortunately, my grandfather died when my mother was a kid. So the language is lost in my family
Curious to learn this language and help keep it alive!
All the French-based creoles I've heard or read about so far have one thing in common, that is the disappearance of the letter R at the end of syllables. I guess africans used to struggle with the harsh french R
My grandfather is the only one in my family who still knows Louisiana Creole. He tried teaching me all my life, but as I got older, I forgot a lot of it because people teased me for speaking it. I really wish I'd taken better care of those lessons. Thanks to this channel, I want to learn Creole, partly to surprise my grandfather while he's still around and also to share it with my daughter!
Im from Lafayette my family is from st.martinville, Lafayette, duson, Abbeville. My grandparents and great grandparents and aunts spoke kouri vini. My grandparents and great grandparents only spoke kouri vini
Who is your family in Duson?
WEEKS ISLAND- BORN AND RAISED- then NEW IBERIA
Who yo people? My family from every area you named.. we heavily in Duson and Lafayette though.
I definitely appreciate the lesson. St Tammany Parish
Thank you for teaching Louisiana Creole 💯❤️Helps me gets better on speaking and writing. Is there a book with everything in it. My family speaks Louisiana Creole. I understand when they speak it. My family from Breaux Bridge, Lafayette, Cecilia, etc....
bonjour de Suisse
merci pour cette leçon ...votre créole proche de notre français
Please keep making these 😭
why?
Bonjour! Je suis d'origine haïtienne. Il y a des ressemblances entre le Kouri Vini et créole d'Haïti.
DONT LET THE FLAME DIE OUT!!!!
I'm trying to join your class how do I find them. I'm from breach bridge, la
discord.gg/NzcU2fjEdu
My grandpa was creole he could speak it, my mom is creole, been trying to find a place to learn this!!!
are Haitian Creole & Louisiana Creole the same? can they be understood by the other party?
Your accent is amazing man. Does all of Louisiana spynd like that?
My dad stopped speaking and refused to speak it again. My uncle spoke nothing but. So, I didn't know much of the language.
When my dad was near death , he reverted to the language because he was out of his head.
im louisiana creole n black, can you please do a video on family names like grandma, uncle, aunt etc.
Beautiful, thank you! Reminds me a lof of Haitian Kreyol!
Yeah the French base and African influence is strong
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I've heard éyou used in Cajun, is this a borrowing from kreyol ?
ina boukou de similarites ent kreyol et pi franse lwizyanne. n'a pa un lang nome cajin.
I am eager to learn
Do you have an email address? I would l have been looking for private lessons for years
Same here
Its like haitian creole
Mèsi pou ça!
i seen some people pronounce “in” in words such as bon matin as “ma-tan” with more of an a sound but you pronounce it with more of an u or uh sound is this a dialectal thing?
I pronounce Matin more as Ma-tain in normal speech, pronunciation is more of a regional aspect
@@rouganou2651 ok cool so both are acceptable? do you know which region does what?
Why does it say Komen instead of como like you're pronouncing it?
French has soft and a lot of times silent consonants at the ends of many words and kouri vini seems to have carried some of those spelling traditions. Also 'en' tends to have a sound more like "on" in english or "ohn" with a soft 'n' and depending on the speaker no 'n' sound
Similar with Haitian Creole
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