I'm going to listen to these until I can finally talk to my PawPaw in french. The same as Miranda said, my pawpaw and his siblings grew up with french as their first language but they were beaten in school until they spoke english. He was from Iota but moved to Morgan City where I grew up. He didn't teach any of his daughters, and they in turn couldn't teach any of his grandkids. But I am determined to keep louisiana french alive in my family. So thank you so much for these lessons!
My grandmother is fluent in Cajun French, but she was punished severely for speaking it and does not want to relive it to teach the younger generations. I don't want it to disappear from my family, so I hope to learn from you. Thank you for keeping this alive, and for soothing some of the hurt that the older generations suffered.
I’m Cajun and as my family kept a lot of the culture alive my great MawMaw passed away when I was three and she was trying to teach me some simple stuff. She was the last one who knew the language. So thank you for this.
Thank you so much for creating this series! I’m a Cajun from Houma who has always been very passionate about preserving our culture specifically our Cajun French but besides a 4th grade class I’ve never had anyone to help me learn it or have found the proper resources. My great grandparents were the last people in my family to grow up speaking French and because of being beaten in school and so on forced to speak English they decided to not pass the language on to my grandparents and so the cycle of that part of our culture was lost in my family. I’m in the process of planning to have kids and really want to get fluent by the time my kids are born so I can pass the language in to them. Long ass story but thank you! Would love to chat and learn more if you had the opportunity
My great grandma could only speak Cajun French for most of her life and she passed away earlier this year at the age of 99. She would've turned 100 this month.
As a Cajun who was born and raised in California (entire family is from Louisiana) thank you so much for making these. I have been really wanting to learn Louisiana French. Not a lot of opportunity out here in California.
Just wanted to say thank you for these! My family is Duplechin and Hebert and everyone in my family before my mothers generation speak fluid Cajun and I had been learning on my own. After my grandparents and recently our mother passed, I’m using your lessons to get my little sister to learn with me, have French conversations with me over the phone, and bring us even closer together, learning our families language. I cannot thank you enough for that!
Merci! Je viens tout juste d'entendre parler de vous à la radio française de Radio Canada. Entendre parler français (n'importe quel genre) me fait sourire. Je vais continuer vos lessons pour mélanger le cajun avec mon québécois ❤️
I’m so glad you’re doing this. Louisiana French is soooo different from the French we learned in school. My family is from all around the Acadian parish. ⚜️⚜️
Thank you so much Mr. Kirby. This is greatly appreciated. I have been wanting to learn Louisiana French for a long time. My MawMaw and PawPaw both speak. PawPaw is sha with everything. MawMaw has gone on to Heaven. I have a few co-workers that are always greeting me in Louisiana French. I think it would be great to have a conversation with them in our language.
Thank you so much for doing this! I have wanted to learn this for over a decade and couldn't find anywhere to learn it where I live (Northwest). Please keep going with these!!!!!!
I DON'T HAVE MESSENGER!! I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN IT!! MY GRANNY SPOKE IT FLUENTLY, BUT DIDN'T TEACH IT TO MY MOM AND AUNTIES. THEREFORE WE DON'T KNOW IT. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ROBBED OF PART OF OUR TRUE HERITAGE NOT KNOWING IT!! I'LL LOOK FOR YOUR OTHER LESSONS. TAKE 💙 CARE AND STAY😷😷😷SAFE!!💛💛💛
The first time I heard Cajun French was at Benoit’s Country Meat Block in Addis Louisiana. I’m from Central Illinois my friend and I visited his grandpa and we went there to get some Boudin. And two guys were speaking it in there which was super cool.
Thank you for this. My dad's from new orleans and we have cajun roots, but I dont think anybody in our family bothered to learn french. it'll be nice to learn what my ancestors spoke
Bien merci, Kirby. I didn't hear about your channel until this morning. Bien sur, Cajun/Acadian French is French, but I have little interest in learning Parisien French. Mais, I got a ENVIE for learning the old dialect. I'll go through your videos. Thanks for taking the time and effort to preserve the old dialect of our ancestors.
Could you put a little more lighting on your face? I read lips to help process. Right now, you are sort of in shadows. More light to help see your face would be very helpful. Thank you for these lessons! I’ve forgotten so much of our French language since my grandmother died.
I just noted your comment. I am new to all of this. I don't have good equipment, but I did adjust the lighting starting with a later video. I hope this helps. Thanks for your interest!
C'est intéressant je suis québécois et je comprend parfaitement! J'adorerais parler avec votre communauté! Nous disons aussi "ça vaut pas dla marde" "mon char" et plein de choses
Thank you for this! I been longing to reconnect with my cajun heritage, even more so as my mom is getting older, and she hasn't spoken the French much since she was 7. I do have resources, but mostly European french sources, but I am working with what I got
A girl I met from Paris said she could understand my Grandparents' French. She likened it unto the French of the Bordeaux / country region. But, she did not have a clue at the Acadienne(m/f?) Music Festival.
New to exploring the Cajun history, customs, language and find it all very interesting! French on my mother's side, but really am a "European Heinz 57" mix ! (An expression of many decades ago). Wanted to study/speak French few years back, but couldn't connect with a lady in my city who was from France ( we lived in city of Oregon USA at the time). So, now I find all this information on the Cajun people very enjoyable; just listened to your 1st language vid for beginners. Do you still have "documents" available via Messenger? If so, please let me know. I hope that this culture will not be lost, but even revived! Cultural differences do not seem popular and even derided these days, but I think this is what can make America a wonderful place. For instance, you didn't even have to take a plane trip ($$!) to experience a different culture! I grew up in the 50's-60's in greater Los Angeles area where there were many different cultures spread all over! Yes, there were some bad "elements" but still there were many lovely neighborhoods where certain cultures/ethnicities lived that had much to add to the color, vibrancy and economic life in many areas. It is just when certain "controllers" rose more and more to power that we developed, over decades, the wreckage we see now. It was also, in my opinion, the loss of the true Catholic Faith which has caused our entire country and Europe to fall into decay. But, no worries (as the saying goes today) there will always be the faithful, a remnant, though. Thank you for educational and fun videos. Merci, merci!♥️
aaah!! "ça va joliement bien"... to me Acadian dialects sounds like coming from the medieval period.... much like their villages bunched-up by familiy ( village des cormiers, village des LeBlancs, etc...).
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Je suis une cadienne du nord-ouest pacifique mais ma famille ne parle plus français, alors j'essaie d'apprendre le français de la Louisiane moi-même. Je trouve la prononciation de la lettre 'r' l'aspect le plus intéressant de ce dialecte, et je me demande d'où il vient? Peut-être l'influence des espagnoles en la Nouvelle Orléans?
Il y a des variétés de prononciations à travers le monde. On trouve la même pronunciation de la lettre r ailleurs, par exemple dans certaines régions des provinces maritimes au Canada .
Good video! So what's the difference between Louisiana french vs Louisiana creole language ? Because i noticed many Haitian creole words and phrases in the Louisiana creole language.
Louisiana French is the variety of French spoken by Cajuns, Creoles, American Indians and others in Louisiana. Louisiana Creole is a language similar to French but different enough to be considered a different language.
I'm going to listen to these until I can finally talk to my PawPaw in french. The same as Miranda said, my pawpaw and his siblings grew up with french as their first language but they were beaten in school until they spoke english. He was from Iota but moved to Morgan City where I grew up. He didn't teach any of his daughters, and they in turn couldn't teach any of his grandkids. But I am determined to keep louisiana french alive in my family. So thank you so much for these lessons!
My grandmother is fluent in Cajun French, but she was punished severely for speaking it and does not want to relive it to teach the younger generations. I don't want it to disappear from my family, so I hope to learn from you. Thank you for keeping this alive, and for soothing some of the hurt that the older generations suffered.
Thank you so much for explaining that Louisiana French is French!!
I’m Cajun and as my family kept a lot of the culture alive my great MawMaw passed away when I was three and she was trying to teach me some simple stuff. She was the last one who knew the language. So thank you for this.
Listening from Quebec and these are soooo much fun !!!!
Merci bien! Glad my lessons are enjoyed in Quebec!
Thank you so much for creating this series! I’m a Cajun from Houma who has always been very passionate about preserving our culture specifically our Cajun French but besides a 4th grade class I’ve never had anyone to help me learn it or have found the proper resources. My great grandparents were the last people in my family to grow up speaking French and because of being beaten in school and so on forced to speak English they decided to not pass the language on to my grandparents and so the cycle of that part of our culture was lost in my family. I’m in the process of planning to have kids and really want to get fluent by the time my kids are born so I can pass the language in to them.
Long ass story but thank you! Would love to chat and learn more if you had the opportunity
Merci beaucoup for your interest, Miranda! Please feel free to let me know if I can help.
My great grandma could only speak Cajun French for most of her life and she passed away earlier this year at the age of 99. She would've turned 100 this month.
Same!!!
I live in Louisiana but work for a small firm started in Canada. I am going to slowly start incorporating these in conversations.
As a Cajun who was born and raised in California (entire family is from Louisiana) thank you so much for making these. I have been really wanting to learn Louisiana French. Not a lot of opportunity out here in California.
Just wanted to say thank you for these! My family is Duplechin and Hebert and everyone in my family before my mothers generation speak fluid Cajun and I had been learning on my own. After my grandparents and recently our mother passed, I’m using your lessons to get my little sister to learn with me, have French conversations with me over the phone, and bring us even closer together, learning our families language. I cannot thank you enough for that!
Merci! Je viens tout juste d'entendre parler de vous à la radio française de Radio Canada. Entendre parler français (n'importe quel genre) me fait sourire. Je vais continuer vos lessons pour mélanger le cajun avec mon québécois ❤️
I’m so glad you’re doing this. Louisiana French is soooo different from the French we learned in school. My family is from all around the Acadian parish. ⚜️⚜️
im glad that some are keeping Louisiana french alive !!! greetings from Belgium
Merci beaucoup!! Je suis très contente de découvrir tes vidéos!
2 minutes and 30 seconds in and I can already tell I'm gonna like you
Thank you
C'est très bon ce video-la. J'aime bien cet expression "ça se plume". Merci et j'ai hate de voir d'autres de vos videos.
Thank you for sharing these lessons with us. Much appreciated.
My pleasure!
J'ai découvert votre chaine grâce à un article paru ce matin sur le site de Radio-Canada! Lâchez pas la patate! Merci, du Québec!
Thank you so much Mr. Kirby. This is greatly appreciated. I have been wanting to learn Louisiana French for a long time. My MawMaw and PawPaw both speak. PawPaw is sha with everything. MawMaw has gone on to Heaven. I have a few co-workers that are always greeting me in Louisiana French. I think it would be great to have a conversation with them in our language.
Thank you so much for doing this! I have wanted to learn this for over a decade and couldn't find anywhere to learn it where I live (Northwest). Please keep going with these!!!!!!
You're very welcome!
I DON'T HAVE MESSENGER!! I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN IT!! MY GRANNY SPOKE IT FLUENTLY, BUT DIDN'T TEACH IT TO MY MOM AND AUNTIES. THEREFORE WE DON'T KNOW IT. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN ROBBED OF PART OF OUR TRUE HERITAGE NOT KNOWING IT!! I'LL LOOK FOR YOUR OTHER LESSONS. TAKE 💙 CARE AND STAY😷😷😷SAFE!!💛💛💛
same
I have the documents on a Facebook group as well, not just on Facebook messenger. Do you have a Facebook account?
Practicing for a cajun based dnd character this is very helpful thank you.
The first time I heard Cajun French was at Benoit’s Country Meat Block in Addis Louisiana. I’m from Central Illinois my friend and I visited his grandpa and we went there to get some Boudin. And two guys were speaking it in there which was super cool.
Merci bien Mon Frere .Mon J aime commentVous apres montrer Vos lecons en Francais Louisianaise.
Excellent! I'm going to start with Lesson 1 and continue until the end. THANKS!
You are welcome!
Thank you for this. My dad's from new orleans and we have cajun roots, but I dont think anybody in our family bothered to learn french. it'll be nice to learn what my ancestors spoke
Bien merci, Kirby. I didn't hear about your channel until this morning. Bien sur, Cajun/Acadian French is French, but I have little interest in learning Parisien French. Mais, I got a ENVIE for learning the old dialect. I'll go through your videos. Thanks for taking the time and effort to preserve the old dialect of our ancestors.
Bonjour Mon frere d' Acadienne . Je vous donne merci .
Could you put a little more lighting on your face? I read lips to help process. Right now, you are sort of in shadows. More light to help see your face would be very helpful. Thank you for these lessons! I’ve forgotten so much of our French language since my grandmother died.
I just noted your comment. I am new to all of this. I don't have good equipment, but I did adjust the lighting starting with a later video. I hope this helps. Thanks for your interest!
Thanks for this as I read lips too!
C'est intéressant je suis québécois et je comprend parfaitement! J'adorerais parler avec votre communauté! Nous disons aussi "ça vaut pas dla marde" "mon char" et plein de choses
Love this! Thank you for doing these. It seems so much easier to learn this way!
You are so welcome!
Thank you for this!
I been longing to reconnect with my cajun heritage, even more so as my mom is getting older, and she hasn't spoken the French much since she was 7.
I do have resources, but mostly European french sources, but I am working with what I got
Wow! Thanks! I am just starting but really happy to find your videos!
Welcome!
Bonjour, de l'Acadie du Nouveau Brunswick
THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you so much for this!!!
You're so welcome!
Bringin the culture to NJ, thanks a lot. My MawMaw passed away before I realized how important it was to learn this.
A girl I met from Paris said she could understand my Grandparents' French. She likened it unto the French of the Bordeaux / country region. But, she did not have a clue at the Acadienne(m/f?) Music Festival.
I love this I’ve been wanting to learn it so I can communicate wit my maw and paw, im so scared it dies out
Yes Thank u so much! Please more lessons
More to come!
New to exploring the Cajun history, customs, language and find it all very interesting! French on my mother's side, but really am a "European Heinz 57" mix ! (An expression of many decades ago). Wanted to study/speak French few years back, but couldn't connect with a lady in my city who was from France ( we lived in city of Oregon USA at the time). So, now I find all this information on the Cajun people very enjoyable; just listened to your 1st language vid for beginners. Do you still have "documents" available via Messenger? If so, please let me know. I hope that this culture will not be lost, but even revived! Cultural differences do not seem popular and even derided these days, but I think this is what can make America a wonderful place. For instance, you didn't even have to take a plane trip ($$!) to experience a different culture! I grew up in the 50's-60's in greater Los Angeles area where there were many different cultures spread all over! Yes, there were some bad "elements" but still there were many lovely neighborhoods where certain cultures/ethnicities lived that had much to add to the color, vibrancy and economic life in many areas. It is just when certain "controllers" rose more and more to power that we developed, over decades, the wreckage we see now. It was also, in my opinion, the loss of the true Catholic Faith which has caused our entire country and Europe to fall into decay. But, no worries (as the saying goes today) there will always be the faithful, a remnant, though. Thank you for educational and fun videos. Merci, merci!♥️
aaah!! "ça va joliement bien"... to me Acadian dialects sounds like coming from the medieval period.... much like their villages bunched-up by familiy ( village des cormiers, village des LeBlancs, etc...).
Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo. Je suis une cadienne du nord-ouest pacifique mais ma famille ne parle plus français, alors j'essaie d'apprendre le français de la Louisiane moi-même. Je trouve la prononciation de la lettre 'r' l'aspect le plus intéressant de ce dialecte, et je me demande d'où il vient? Peut-être l'influence des espagnoles en la Nouvelle Orléans?
Il y a des variétés de prononciations à travers le monde. On trouve la même pronunciation de la lettre r ailleurs, par exemple dans certaines régions des provinces maritimes au Canada .
Thank you so much!!♥️♥️♥️
De rien, mon plaisir!
Good video! So what's the difference between Louisiana french vs Louisiana creole language ? Because i noticed many Haitian creole words and phrases in the Louisiana creole language.
Louisiana French is the variety of French spoken by Cajuns, Creoles, American Indians and others in Louisiana. Louisiana Creole is a language similar to French but different enough to be considered a different language.
Are you a teacher at Prairie because you look familiar