BEGINNERS LOUISIANA FRENCH, Lesson 1

Introduction to Louisiana French (Cajun French)
Greetings and a few basics.

Louisiana French Lessons for Adults (but may be of benefit to some younger folks). A series of lessons in the French Language of Louisiana, also known as Cajun French but spoken by Louisiana Creoles, Native Americans and others as well as those who identify as Cajun.

[ladyizzabella]

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!

[transsnack]

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.

[PAHpish]

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.

[sarahzollo]

Listening from Quebec and these are soooo much fun !!!!

[rachellandry]

Thank you so much for explaining that Louisiana French is French!!

[MirandaPorche]

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

[smoothisfast]

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!

[DjGnm]

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.

[benjaminhartman]

I live in Louisiana but work for a small firm started in Canada. I am going to slowly start incorporating these in conversations.

[GlorytalkswithAmberJ]

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. ⚜️⚜️

[AEKanyo]

2 minutes and 30 seconds in and I can already tell I'm gonna like you

[danykrmek]

im glad that some are keeping Louisiana french alive !!! greetings from Belgium

[annebritton]

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 ❤️

[ChicoDeon]

Merci bien Mon Frere .Mon J aime commentVous apres montrer Vos lecons en Francais Louisianaise.

[loamette]

Merci beaucoup!! Je suis très contente de découvrir tes vidéos!

[ernissimollew]

Thank you for sharing these lessons with us. Much appreciated.

[simonledoux]

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.

[Ahlijah]

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.

[Dipperbear]

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

[collinlynch]

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.