My mom is from Fort Kent Maine and my Dad was from Trois Rivieres Quebec. Both of my parents speak french and I was raised speaking french and english. This is the kind of Acadian french that I grew up speaking. I'm still fluent in speaking french, although I've mostly lost the ability to write it but I can still read french quite well....lack of practice and exposure, I reckon. I could converse with Cajuns as if they were my Acadian relatives from up north...It's the same. Parisian French is a little more difficult for me to converse in because we have different euphemisms. The conversation has to slow way down for us to understand each other. I love it!
@tinaplate620
Ай бұрын
From Madawaska now I live in Montreal. My dad was from Ste-Agathe Maine and my mom is from St-Jacques New Brunswick. They do remind me of people from back home.
@RobertSweet-nw4tm
2 ай бұрын
But they have the aspirated after the consonants which native English speakers find hard to remove when speaking French. Do they really speak French to each other?
@chilpericmerovee9819
2 ай бұрын
Parfaitement audible. J'apprends qu'il y a aussi un Cotignac en Louisiane ?
@alkante2962
2 ай бұрын
Un ptit chien qui est bien soigné 😊
@perrycomeau2627
4 ай бұрын
Cajun Acadia oui
@rogersmith6193
6 ай бұрын
En tant que français je suis ému d'entendre mes cousins cajuns parler français 😌🥲
@pamelaaverrett5848
8 ай бұрын
This made me miss my Cajun grandparents so much. They were so much like this. I rarely speak French anymore, but I have taught my children a bit….
@Bruce_Games
8 ай бұрын
really sucks that the past 4 yes 4 (gen alpha now yk) didnt learn hardly any of this really sucks to see languages become endangered. but ill learn it and start speaking it at home it just sucks that most people my age and younger have dont seem to care im gen z also these people are so wholesome they remind me of my great mawmaw pawpaw except that there from the northern side of the state and dont speak a word of french
@aresgow9855
9 ай бұрын
Definitely ❤
@tacc8227
9 ай бұрын
I only come here to hear my ancestors in the way they talk. ... Im just a coonass finding his way!
@D0GGy333
11 ай бұрын
Défendez votre langue
@saintleger858
Жыл бұрын
quel accent émouvant et quelle joie ce couple! Merci !
@Beezgone12
Жыл бұрын
J'espere que la langue survivra en Louisiane pour toujours!
@NOLAWSMFP1028
Жыл бұрын
Keep this alive! ❤
@hismajesty6272
Жыл бұрын
As a Cajun myself, I want to learn French and copy the Cajun accent and dialect for the sake of tradition.
@rachelkoch109
Жыл бұрын
“I think so” 😂
@alexbeau3964
Жыл бұрын
Some words sound like they’re speaking Quebec French.
@sunnymoondog
Жыл бұрын
Why was Katy scared of her dad? :(
@iaidagger8278
Жыл бұрын
A real pleasure to hear this people talking French Cajun ,it is a great way to preserve the French roots of American people!! I love Lousiana andscapeses
@griffin3578
Жыл бұрын
They are a unique group to say the least. Most French immigrants are not Cajun My ancestors immigrated from France to PA. So the subdivisions are interesting as well.
@iaidagger8278
Жыл бұрын
@@griffin3578 The matter deserves a cncioud historic study,in order to establish a correct historic recopilación of French ancestors in the USA!!
@jenniferballard1672
Жыл бұрын
My mawmaw was from Eunice and moved to Lake charles in her 20s back in the day. Growing up cajun French was spoken everyday and was normal for us to hear. Living outside of LA I realize it wasn't. I sure hope they keep it Alive. She'll be 92 this year and because most of her friends and family that spoke it has died. She tends to forget words. As she no longer has to speak it as her 1st language
@lisa81118
Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the French in Nova Scotia
@yusukelee9590
Жыл бұрын
I want to learn french ,because alot of my heritage is french so is my last name french from France seems harder than cajun french and since I'm American would cajun french or creole be more useful than french from France, any opinions at my height in spanish I could read atleast 2000 known words semi comfortably and a bit more I could guess on either it being from layin roots or context ,that should help with french vocabulary a little,a problem with french is pronunciation and the fact almost all the words have silent letters and in France they seem to talk faster than Cajuns do cajun french is spoken closer to English speed it seems like ,they may have to speak slower because the English words in there would slow down the rhythm of a romance language that's my guess anyway
@twztdned
Жыл бұрын
Came here to hear cajun accents, stayed because these two are precious gems
@MarieMus3
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, tout mon amour, quel joli couple. Love from Canada
@yourwitchbesti
2 жыл бұрын
Yea, me and the lady have the same birthday. Just not the same year, 73 years to be exact
@3flyte_3flyte
2 жыл бұрын
I am learning Français and Cajun is much easier to understand. They seem to enunciate much clearer than people from France
@bb6887
2 жыл бұрын
God bless them- it's wonderful to find out about people like them. A generation disappearing
@MaxChillin
2 жыл бұрын
What a lovely video.
@hublocker849
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of my aunts and uncles in Quebec.
@bitcoingang9743
2 жыл бұрын
cajun should be the national language of the usa
@belgavox
2 жыл бұрын
Un vrai plaisir d’entendre ces deux vieilles personnes.
@keelywalker9972
2 жыл бұрын
I love Pearl & Isaac, so much. They make me miss my Mawmaw & Pawpaw Trahan so much❤
@philipearlmcg3964
2 жыл бұрын
this tugs at my heart strings. thoughts of my childhood living up and down 90 from Lafayette to Houma. I hope and pray that the use of French "Cadienne" grows. . . not just is preserved but rather GROWS.
@elsalisa146
2 жыл бұрын
They are so sweet. I find there french easy to understand and lovely to listen to.
@KateDunno
2 жыл бұрын
My birthday is May 25 1965
@angec590
2 жыл бұрын
This couple is adorable 🥰
@BigSplenda1885
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who is an Acadian from the Maritimes in Canada it's incredible how much they sound just like my grandparents speaking French, but when they speak English they have a Louisiana accent and my grandparents have Canadian accents!
@nostalgiatrip7331
Жыл бұрын
I'm from East Texas and I've been around English and French speakers with Cajun accents and when i watched my first québécois movie, i realized that the grandfather character sounded just like a Louisiana French speaker
@davidyea885
3 жыл бұрын
me and him have the same birthday
@denisemarier4313
3 жыл бұрын
Je suis canadienne francaise du nord de l'Ontario. Nous aussi, l'anglais a influencer notre langue mais j'en suis quand meme tres fiere. Le francais vit toujours.
@snnetteachexnayder63
3 жыл бұрын
Love listening to them speaking French
@mattpatton8887
3 жыл бұрын
This both melts and hurts my heart. Mon grand-père c'est from New Iberia and was a native French speaker. He joined the Army in WWII and met my grand-mere overseas. They met, and marries, because of the French language. My dad never learned French, and neither did I. At 30, I now understand we must preserve l'heritage.
@IslenoGutierrez
Жыл бұрын
What was your pépère’s last name?
@grav3yardbash
3 жыл бұрын
they remind me of my mawmaw and papa, my papa died 2012, but my mawmaw died 2020 they used to speak cajun french all the time, my mawmaw grew up only speaking it but was forced to learn english at school, they never taught it properly to me and my siblings before they passed, we know a couple of the basic slang words, but can't speak or understand it fluently they remind me of them and seeing this was apart of the language thing at lsu, it makes me wanna work more to be able to go there after i finish high school to hopefully take up learning the language it's such a shame it's dying, i want to help preserve it and teach it to my kids, even more so now that my mawmaw and papa are gone and my mawmaw was a direct descendant of the original cajuns that came to louisiana
@potatoenjoyer5255
3 жыл бұрын
He is lucky, his wife is very pretty for her age
@brightmorningstar8780
3 жыл бұрын
Why did my parent's not teach me....they literly refused.
@morganstud
3 жыл бұрын
You can still learn
@brightmorningstar8780
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but its harder without native speakers
@migueltovar8213
3 жыл бұрын
So cool
@valeriefolse9452
3 жыл бұрын
My grandma and my dad spoke cajun french, i understand some of it, but i wasnt taught it because for a while it was against the law to speak anything but english, so i was cheated out of my heritage because they were scared to teach me, boy how i missed out. It warms my heart that it is making a come back, but it hurts still that i wasnt allowed to learn it.
@vlvijczf
3 жыл бұрын
Il n’est jamais trop tard!;-)
@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis
3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't against the law.
@snnetteachexnayder63
3 жыл бұрын
Our parents and grandparents were punished for speaking French in schools and were classified as not as intelligent as the the English speaking person
@liviloo87
3 жыл бұрын
Same for my family. I wanna learn and teach my boys.
@liviloo87
3 жыл бұрын
@@snnetteachexnayder63 Yes, my grandparents as well.
@ellendoucette7278
3 жыл бұрын
Comme on dirait en acadien, "Les hardes sentent bien sur la ligne à hardes."
@MJ-wrty
3 жыл бұрын
You need to use the vous form not tu. You’re speaking to elders as well as 2 people. Tu is singular. You need to ask if you can use tu with them. That is respectful gesture. Very well known custom. I’m French btw
@Yehmanu
3 жыл бұрын
c'est pas les mêmes règles au niveau de la grammaire et de la politesse pour les dialectes populaires même dans les régions françaises, eux ils parlent le louisianais ce n'est pas le français standard donc leur manière de parler est correcte.
@MJ-wrty
3 жыл бұрын
@@Yehmanu" ce n'est pas"...ne pas "c'est pas"
@Yehmanu
3 жыл бұрын
@@MJ-wrty langage informel de la même manière que l'on peut dire c'est nous qu'on même si cela sonne très familier, encore une fois si vous regardez ce genre de vidéo ne vous attardez pas sur le Bescherelle et la norme, ici on parle de dialecte.
@leaucamouille3394
3 жыл бұрын
À Rome, fais comme les Romains. Ils ne sont pas Français et ils ne vivent pas en France donc les normes européennes ne s'appliquent pas chez eux. Ils ont leurs propres codes culturels et linguistiques vieux de 300 ans, ils ne les changeront pas sous leur propre toît simplement pour satisfaire à des nornes sociales étrangères. Pour eux, il n'y a absolument rien d'impoli au fait de se faire tutoyer puisque le vouvoiement (2e personne du singulier) n'existe tout simplement pas en Louisiane. Qui plus est, il est évident que la jeune femme qui mène cet entretien connaît ce couple sur une base familière puisque la dame a joué le rôle d'une grand-mère pour elle. Je n'ai jamais vouvoyé mes grands-parents et je ne connais personne de ma génération qui le fasse. J'ajouterais que si vous connaissiez un peu l'espagnol, vous vous seriez sûrement déjà rendu compte que les pronoms personnels et leur emploi diffèrent grandement entre l'Espagne (seul pays qui emploie "vosotros" / 2e personne du pluriel informel) et l'Amérique latine (uniquement "ustedes" à la 2e personne du pluriel) et il y a même l'Argentine qui fait bande à part avec ses propres pronoms ("os" au lieu de "usted" et "vos" comme seule option pour la 2e personne du pluriel) qui ne sont employés nulle part ailleurs. Un bref survol du monde hispanophone suffit pour comprendre que la norme entourant l'usage des pronoms personnels peut énormément varier d'une région à l'autre. Naturellement, le même principe s'applique pour l'anglais d'Amérique (you / y'all), le français d'Amérique (vous autres / eux autres) et le portugais d'Amérique. En Louisiane, le « vous formel » n'existe pas. Au Canada, il est bien présent, mais sont usage diffère quand même du vôtre. Dans ce contexte précis, aucun d'entre eux n'en ferait usage. La structure hiérarchique et sociale rigide et le système de classes à la française n'existent pas de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique. Les codes sociaux étant différents, la langue s'adapte, voilà tout!
@HAL_-sg1up
3 жыл бұрын
Does Cajun french has grammar rules or writing rules the same as french? is this documented somewhere?
@CityOfParis93
3 жыл бұрын
oui il y'a beaucoup de similitude, c'est quasiment pareil à part quelque mots
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