re: Anyone here attempted to learn Cajun French?

cajun french doesn't conjugate like regular french. spend some time at bayou teche brewery on a sunday and you might pick some up

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be good to get that trash out

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Ignorant Tennessee hill trash

i couldn't possibly think of a more worthless undertaking than trying to learn cajun french.

My family is from ascension parish and dad was the first generation that didn't speak french. His grandparents spoke it almost exclusively

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Madame Lafleur at LSU does a Cajun French

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I took Madame Echeverria. Pretty sure she was from St. Amant area.

My dad's parents speak/spoke it

My grandmother is still alive and she learned english and cajun french simultaneously as a child

But my grandfather didn't speak English until he went to school as a 5 or 6 year old

At this time, Louisiana was requiring that English be spoken in all schools and French was banned

My grandfather used to piss his pants in class because the teachers wouldnt let him go to the restroom if he didnt ask in English

He finally learned but growing up he and my grandmother spoke it to each other all the time in front of us.

My dad doesnt speak it well but could understand a good bit and he would later affirm that they were talking about us but not what they were saying

What was really interesting is that when my grandfather started suffering from Alzheimers some days he couldnt speak English at all

Like that part of his brain would shut off and he could only speak Cajun French.

Luckily my grandmother was able to communicate with him.

In the end he could only say a few words in Cajun French.

Luckily my grandmother is still around and canaille as ever

And Alzheimers is a bitch

In 30 years it will be damn near extinct. My parents speak it. My grandparents are dead. I can speak a little and understand some of it. But it won't be here much longer.

Quote"Ignorant Tennessee hill trash"

Insult to trash!

I grew up with parents that spoke French to each other at home and I understood everything they said. 3 of my grands were bi-linual, but my maternal grandmother spoke just about no english.
I did my best to speak it with them but had a lot of trouble getting the la's and le's of feminine/masculine right. Mom used to laugh and correct me if I said le maison or La beauf.
Wonderful growing up a while in Avoyelles Parish and I am certain I would have been a lot better speaker of French had I stayed there instead of moving to NOLa at 12. I actually took 2 semesters of French at LSUNO before going to BR and aced both courses with limited study. Wish I had stuck with it as a minor.

I have a cousin that graduated HS in Avoyelles. He and his wife are very articulate in French and when we are together I try to be, but can't quite get it out. I can understand every single word they say, though.
I wish I had taught my boys French but didn't. I hate that it is disapppearing.

Just listen to that baw what does the Tunda Minous and you should be able to grasp most conversations.