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re: How many of y'all speak French?
Posted on 3/6/16 at 10:33 pm to Masterag
Posted on 3/6/16 at 10:33 pm to Masterag
Me. I'm fluent but more conversational when I'm with actual French folks. I don't know all the slang and they talk much faster than I do.
My mom is a French teacher and we are a very French family.
My mom is a French teacher and we are a very French family.
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Posted on 3/6/16 at 10:34 pm to TheCaterpillar
She curses in French and I picked that up when I was younger. I'm sure when I have kids I'll pick that up.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 10:45 pm to TheCaterpillar
I used to speak it pretty well, but I'm rusty now. Regular french, not cajun. I had to take it in school growing up (in North La., go figure).
I had to take a shitload at LSU as well. 15 hours for a damn humanities degree! At that point I was like, "well may as well get a minor." Nope, would've been 15 more hours!
I had to take a shitload at LSU as well. 15 hours for a damn humanities degree! At that point I was like, "well may as well get a minor." Nope, would've been 15 more hours!
Posted on 3/6/16 at 10:50 pm to Modern
quote:. Same as me. My Grandmaw wouldn't teach me so her and my uncle could talk about my bad self. Wished I could have learned it back then.
nly know the curse words and insults passed down from Grandmaw. Full fluency died out with her.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 11:27 pm to RabidTiger
Did that for Spanish, man did I hate it. No way would have I gone for the minor.
Posted on 3/6/16 at 11:33 pm to Masterag
About three times a week
Posted on 3/6/16 at 11:35 pm to Masterag
My parents used French for their secret language so siblings and I barely learned any.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 12:47 am to Masterag
The real thing here... Parisian. Fluent too and better yet actually French also. Y'all are funny here with the meek attempts.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 2:45 am to FrenchToast
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Parisian
Pfft... C'est Parisien, mon pote. ;)
Posted on 3/7/16 at 6:47 am to ctiger69
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I talked to a woman from France the other day. She said Louisiana French is Old French and she has difficulty understanding it when she is in Louisiana.
She probably has difficulty speaking with her countrymen who live in rural areas of France too.
Most people that I know who speak Cajun French and who have gone to see France tell me they have no problem speaking with the folks in rural France, but in the big cities they can barely understand each other.
Francaise Moderne is not spoken everywhere in France, just like proper English isn't spoken in most places in the US.
LC
Posted on 3/7/16 at 7:19 am to Masterag
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Haha. Nice Google try, but your grammar and conjugation is a bit off. Try again.
Google translate Creole/Hatian. It's pretty close.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 7:31 am to Masterag
learned French before I spoke English. can't do it much anymore and my wife gets mad when she can't understand me 
Posted on 3/7/16 at 10:52 am to maisweh
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learned French before I spoke English. can't do it much anymore and my wife gets mad when she can't understand me
My grandfather was fluent. He didn't learn english until age 12 or 13. Was a translator during WWII and in his last days stopped speaking english and reverted to french.
My dad remembers some words and phrases. I myself know very little. Kinda sad really.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 11:15 am to LongueCarabine
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Most people that I know who speak Cajun French and who have gone to see France tell me they have no problem speaking with the folks in rural France, but in the big cities they can barely understand each other.
My late wife grew up in rural St. Landry Parish and French was her first language - she didn't learn English until she started school.
We traveled through Europe and the Middle East and she had no difficulty communicating with the French speakers - yes, some from Paris had trouble with her dialect, but for the most part she had no trouble. She did say the Belgiums who spoke French were the easiest to understand.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 11:31 am to Masterag
Moi bien sur!
Posted on 3/7/16 at 11:51 am to blueridgeTiger
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My late wife grew up in rural St. Landry Parish and French was her first language - she didn't learn English until she started school
Same with mine except parents not wife. Evangeline and St Landry parish, they both still speak it around the house and I know enough to converse back and understand what theyre saying or who theyre talking shite about
Grandma passed away from Alzheimer's and in her last few months she only spoke cajun French
Posted on 3/7/16 at 12:04 pm to blueridgeTiger
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My late wife grew up in rural St. Landry Parish and French was her first language - she didn't learn English until she started school.
We traveled through Europe and the Middle East and she had no difficulty communicating with the French speakers - yes, some from Paris had trouble with her dialect, but for the most part she had no trouble. She did say the Belgiums who spoke French were the easiest to understand.
My relatives who went over said pretty much the same thing. They had no or very little trouble understanding Belgians, Nova Scotians, or the rural French people, but Paris was a much different story.
My Dad was from Evangeline Parish and like most Cajuns his age, did not learn English until he started going to school. And as others have said, speaking French on the school grounds was discouraged by punishment.
LC
This post was edited on 3/7/16 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 3/7/16 at 12:07 pm to Masterag
Je parle un peu français, mais j'écoutais bien.
Posted on 3/7/16 at 12:12 pm to Masterag
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How many of y'all speak French?
Qu'est-ce que "y'all"? Je ne comprende pas....
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