Louisiana - Cajun French

The future of our culture can only be saved by those of us living it today. As always, thank you to the volunteers lending their voices and their time to helping preserve our Cajun Language and culture. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench/ Merci, Phoebe Beaugh Trotter

Cajun French months of the year The future of our culture can only be saved by those of us living it today. As always, thank you to the volunteers lending their voices and their time to helping preserve our Cajun Language and culture. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench/

As always, thank you to the volunteers lending their voices and their time to helping preserve our Cajun Language and culture. Merci Carol Brown https://www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench/

Hail Mary Thank you to the people volunteering their time, their knowledge and their voices to helping us preserve our Cajun Language and Culture! Thank you Phoebe Trotter www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench

Thank you to the people volunteering their time, their knowledge and their voices to helping us preserve our Cajun Language and Culture! Thank you Phoebe Trotter www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench

Le chat, le minou, la chatte: cat. Bobcat: le pichou, le chat tigre, or le matou. Dog: le chien or la chienne. Hunting dog: le taïaut or tayaut (usually used to refer to a coonhound or a beagle.) Prairie dog: le loup de prairie. (Do we have those??) Horse: le cheval. Mare: le jument. Stallion: l'étalon. Colt: le poulain or la pouliche, depending if it's a colt or a filly. Mule: le mulet. Donkey: le bourriquet or la bourrique. Thank you Phoebe Trotter

www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench Pig: le cochon. Sow: la truie. Piglet: un goret (I never heard this word.) Fox: le renard. Bear: l'ours. Chicken: le poulet. Hen: la poule. Rooster: le coq or le gaime. Turkey: le dinde. Frogs (I don't really know which word refers to which kind of frog) la grenouille,le ouaouaron, la bébête de marais, le crapaud. Tree Frog: la rainette Chicken hawk: le mangeur de poulet (meaning the chicken eater). Owl: le hibou or la chouette. Egret: l'aigrette or la poule d'eau. Woodpecker: le pic-bois. Duck: le canard.

Cow: la vache. Calf: le veau. Heifer: la taure. Bull: le boeuf or le taureau. Skunk: la bête puante(meaning a stinky beast). Sheep: le mouton or la moutonne. Lamb: l'agneau or le jeune mouton. Ram: le bélier. Goat: le cabri. Possum: le rat de bois. Rat: le rat. Mouse: le souris. Raccoon: le chaoui. Thank you Phoebe Trotter

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Join us at www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench https://sites.google.com/site/learningcajun Fly: la mouche. Flea: la puce. Deerfly: la frappe d'abourd. Tick: le pou de bois. Roach: le raver. Ant: la fourmi (many people transpose the "r" sound and say la "fromi") Mosquito: le maringouin or le moustique. Wasp: la guêpe. Termite: la fourmi blanche or la termite. Honeybee: la mouche à miel. Spider: l'arraignée. Earthworm: le ver or le ver de terre. Snail: l'escargot or le calimaçon. Cricket: le grillon or la cigale. Locust: la cigale de bois. Grasshopper: la sauterelle. Caterpillar: la chenille. Junebug: le barbeau. Firefly: la mouche à feu. Stinkbug: la punaise. Horsefly: le taon.

Join us at www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench Grammar lesson on the possessive pronoun « my. » There are three different ways to say the word « my » in French; ma, mon, and mes. The one you use depends on the gender and number of the noun that follows « my. » Here are some examples: if you say « my sister, « that would be MA SOEUR, because soeur, the word for sister, is feminine and singular. If you say « my brother, » that would be 'MON FRÈRE, » because brother is masculine. Anytime the word after « my » is plural, whether it's feminine or masculine, you use « mes. » Mes soeurs, mes frères, mes cousins, mes cousines. » The word « mes » is always prounounced « MAY, » unless the next word starts with a vowel. Then you pronounce the « s » Mes enfants, mes amis, mes oncles, etc. In addition, is the singular feminine noun after « my » begins with a vowel, you'd use « mon » instead of « ma, » so you can have liaison. EXAMPLE: mon amie, mon église, mon école.

I can't thank our volunteers enough. You are the folks making our effort meaningful. It's up to us to save our language and our culture. We can no longer wait for someone ELSE to do it. - It has to be US. Come join the fun and the effort at www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench Je: I Tu: you (singular, and familiar) Il: he Elle: she On: we Nous: we (more formal) Vous: you (plural, or can be singular when expressing respect) Ils: they (masculine or a mixed group) Elles: they (feminine) J’aime Tu aimes Il aime Elle aime On aime Nous aimons Vous aimez Ils aiment Elles aiment

Thank you Phoebe Trotter for all of your help! We are making the effort to share and encourage the learning of Cajun French. It's such an important part of who we are. Remember, it's up to us to save it. We can no longer afford to say someone needs to do it!

Part 3 Contains the following words bon matin, bonjour, bonne après midi, bonsoir, bonne nuit

Putting audio to the daily cards posted on Facebook. Remember - The future of our culture can only be saved by the people living it today. Come visit us at www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench

Words in this video: bon dieu, bébé, besoin, briller, betaille, la bête puante, le bois, le bijou, depris, le graton

Parts of the house The future of our culture can only be saved by those of us living it today. As always, thank you to the volunteers lending their voices and their time to helping preserve our Cajun Language and culture. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench/ Thank you Phoebe Trotter *************** la couverture: the roof. Le mur: the wall. Le plancher: the floor. Les planques du plancher: the planks of the floor, since most floors were wood. Le chassis: the window. (In SF, they say « la fenêtre) La vitre du chassis: the window glass. la porte: the door. La porte en arrière et la porte en avant. la clef: the key. La cheminée: the chimney or the fireplace. le bois: the wood. La brique: the brick (I think this is just the English word pronounced as though it were French.) Le tapis: the rug. La closette: the closet (prob. the English word pronounced as though it were French. In SF, the word closet is « le placard. ») I've found three different words that can mean shutters or blinds, depending what area one is from: la persienne, la jalousie, or le volet. Le rideau: curtain. L'escalier: stair. Les escaliers: the stairs. Le plafond: the cieiling. La poignée de porte: the doorknob. La serrure: the door lock. I could find no Cajun word for « hall. » In SF, it's « le couloir. » Le garage. I see the word « La porte cochère » in the DOLF for carport, but I've never heard a Cajun use that word. Le seuil: the threshold. The molding: la moulure.

As always, thank you to the volunteers lending their voices and their time to helping preserve our Cajun Language and culture. https://www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench/ ************** Goose; l'oie. Pronounced "l'wah" in SF, but le "zwah" in CF.) Robin: la grive. Blackbird: le choque. Quail: le perdrix. Deer: le chevreuil. Wild boar: le sanglier. Guinea: la pintale. Pintail duck: le paillon. Snipe: le cache-cache or la bécasinne. Buzzard: le carencro (mispronunciation of "carrion crow.") Crow: le corbeau. Hummingbird: le suce-fleur (the flower-sucker). Snake: le serpent. Rattlesnake: le serpent sonnette. Water moccasin: le serpent congo. Bat: la chauve-souris. (Some people turn it around and say "la souris-chaude.) Notice the first one means the "bald mouse," while the second one is a mispronounciation and actually means the "hot mouse.") Rabbit: le lapin.

A lesson on using le, la and les with gender, singular and plural. www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench

Converted from VHS with permission from Phoebe Trotter.

converted from VHS with permission

One of many videos dedicated to the cause of preserving our Language and our Culture. Thank you to all of the volunteers for you time, your efforts and your voices, because it's up to us to do it. We can't wait for someone else. There is no one else, there is only us. Come join the effort at www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench

Thank you Phoebe for the lesson. And a special thank you to all the volunteers giving of their time, their knowledge and their voices to the effort of preserving our language and our culture. www.facebook.com/groups/cajunfrench

Contains the following words Catin, attraper du mal, une bataille, bon à rien, bouder, brailler, bûcher, ça fait pas rien, capoter