D’l’Allégresse Malgré La Pauvreté (Joy Despite Poverty)
The feminine noun with its article “l’allégresse” was used by my grandmother on my father’s side in her conversations. Sometimes I would get it mixed up with l’ agrément.” “Agrément” is a masculine noun that denotes “pleasure, cheerfulness etc.” I heard it with “sans” meaning “without” joy or [...]
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Une Fièvre Et Un Élancement (Pourquoi?)
A Fervor And A Throbbing (Heart) Pain (Why?)
J’dédie cet espèce de poème à Toby Toups d’Abbéville en Louisane. Il a un désir d’apprendre comment parler le Cajun, la langue de sa famille. Aussi longtemps qu’il peut (puisse) se rappeler, il avait ce désir brûlant. J’le sohaite le mieux avec sa [...]
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J’présente à vous-autres asteur (à cette heure) une tite histoire du “bonhomme” (ou, “l’ épouvantail”).
I now present to you a little story (account) of the scarecrow. In my Cajun locale we used “le bonhomme” for “the scarecrow.” The Cajun noun “bonhomme” is used to refer to any man, especially a stranger. E.G “Il arrive un [...]
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In the audio please watch carefully for the verb forms that I used. Sometimes instead of the “plural” form I may use the “singular.” E.g. ‘les mots qu’est’ rather than ‘les mots qui sont…” Growing up learning to speak the Cajun French without any book knowledge of the French language is the culprit. However, to [...]
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The first quizlet set will be published soon. Merci.
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June 7, 2009: Il faut pas que vous-autres se décourage, j’vas mettre l’audio sur ce post bienvite. Espérez, donc, avec patience. Il y a des fois que ça traîne un peu à mon âge. Merci.
Àyeou que t’es parti(e)? (Et d’autres choses) (Where are you [thou] going?) (And other things)
I chose the above title for this [...]
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In this post I will submit a few expressions that were used in my family and by others. From time to time these pop-up in my mind.
Dans ce post j’vas présenter quelques expressions qu’aient été usé (dans) par ma famille. De temps en temps celles-ci se levent subiment (tout d’un coup) dans mon esprit (idée).
Allons [...]
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My next post will be entitled “Pas Tout À Fait Encore Et D’Autres Expressions.” I will publish it in the near future with the audio and then follow with the “quizlet set” for it.
You will note that at times the script (writing) will be a little different than the audio portion. I lost my first [...]
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