Louisiana French/Greetings

Louisiana French

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01. Introduction02. Grammar and Pronunciation03. Greetings
04. Time05. Introduction to Verbs06. Verbs and Tenses07. Goodbyes

Basic Vocabulary

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Conversation Starters

Cajun French English
Bonjour Hello
  Comment ça va? How's it going?
  Comment les affaires? How are things?
  Comment c'est? How is it?
Qui ça dit? What's up?
Comment ça se plume? Literally: How's it plucking?
Comment ça se roule? Literally: How's it rolling?


Common Responses

Cajun French English
Doing Well
  Ça va très bien It's going very well
C'est magnifique It's magnificent
  Joliment bien Very well
  Beaucoup bien Very well
Doing OK
  Comme ci, comme ça So-so (ok)
  Ça peut faire It'll do
Ça va It's going
  Pas mal Not bad
  C’est pas trop mauvais Not too bad
Doing Bad
Ça va mal It's going bad
Ça va pas bien It's not going well.
  Beaucoup mal Very bad
  Ça va pas du tout It's not going at all

Conversation

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Here is a conversation between Pierre and Dennis

  • Pierre: Bonjour Dennis.
  • Dennis: Bonjour Pierre. Comment ça va?
  • Pierre: Ça peut faire. Et toi?
  • Dennis: Ça va bien, merci.

Here Pierre and Dennis first say hello to each other. Then they exchange basic introductory questions.


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