@willyfication1, don't feel bad, it's the same with Anglophones in the USA when listening to British slang--it's hard to understand what they're saying, because their accents are so strong, and they're using newly created regional slang words.
Cajun, just like Canadian francophones, do not speak pure French, so Native French (real French people for the European continent) will NOT understand them.
I didn't mean to offend Cajuns, Creoles or francophones from Canada.
I understood every word of that. Once you get past the accent, he's very easy to understand. His French is quite good, not a lot of slang. Cool old guy.
I'm from Denham Springs, Louisiana and both my grandpa and my grandma are Cajun. I used to wake up every morning to Cajun music and my grandparents cooking me breakfast. Those were the happiest times in my life. :)
@BirdogL19, you must write in English, so Anglophones understands you!
For English speakers:
He's telling you that the dish-food is good eating (tastes good). He thanks someone named Virginia--I guess she is the creator of the recipe. BirdogL19 goes on to tell you that his father was a Quebecois (from Montreal, Quebec--Canada).
I'm NOT french, I'm not Cajun, and I'm not Creole, but I do read, write, and speak French. I love everything about true French--I don't like butchered French slang.
Cool old fellow. My French friends have told me that Cajun sounds like French from the 17th century, which is precisely what it is. My Grandpa would get slapped with rulers at school by his teachers, who considered Cajun backwards and subversive, so he never used it around us kids (except when swearing!). Thank goodness we have moved past stupid sh*t like that years ago, and Cajun culture will persevere! Cest bon!
I'm from Lafayette,La also and now live in Iowa and make the best Gumbo and Jambalya in our community, My dad was from Forked Island and spoke cajun we had some french exchange student and they could communicate but some words were different, kinda like different dialics of spanish. Love my heritage and roots, planning a trip to Lafayette and New Orleans for my daughters 16th BD, MARDI GRAS four weeks away. Geaux Saints
I love hearing the older people speak Cajun French its makes me happy because it is so beautiful but sad because I know I'm one of the last generations to get the hear it. There are not that many of them left where I live.
I'm proud to live in the Cajun community, even though I don't speak a word of it, I am proud to live in Cajun Country. I myself am Cajun on my dad's side.
I am from NJ, and my French from high school was incomplete. Buy anyways, I could not understand much of this, but I find it to sound sooo awesome. It never ceases to amaze me how many cultures/dialects we can find in the States. Go Louisiana!
PS for those of you who have this beautiful dialect in your family...PLEASE do not let it die out!
@jolanwix I can assure you I won't let my heritage die out, my son speaks my grandmother's Acadian french. We all have to keep our roots well planted and be proud of where we come from :) I'm an Acadian still living in our ancestral lands in atlantic Canada and proud of it! :) C'est la joie de vivre qui nous permet de survivre.
If you are lucky enough to have family that speak Cajun, SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND GET THEM TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND SHARE THEIR RECIPES. Put them up here! Same with Creole. Especially after people got displaced from the Hurricanes. We'll lose these dialects even more than they have been dying out. If you are so blessed to have this rich language diversity in your family, please document it for the rest of us!! This vid's stupendous, but not long enough!!!
@dizzydreamaway what's interesting is cajun french and quebecois french are more closely related to each other than they are standard modern french, due to the lack of communication with france for all those years
Oooh, lose your ego; I'm lookin at dese comments and baby dey are through the roof!! If someone does not understand you. Then, explain to dem instead of treating people like they are a fool. Beautiful accent. My family is from hea. I myself am of French descent; I'm black and Spanish; my family is from New, Orleans ; La Ceiba Atlantida; I love my Creole fam all day!!!! They are some of da sweetest people. I just wanted to leave this comment; I'm thinkin I should upload a video also.
My family's Cajun! :) Yes, it can be hard t o understand us sometimes.
Cajun English is a French dialect, so it tends to sound very broken to those who speak just English & those who speak just French. @Skittles075 is correct though. He's telling us how to cook a crawfish étouffée with sauce.
It's an amazingly good dish!!! He actually reminds me a lit of one of my great uncles...! :)
He just told us how he was going to use the ingredients to make crawfish étouffée (yum!) and crawfish potato salad. Duh, how could you not understand that?!
C'est si bon! Plus, s'il vous plaît! That's the extent of my French, but I would loooove to see more of this darling man playing music and cooking! :-)
@NightKitchenQueen, but it doesn't have to be the extent of your French. You have the rest of your life to learn it, and you can learn it at your own pace.
I took French in high school, but I forgot it. I had to relearn it because I was meeting many people from North Africa, and Montreal Canada. It's was not fun, nor was it easy, but I was determined to learn it.
Lean your verbs first. Use them in sentence daily. Next learn adjectives and adverbs.
@NightKitchenQueen, write and speak the French words aloud with English sentences. (French is not always arranged the same as an English sentence) Example: I hate you Sarah! Je vous deteste Sarah Or, Sarah, je vous deteste But start with using one French word in a English sentence: J'adore Cajun foods (i.e., I love Cajun foods) Terry left avec Steven (i.e., Terry left with Steven) His pere and his frere are malade! (i.e., his father and his brother are sick) Take your time learning.
I would hazard a guess. Those who can't understand him do not live in any major city in the US. I'm from NYC with a passing knowledge of high school French and I understood him.
pardon my ignorance, but is cajun french just the french language, with a different accent, or is there actual variations between the french language and cajun french, whether it be in terms of paraphrasing, or direct words? thank you very much.
@threecheerer Cajun French is a French Dialogue. It's basically just like having a different accent. Ex-a New Yorker & a Texan. They both speak English, it just sounds very different because they're from different parts of the country & have different accents. People who speak French can usually understand Cajun French. There's also Cajun English. It's close to the video^, just with more English words & less of a "French" accent (hope that makes sense). My family's Cajun so I can understand it.
I'm not from Louisiana but my mom is. He appears to be talking about how to make crawfish etouffee. Crawfish is "ecrevisses," which you can hear him say when he refers to the little frozen packet on the counter. I can make out some of this but it's not the clearest Cajun French I've ever heard! Love it, though! Keep the culture alive, y'all.
@jbello68 Do you know anything at all about your country's history???¿¿¿ Or do you think that english has always been the official and only language?¿ Don't show off your ignorance like that
@910tobe Your an idiot, the Constitution of the United States isn't written in French Cajun. English has always been the native language of the USA. Maybe you should learn your country's history and the fact that the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana was established in Biloxi in 1699. The US Constitution was adopted 86 years later in English not French.
@gregjohnson1984 cajuns...are just from Arcadia...after the birts kicked them out they went to the next best place....but no.ALL our legal documents are in english who ever said they are in french,...let alone cajun french is on crack
@DameianBoudreaux : Les maudits anglais! Anyway...just do your best, but please know that France did not help our people during the Dispersion in 1750. Where were they? They're just as bad as the English who murdered our people on the shores of Nova-Scotia. Thank GOD for the Native Indians who helped save our race.
@Hatorah Spain did help us a lil bit if it wasnt for them they wudnt allow us in louisiana the only reason is b/c they had a low population. the only country tht wud have helped us was canada b/c its our homeland but unfurtanetly thts where we were expelled from. well at least we got the most awesome music and food in the world and we got traiteurs but sadly they r dieing out.
@DameianBoudreaux : I wrote on your wall but everything was deleted because I was over 1000 words. If you want to contact me, I'd gladly accept you on SKYPE and tell you about our real history from SPAIN then you'd have a better glimpse of our sufferings over there during the INQUISITION.
I was in Spain last summer for 2 months doing research on our surnames. I ws astrounded at what I found. I'll instruct you Dameian to where to get your DNA done and u'll find out who u really are.
I live in ca and i'm glad for the Spanish language everywhere, we can order in Spanish, hold basic conversations, I can read Spanish, it's not culture shoving,I just embraced it like many south Californians. I think ppl should try to pick up on the language in their region or hold on to their culture.My grandmom is from deep Lousiana, and she can understand Cajun French.
I absolutely love it! I can't understand it since I don't speak French Creole, nor does anyone I know in Central Arkansas, but this is absolutely music to my ears. The accordion is just the icing on the cake! I wish I could speak like him.
Btw I'd appreciate a translation if anyone knows what he said.
@mistaflow89 sounds More like new-brunswick, Gaspé peninsula and nova-Scotia ! You know , the other places Where acadien Have been deported!!!!and All diferent acadian cajun accent Have been changing depending on their Right to speak French ! Probably the best explanation Why it is important to Have the loi 101!!!!! Not to lose our héritage!! Btw is there Any effort from government or else in US to preserve this culture??
wow! I'm a french canadian, and I can barely understand! It does sound very similar to our accent, but he speaks very fast and does not pronounce many of the syllables.
@jacksblack1 Problem with “HISPANICS” is there not adapting to American culture, they would rather force their culture onto us. This is why cities like Santa Ana, ca is all Mexican. This is why we have to learn to speak Mexican so we can order food. And this is why cities like bell ca. is corrupted. What you Mexicans are doing is converting America to be like Mexico, commonly known as cultural imperialism. Hitler feared the same would happen in Germany.
well done guy ! i'm french and I lived 9 years in quebec province. that's why it has been very easy for me to understand this video ...it sounds like quebecer accent; so nice !!!
REMEBER OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS WERE PUNISHED WITH A RULER SIDEWAYS ON THE HAND FOR TALKING FRENCH IN SCHOOLS RUN BY U.S.GOVERNMENT. THEY TAUGHT OUR PEOPLE TO BE ASHAMEDOF THEIR HERITAGE . SO THEY SPOKE IT TO HIDE SECRETS FROM US. IM 50 YEARS OLD AND KNOW ENOUGH TO GET IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!! NDAMNED THAT. CODOFIL IN LOUISIANA FELL SHORT OF FUNDS BUT SPANISH IS STILL TAUGHT. JUS SAYIN
We in south Louisiana have pride in our culture and language. We have french radio and KLFY does its best to still include french. However, if the same was afforded to us as the mexicans, ie. our language on everything that you see spanish written on, food, advertising, legal, etc. it would be easier for our younger generations to keep with our language. The same is true that if we took spanish away from everything in the USA, it would make it easier for the children to pick up english..you dig?
in the french version of the Simpsons Groundskeeper Willie has the same accent lol the Cajun & the french canadians sound like some old french country men thats why we found that accent funny the french used to speak in that accent way back in the days but anyway french people looove the idea of french speaking people in america theres strong link between france & quebec but too bad most french people doesnt know about the Cajun only thing they kno is Louisiana used to be french
jackblack, Isn't it possible to tolerate Spanish as well as Cajun-French? Why cannot we enjoy both cultrues. I don't understand the why it has to be English only. I cannot undestand why we cannot enjoy the beautiful Cajun culture as well as Mexican immigrant culture.
@RichardWagner1 do you know what Cajun is? its a MIX of french, african, spaniard, cuban and anglo....its a mix of all those cultures into a smaller area.....thats why its so unique...BTW french is also latin. as are the italians and portiugese...all those pople and languages come from ancient latin,,,they are ALL the true latins.
@afroqueen7373 Obviously you don't know what cajun is you ignorant afrocentric child of slaves. Cajun has nothing to do with African culture. That would be creole, so learn something before you start popping off at the mouth to other people.
@scandmx5atl Actually cajun is influenced by jamaican and haitian patois as well as accadian french and some spanish and native dialects. Has nothing to do with being afro-centric, it's just true. It's not the same as creole, though many people switch between both languages, there are tons of dialects for both Louisiana Creole and Cajun French, the phonetics tend to be similar as well as the stress on the second and last syllables.
@Catwalkisnotaguru No it is not. Cajun comes from Acadian French. There may be a few words here and there influenced by Caribbean Africans over time, pretty much all of it is Acadian. I'm sure you think you're the pinnacle of intelligence when it comes to linguistics, but you are wrong. The OP claimed "Cajun" was a mix of many things when in fact, it's not. A Cajun person is a Lousianian who descends from French speaking Acadians. Therefore on the lingual and cultural side of it- you fail.
@scandmx5atl Yes, cajun people are descendants of Acadians. Obviously. Which means our heritage stems back to Acadians. But the influence that caused the language to grow apart from Acadian French, is a mixture of many different dialects and languages. Acadian French spoken in Canada and Cajun French are incredibly similar, but also different. You cannot deny that which makes a culture and language unique from it's ancestry.
@scandmx5atl So yes, the OP had Cajun and Creole mixed up, but they influenced each other and were influenced by other cultures to become what they are. Cajuns are not Acadians. They are our ancestors, and we are proud of that, but we are not them. It is our southern Louisiana flavor that makes us unique, and that flavor was gained from the cultures around us in this area. And no, I don't think I'm the pinnacle of everything, but I am a Cajun, and I'm proud of ALL of my heritage.
@Catwalkisnotaguru If you would open your eyes before your mouth you would see that I never said Cajuns are Acadians. I specifically said "descends from". Apparently you're just making shit up for an excuse to argue now.
@scandmx5atl It seems you're nitpicking so you can "win" the argument, And also you seem pretty obsessed with being right on the internet, so I'm going to let you have this one, buddy. I think if you put this much stock into internet arguments your fragile ego may need this win. Enjoy your win!
@scandmx5atl No. Not mad, you just seemed like this was really important to you, and that's okay. We can't all win in real life. You can have this one.
@RichardWagner1 i don't give a shit if people speak spanish, or cajun, or whatever language they want as long as they can also speak english, which most cajuns can and a lot of mexicans can't.
@RichardWagner1 I agree. A person should be proud of his or her heritage and his or her language, but one should take advantage of all the possibilities to get to know other cultures and languages.
It's not that Mexican culture isn't being tolerated. It's that there is a reaction against open border policy that rewards criminals and punishes those who go through the work of coming here via the legal process.
I know very basic french, so I understood bits and pieces, but is English pronunciation thrown in as well? I'm not sure. cajun french is very interesting indeed.
God Bless this man. i don't think the Cajun language or the way of life will ever die. As long as we keep believeng, they will keep living. Damn the wet backs and the government protection they have. Viva La Louisian!
I'm a born and raised Louisianian(: I understood every word. You bearly ever run into people that have this accent or speak the language. (Unless your in Machac or New Orleans) I love it. I hope it gets carryed on for generations to come):
@Jacksblack1 I agree. I'm acadian, were a dying french community in Canada. The acadians were originally deported when the english who lost the American revolution came to settle in British Owned Canada. They kicked all Acadians who refused to speak english out and so they settled in Louisianne. It's sad that both communities are dwindling because of the government pressure to speak english.
Rest in peace Linus. We Will miss you
fontenot9832 2 days ago
I don't know how I got here. I was orginally watching videos on tattooing
frizzzzzzal 4 weeks ago
tony cherere!
harrisonjamez 1 month ago
il parle francais (:
MalikaNunn 1 month ago
I can't understand a lot of what he's saying, but this makes my heart absolutely melt.
I'm a cajun and this is what I was raised around. :)
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@willyfication1, don't feel bad, it's the same with Anglophones in the USA when listening to British slang--it's hard to understand what they're saying, because their accents are so strong, and they're using newly created regional slang words.
Cajun, just like Canadian francophones, do not speak pure French, so Native French (real French people for the European continent) will NOT understand them.
I didn't mean to offend Cajuns, Creoles or francophones from Canada.
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MonsieurMercredi 1 month ago
hahahaa.... what????? hahahaaa...
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I love it !!! 1/2 French + 1/2 slang french and English!
PolskaProdigy 1 month ago
WTF!!???got here from urban dictionary
cmprquickshot 1 month ago
He so sounds like my daddy did.... oh, how I miss this.
scampbellcarlton 1 month ago
I understood every word of that. Once you get past the accent, he's very easy to understand. His French is quite good, not a lot of slang. Cool old guy.
mvleblanc 1 month ago
@mvleblanc I wish I could understand!!
PolskaProdigy 1 month ago
I'm from Denham Springs, Louisiana and both my grandpa and my grandma are Cajun. I used to wake up every morning to Cajun music and my grandparents cooking me breakfast. Those were the happiest times in my life. :)
GeranBeast 1 month ago
Le ragout d'écrevisse, c'êst du bon mangée. Merci de Virginia. Mon Père était Quebeçois.
BirdogL19 1 month ago
@BirdogL19, you must write in English, so Anglophones understands you!
For English speakers:
He's telling you that the dish-food is good eating (tastes good). He thanks someone named Virginia--I guess she is the creator of the recipe. BirdogL19 goes on to tell you that his father was a Quebecois (from Montreal, Quebec--Canada).
I'm NOT french, I'm not Cajun, and I'm not Creole, but I do read, write, and speak French. I love everything about true French--I don't like butchered French slang.
MonsieurMercredi 1 month ago
Cool old fellow. My French friends have told me that Cajun sounds like French from the 17th century, which is precisely what it is. My Grandpa would get slapped with rulers at school by his teachers, who considered Cajun backwards and subversive, so he never used it around us kids (except when swearing!). Thank goodness we have moved past stupid sh*t like that years ago, and Cajun culture will persevere! Cest bon!
masbeer 2 months ago
I'm from Lafayette,La also and now live in Iowa and make the best Gumbo and Jambalya in our community, My dad was from Forked Island and spoke cajun we had some french exchange student and they could communicate but some words were different, kinda like different dialics of spanish. Love my heritage and roots, planning a trip to Lafayette and New Orleans for my daughters 16th BD, MARDI GRAS four weeks away. Geaux Saints
huntermeaux08 2 months ago
Its like he's speaking jazz.
BriarVaen 2 months ago
I was trying to learn the recipe but to hard to understand for me. Maybe next time but I loved this video!!!
FallenDestiny1218 2 months ago
I understood "bell pepper".
jdogmoney 2 months ago
Curiously some people speak with thicker accent and some very close to standard french.
toughcookie128 2 months ago
I'm from Quebec and I understood about 90% of what he said.
toughcookie128 2 months ago
@toughcookie128 I would say 99% ;) "Ça fait une bonne" what?
Une ___d'écrevisses
59nfw 2 months ago
I'm Cajun and French, and I was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana and I'm proud of it [=
allisongirlfriend 2 months ago
Cajun is simply French and Country put together..lol.. :)
bigtrilla817 2 months ago
@bigtrilla817 Thank you! Can you scream this from the mountaintops of YouTube again, please? :)
LaCriollaRoja 2 months ago
... what is he saying? :x
heavell99 2 months ago
I love hearing the older people speak Cajun French its makes me happy because it is so beautiful but sad because I know I'm one of the last generations to get the hear it. There are not that many of them left where I live.
NOTME1776 2 months ago
An accordion, a black pot and mudbugs. I think I'm gettin' a boner, here!
thalohalo 2 months ago
Aw, he's so cute! :o)
JoyousinJesus 2 months ago
il a l'air d’être un bon cuisinier !!!
uffir 2 months ago
I'm proud to live in the Cajun community, even though I don't speak a word of it, I am proud to live in Cajun Country. I myself am Cajun on my dad's side.
JoshL117 2 months ago
@JoshL117 Me too! :D
cherryberry52298 2 months ago
Damn...you out of date, boy.
MrSlikdik 2 months ago
I got alot of that but would love to see him cook it.
tuttle1970 2 months ago
yaw bettah bih cayahfuhl own thayaht thayah shrimp uhvin boah!
roberaith 2 months ago
I have no idea what he said....but I like listening to him
LuvMehSuga 3 months ago
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jist look at all the earl on mah skramp hya
westben2000 3 months ago
I'm Cajun and cant understand a damn word....lol....hes speaking more French.
shawneverett 3 months ago 2
<3 beautiful accent,
renukaboo 3 months ago
I heard sum thick Cajun accents, but his take the cake hands down! It's like he's from another country but he isn't.
LyricalMasterMind1 3 months ago
Wow i understand the french quebec accent and it still took me a couple second to get what he was saying ! But i understood it all after all !
willdestroya 3 months ago
Didn't understand a word of what he said, but I know exactly what he's making. My granny's etoufee and potato salad rocked.
queenb67 3 months ago
America is trading this for McDonalds... crime of the century.
BlindTom61 4 months ago 8
I am from NJ, and my French from high school was incomplete. Buy anyways, I could not understand much of this, but I find it to sound sooo awesome. It never ceases to amaze me how many cultures/dialects we can find in the States. Go Louisiana!
PS for those of you who have this beautiful dialect in your family...PLEASE do not let it die out!
jolanwix 4 months ago
@jolanwix I can assure you I won't let my heritage die out, my son speaks my grandmother's Acadian french. We all have to keep our roots well planted and be proud of where we come from :) I'm an Acadian still living in our ancestral lands in atlantic Canada and proud of it! :) C'est la joie de vivre qui nous permet de survivre.
canuckartist 3 months ago 24
rememba da tah baba bushay oh da lee fahvay ruhun pwema baba bushay dayem?
ZanderG89 4 months ago
Proud to be be a Southern Louisiana Cajun! <3
Emkavee1998 4 months ago
Les haricots sont sale'!
Minipuffmicropuff 4 months ago
If you are lucky enough to have family that speak Cajun, SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND GET THEM TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND SHARE THEIR RECIPES. Put them up here! Same with Creole. Especially after people got displaced from the Hurricanes. We'll lose these dialects even more than they have been dying out. If you are so blessed to have this rich language diversity in your family, please document it for the rest of us!! This vid's stupendous, but not long enough!!!
activevoices 4 months ago
Reminds me of my grandparents. (=
MegaDarkxangel 5 months ago
lol and people say Quebecois french sounds like we eat our words. This is awesome.
dizzydreamaway 5 months ago
@dizzydreamaway what's interesting is cajun french and quebecois french are more closely related to each other than they are standard modern french, due to the lack of communication with france for all those years
papajohn5656 4 months ago
@papajohn5656 And due to the southern emigration of French Canadians that led to the Cajun culture in the first place.
Rhythmicons 4 months ago
I will at my family reunion next week.
24RedRosePetals86 5 months ago
Oooh, lose your ego; I'm lookin at dese comments and baby dey are through the roof!! If someone does not understand you. Then, explain to dem instead of treating people like they are a fool. Beautiful accent. My family is from hea. I myself am of French descent; I'm black and Spanish; my family is from New, Orleans ; La Ceiba Atlantida; I love my Creole fam all day!!!! They are some of da sweetest people. I just wanted to leave this comment; I'm thinkin I should upload a video also.
24RedRosePetals86 5 months ago
My family's Cajun! :) Yes, it can be hard t o understand us sometimes.
Cajun English is a French dialect, so it tends to sound very broken to those who speak just English & those who speak just French. @Skittles075 is correct though. He's telling us how to cook a crawfish étouffée with sauce.
It's an amazingly good dish!!! He actually reminds me a lit of one of my great uncles...! :)
JavaLover247 5 months ago
He just told us how he was going to use the ingredients to make crawfish étouffée (yum!) and crawfish potato salad. Duh, how could you not understand that?!
Skittles075 5 months ago
Can't understand him even after starting this video over a dozen times.
lostindiancamp 5 months ago
C'est si bon! Plus, s'il vous plaît! That's the extent of my French, but I would loooove to see more of this darling man playing music and cooking! :-)
NightKitchenQueen 5 months ago
@NightKitchenQueen, but it doesn't have to be the extent of your French. You have the rest of your life to learn it, and you can learn it at your own pace.
I took French in high school, but I forgot it. I had to relearn it because I was meeting many people from North Africa, and Montreal Canada. It's was not fun, nor was it easy, but I was determined to learn it.
Lean your verbs first. Use them in sentence daily. Next learn adjectives and adverbs.
MonsieurMercredi 1 month ago
MonsieurMercredi 1 month ago
I would hazard a guess. Those who can't understand him do not live in any major city in the US. I'm from NYC with a passing knowledge of high school French and I understood him.
lunhil12 5 months ago
pardon my ignorance, but is cajun french just the french language, with a different accent, or is there actual variations between the french language and cajun french, whether it be in terms of paraphrasing, or direct words? thank you very much.
threecheerer 5 months ago
@threecheerer Cajun French is a French Dialogue. It's basically just like having a different accent. Ex-a New Yorker & a Texan. They both speak English, it just sounds very different because they're from different parts of the country & have different accents. People who speak French can usually understand Cajun French. There's also Cajun English. It's close to the video^, just with more English words & less of a "French" accent (hope that makes sense). My family's Cajun so I can understand it.
JavaLover247 5 months ago
Say....What....! That was cool, what ever he said!
zuniga6412 6 months ago
You could make a drinking game out of this. Every time you hear "bell pepper" or "sauce" you take a drink
Quackerjack44 6 months ago 2
I live in the South, but not Louisiana...I think you guys are awesome. :)
SilveniumTheDrifter 6 months ago
This Cajun accent makes me miss my Mom's beautiful Cajun accent and her incrediable cajun cooking! Miss you Momma :(
steveordes 6 months ago
Man, wish I could pronounce stuff with a cajun accent. Hope to hear it when I come down to Louisiana next summer! On va s'faire du fun l'ami :)
unconteur 6 months ago
I'm not from Louisiana but my mom is. He appears to be talking about how to make crawfish etouffee. Crawfish is "ecrevisses," which you can hear him say when he refers to the little frozen packet on the counter. I can make out some of this but it's not the clearest Cajun French I've ever heard! Love it, though! Keep the culture alive, y'all.
jennybebee 6 months ago
adorable. I wish he were my grandpa.
maribelcosta 6 months ago
He speak a 95% perfect french. I'm french and I understand every word.
CrayonLaser 6 months ago
Lol, I can understand him. My aunt and uncle would only speak French around the house when we were little. Brings back memories.
kcope001 7 months ago
which language is he speaking?
x1star1x 7 months ago
Sounds like he's speaking Haitian Creole.
metalgear4500 7 months ago
It's farmer Fran
slashnazis 7 months ago
It's an odd mixture of the french and southern accent
Amorphustruth 7 months ago
omgggg cant understand a thing looooooool only peper and tomato saus
tamtjabo 7 months ago
omgggg cant understand a think looooooool only peper and tomato saus
tamtjabo 7 months ago
I'm french, I understand almost everything he says.
MrGlutamate 7 months ago
lol oh my! what did he say!?
BONNIEJDAVIS 7 months ago
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jbello68 7 months ago
@jbello68 That's Cajun French and it's been around longer than YOU have.
jmacleve 7 months ago 35
@jbello68 Do you know anything at all about your country's history???¿¿¿ Or do you think that english has always been the official and only language?¿ Don't show off your ignorance like that
910tobe 6 months ago
@910tobe Your an idiot, the Constitution of the United States isn't written in French Cajun. English has always been the native language of the USA. Maybe you should learn your country's history and the fact that the first permanent French settlement in Louisiana was established in Biloxi in 1699. The US Constitution was adopted 86 years later in English not French.
gregjohnson1984 5 months ago 3
@gregjohnson1984 cajuns...are just from Arcadia...after the birts kicked them out they went to the next best place....but no.ALL our legal documents are in english who ever said they are in french,...let alone cajun french is on crack
jingwu42 5 months ago
what the hell is he saying?
MeTaLdUdE02 7 months ago
@MeTaLdUdE02 i'm fluent in french and all i got out of it is: you need salt, pepper, butter, and you have to cook whatever it is for 15-20 minutes.
bdaravens 7 months ago
@bdaravens i guess the accent is what throws you off?
MeTaLdUdE02 7 months ago
@MeTaLdUdE02 yup, and there's a lot of what seems to be cajun slang thrown in too.
bdaravens 7 months ago
This reminds me of when my grandma would speak to my aunts in cajun french when I was little
zombiepooflinger 8 months ago
i heard "bell pepper" and "ok"....thats it
UkenaP 8 months ago
bien bon avec le patate je cherche les mot francais de mon enfance
mrallnaturalltoo 8 months ago
bien bon
mrallnaturalltoo 8 months ago
i would love to enjoy this but i cant understand him
Chris0Hood 8 months ago
bit way mucho french
roosterreb 8 months ago
Born and Raised in Southern Louisiana ! I AM ONE PROUD CAJUN<3
LexiLoveBieberMahone 8 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
blah blah....bell pepper....blah blah...
clubninjarock 8 months ago 56
@clubninjarock And you wish so badly that you had a cooler accent than you do.
TheGothims 4 months ago
dont balme us spanish kid blame the ppl who beat us
DameianBoudreaux 8 months ago
@DameianBoudreaux : Les maudits anglais! Anyway...just do your best, but please know that France did not help our people during the Dispersion in 1750. Where were they? They're just as bad as the English who murdered our people on the shores of Nova-Scotia. Thank GOD for the Native Indians who helped save our race.
Hatorah 8 months ago
@Hatorah Spain did help us a lil bit if it wasnt for them they wudnt allow us in louisiana the only reason is b/c they had a low population. the only country tht wud have helped us was canada b/c its our homeland but unfurtanetly thts where we were expelled from. well at least we got the most awesome music and food in the world and we got traiteurs but sadly they r dieing out.
DameianBoudreaux 6 months ago
@DameianBoudreaux : I wrote on your wall but everything was deleted because I was over 1000 words. If you want to contact me, I'd gladly accept you on SKYPE and tell you about our real history from SPAIN then you'd have a better glimpse of our sufferings over there during the INQUISITION.
I was in Spain last summer for 2 months doing research on our surnames. I ws astrounded at what I found. I'll instruct you Dameian to where to get your DNA done and u'll find out who u really are.
Hatorah 6 months ago
and anyway the spanish is part of cajun culture we mixed with them and indians
DameianBoudreaux 8 months ago
Listen ppl our granpas and grandmas were beat in school for speaking french so they did not want their children beat so they didnt teach them
DameianBoudreaux 8 months ago
What you don't understand jacksblack is the cajun people were persecuted for speaking french.
itsamini1 8 months ago
I live in ca and i'm glad for the Spanish language everywhere, we can order in Spanish, hold basic conversations, I can read Spanish, it's not culture shoving,I just embraced it like many south Californians. I think ppl should try to pick up on the language in their region or hold on to their culture.My grandmom is from deep Lousiana, and she can understand Cajun French.
PrettyPolly65 8 months ago
good one spnshkid05
sojourner1968 8 months ago
Farmer Fran ! =)
antidoteco 8 months ago
A BUR BUR BURB BUR BURBUR
fgsfds8 9 months ago
I absolutely love it! I can't understand it since I don't speak French Creole, nor does anyone I know in Central Arkansas, but this is absolutely music to my ears. The accordion is just the icing on the cake! I wish I could speak like him.
Btw I'd appreciate a translation if anyone knows what he said.
chrisz71 9 months ago 2
This is wonderful, thank you for posting it.
phelonyjones 9 months ago
@mistaflow89 sounds More like new-brunswick, Gaspé peninsula and nova-Scotia ! You know , the other places Where acadien Have been deported!!!!and All diferent acadian cajun accent Have been changing depending on their Right to speak French ! Probably the best explanation Why it is important to Have the loi 101!!!!! Not to lose our héritage!! Btw is there Any effort from government or else in US to preserve this culture??
bobbywelby 9 months ago
les patates, un bout'temps...
mistaflo89 9 months ago
Cajun is pretty much the same French as we speak in Quebec... that's so interesting!
mistaflo89 9 months ago
wow! I'm a french canadian, and I can barely understand! It does sound very similar to our accent, but he speaks very fast and does not pronounce many of the syllables.
isabellehebert 9 months ago
FARMER FRAN!!!!!
redvelvet1508 9 months ago
@jacksblack1 Problem with “HISPANICS” is there not adapting to American culture, they would rather force their culture onto us. This is why cities like Santa Ana, ca is all Mexican. This is why we have to learn to speak Mexican so we can order food. And this is why cities like bell ca. is corrupted. What you Mexicans are doing is converting America to be like Mexico, commonly known as cultural imperialism. Hitler feared the same would happen in Germany.
dosklown 9 months ago
@dosklown What do you mean when you say "American" culture?
lazofff 9 months ago
OUCH EAR RAPE
MASTERBLASTER118 9 months ago
wow... he sounds just like my daddy. lol. he is also cajun south Louisiana rules!!! lol
DatBhsSenior08 9 months ago
Behll pepuh
Hispanicauzinpanic 9 months ago
he must be from New Iberia!!!!!
fredwill13 10 months ago
@fredwill13 What you mean he must be from New Iberia!? IM from and still live in New Iberia!
LexiLoveBieberMahone 8 months ago
ah yes the meaning of canjun.... impossible to understand
007Finland 10 months ago
Zydeco! Man I love being cajun!
allisongirlfriend 10 months ago
i have no idea wtf he is saying but i dig it
davism4a1 10 months ago
well done guy ! i'm french and I lived 9 years in quebec province. that's why it has been very easy for me to understand this video ...it sounds like quebecer accent; so nice !!!
manuls24 10 months ago
REMEBER OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS WERE PUNISHED WITH A RULER SIDEWAYS ON THE HAND FOR TALKING FRENCH IN SCHOOLS RUN BY U.S.GOVERNMENT. THEY TAUGHT OUR PEOPLE TO BE ASHAMEDOF THEIR HERITAGE . SO THEY SPOKE IT TO HIDE SECRETS FROM US. IM 50 YEARS OLD AND KNOW ENOUGH TO GET IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!! NDAMNED THAT. CODOFIL IN LOUISIANA FELL SHORT OF FUNDS BUT SPANISH IS STILL TAUGHT. JUS SAYIN
fireman70537 11 months ago
To what extent is this intelligible to a Parisian?
trilobright 11 months ago
@trilobright
To the same extent that Côte d'Iviorian French is intelligible to a Québecker.
CadjinGisclair 11 months ago 2
We in south Louisiana have pride in our culture and language. We have french radio and KLFY does its best to still include french. However, if the same was afforded to us as the mexicans, ie. our language on everything that you see spanish written on, food, advertising, legal, etc. it would be easier for our younger generations to keep with our language. The same is true that if we took spanish away from everything in the USA, it would make it easier for the children to pick up english..you dig?
jacksblack1 11 months ago
in the french version of the Simpsons Groundskeeper Willie has the same accent lol the Cajun & the french canadians sound like some old french country men thats why we found that accent funny the french used to speak in that accent way back in the days but anyway french people looove the idea of french speaking people in america theres strong link between france & quebec but too bad most french people doesnt know about the Cajun only thing they kno is Louisiana used to be french
NicKingPapiChulo 11 months ago
I wish I knew this language. It seems absolutely awesome. I could listen to this man talk all day!
NervousCharles 11 months ago 2
@NervousCharles Its called french dumbass.
GuerreroBestEver 10 months ago
I just favourited this awesome clip...thanks for sharing.
jenzeppelin 11 months ago
Im so jealous xD
jjd 11 months ago
Aww.... what an awesome grandpa :)
MisterBeaucoup 11 months ago 2
they still speak french in Haiti
streetnewz 11 months ago
He sounds more like the Swedish Chef.
mrceebees14 1 year ago
I love cajun culture and Mexican immigrant culture. I don't understand why thier exist a barrier or competition between either culture.
RichardWagner1 1 year ago 2
jackblack, Isn't it possible to tolerate Spanish as well as Cajun-French? Why cannot we enjoy both cultrues. I don't understand the why it has to be English only. I cannot undestand why we cannot enjoy the beautiful Cajun culture as well as Mexican immigrant culture.
RichardWagner1 1 year ago 31
@RichardWagner1 do you know what Cajun is? its a MIX of french, african, spaniard, cuban and anglo....its a mix of all those cultures into a smaller area.....thats why its so unique...BTW french is also latin. as are the italians and portiugese...all those pople and languages come from ancient latin,,,they are ALL the true latins.
afroqueen7373 11 months ago
@afroqueen7373 Obviously you don't know what cajun is you ignorant afrocentric child of slaves. Cajun has nothing to do with African culture. That would be creole, so learn something before you start popping off at the mouth to other people.
scandmx5atl 9 months ago
@scandmx5atl Actually cajun is influenced by jamaican and haitian patois as well as accadian french and some spanish and native dialects. Has nothing to do with being afro-centric, it's just true. It's not the same as creole, though many people switch between both languages, there are tons of dialects for both Louisiana Creole and Cajun French, the phonetics tend to be similar as well as the stress on the second and last syllables.
Catwalkisnotaguru 9 months ago
@Catwalkisnotaguru No it is not. Cajun comes from Acadian French. There may be a few words here and there influenced by Caribbean Africans over time, pretty much all of it is Acadian. I'm sure you think you're the pinnacle of intelligence when it comes to linguistics, but you are wrong. The OP claimed "Cajun" was a mix of many things when in fact, it's not. A Cajun person is a Lousianian who descends from French speaking Acadians. Therefore on the lingual and cultural side of it- you fail.
scandmx5atl 9 months ago
@scandmx5atl Yes, cajun people are descendants of Acadians. Obviously. Which means our heritage stems back to Acadians. But the influence that caused the language to grow apart from Acadian French, is a mixture of many different dialects and languages. Acadian French spoken in Canada and Cajun French are incredibly similar, but also different. You cannot deny that which makes a culture and language unique from it's ancestry.
Catwalkisnotaguru 9 months ago
@scandmx5atl So yes, the OP had Cajun and Creole mixed up, but they influenced each other and were influenced by other cultures to become what they are. Cajuns are not Acadians. They are our ancestors, and we are proud of that, but we are not them. It is our southern Louisiana flavor that makes us unique, and that flavor was gained from the cultures around us in this area. And no, I don't think I'm the pinnacle of everything, but I am a Cajun, and I'm proud of ALL of my heritage.
Catwalkisnotaguru 9 months ago
@Catwalkisnotaguru If you would open your eyes before your mouth you would see that I never said Cajuns are Acadians. I specifically said "descends from". Apparently you're just making shit up for an excuse to argue now.
scandmx5atl 9 months ago
@scandmx5atl It seems you're nitpicking so you can "win" the argument, And also you seem pretty obsessed with being right on the internet, so I'm going to let you have this one, buddy. I think if you put this much stock into internet arguments your fragile ego may need this win. Enjoy your win!
Catwalkisnotaguru 9 months ago
@Catwalkisnotaguru aww you got mad because you realized you were wrong. good education leads to success
scandmx5atl 9 months ago
@scandmx5atl No. Not mad, you just seemed like this was really important to you, and that's okay. We can't all win in real life. You can have this one.
Catwalkisnotaguru 9 months ago
@Catwalkisnotaguru aww you're still popping off? i thought you were done
scandmx5atl 9 months ago
@RichardWagner1 i don't give a shit if people speak spanish, or cajun, or whatever language they want as long as they can also speak english, which most cajuns can and a lot of mexicans can't.
actucke 9 months ago
@RichardWagner1 I agree. A person should be proud of his or her heritage and his or her language, but one should take advantage of all the possibilities to get to know other cultures and languages.
Ylviste 9 months ago 3
@RichardWagner1
It's not that Mexican culture isn't being tolerated. It's that there is a reaction against open border policy that rewards criminals and punishes those who go through the work of coming here via the legal process.
NewYorkFlavour 6 months ago
I know very basic french, so I understood bits and pieces, but is English pronunciation thrown in as well? I'm not sure. cajun french is very interesting indeed.
RevolutionarySamurai 1 year ago
Wow, the language sounds amazing. I wish more people in the world spoke Cajun. xD
90geekgirl06 1 year ago
God Bless this man. i don't think the Cajun language or the way of life will ever die. As long as we keep believeng, they will keep living. Damn the wet backs and the government protection they have. Viva La Louisian!
DixieRiverRat 1 year ago
I'm a born and raised Louisianian(: I understood every word. You bearly ever run into people that have this accent or speak the language. (Unless your in Machac or New Orleans) I love it. I hope it gets carryed on for generations to come):
MaddieeLynn 1 year ago
@MaddieeLynn You can find it alot in lafayette and when you get in the deep southwest of the state. Not alot towards the northern parishes.
Catwalkisnotaguru 9 months ago
I understood:
"ok"
"mayonaise"
"mustard"
mauk4678 1 year ago
well im pure CAJUN..i understand every word this guy is saying ..I feel blessed to know this language!!
patricksal4 1 year ago
I could listen to him all day! I may not understand, but the language is beautiful!
rhosteph 1 year ago 2
i bet if you renamed all the cajun videos on youtube to drunken man mumbles incoherently nobody would even notice
hugitout23 1 year ago
@hugitout23 I don't understand fully the first sentence, but all the rest perfectly, French Parisian that I am, and I've never been to the US.
I couldn't understand "drunken man mumbles".
ericmarseille2 1 year ago
@Jacksblack1 I agree. I'm acadian, were a dying french community in Canada. The acadians were originally deported when the english who lost the American revolution came to settle in British Owned Canada. They kicked all Acadians who refused to speak english out and so they settled in Louisianne. It's sad that both communities are dwindling because of the government pressure to speak english.
Echogenix23 1 year ago
@Echogenix23 Yea, as long as you are not spanish, then you dont have to learn english nor be a part of our American heritage.
jacksblack1 1 year ago
I'm writing from France. I'm from Louisiana. This video makes me so happy. <3
Tu me manques, Louisiane.