Louisiana French/Greetings

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Louisiana French

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01. Introduction 02. Grammar and Pronunciation 03. Greetings
04. Time 05. Introduction to Verbs 06. Verbs and Tenses 07. Goodbyes

Basic Vocabulary

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

Here is a conversation between Pierre and Dennis

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

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