The Cajun language, spoken by the decendants of exiled Acadians, has been passed on by word of mouth for more than two hundred years. Cajun French is still widely spoken throughout Louisiana, despite threat of extinction and the controversies associated with including the language in school curricula.
Conversational Cajun French I, the first systematic approach to teaching the language, makes Cajun French accessible to those born outside Cajun families and works to preserve the Cajun language and culture.
An extremely practical introduction to Cajun French, this resource focuses on everyday words and common phrases that can be understood everywhere the language is spoken, regardless of the various dialects and subdialects. The Cajun words for the days and months, holidays, parts of the body, numbers, clothing, colors, foods, animals, fruits and vegetables, tools, and plants, as well as a section of useful expressions and a list of traditional Cajun names are among the elements included.
The book—designed for use in conjunction with the companion compact disks—includes a pronunciation guide to enable even the beginning student to converse with Cajuns. Narrated by author Randall P. Whatley, the CDs clarify the nuanced pronunciation necessary to learn this beautiful and, until now, elusive language.
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About the Authors
Authors Randall P. Whatley and Harry Jannise, Cajuns who speak fluent Cajun French, originally developed this handbook for a series of informal conversational Cajun French classes for the LSU Union in Baton Rouge.
This is the ePub/eBook version of this title. This is not the print edition.
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CONVERSATIONAL CAJUN FRENCH I
By Randall P. Whatley and Harry Jannise
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / French
96 print pages. 6 x 9
Download file size: 2.8Mb
ISBN: 9781455602919 epub file