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Obras por Jennifer Gipson

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You will NOT learn Cajun French by reading this book because the French language doesn't make any sense what-so-ever! This book is set up to look up words from English to French, not French to English. So, if you hear or see a word in French, and you want to know what it means, you are out of luck.

First of all, you will need a refresher course in the structure of the English sentence. Do you remember what Definite and Indefinite Articles are? Me either! And the book doesn't go over it with you. For example, "the" is the only definite article in the English language, and there are 4 ways to say just "the" in French...le, la, l' and les. Yes! That's how difficult learning French or Cajun French will be.

So, you need your phone or computer nearby to first Google what the different parts of a sentence are. Then Google how to pronounce the words. There are hardly any French dialects over the French words to even begin to help you out with pronunciations. I'm having to add my own pronunciation keys. After all, we don't know anything about the French language, right? That's why I bought the book to learn how to pronounce words.

The book is separated into the following sections: a dictionary from English to French, Greetings and Politeness, Getting to Know People, Eating and Drinking, Good Times, Music, Mardi Gras, Agriculture-Fishing-Hunting, Religion, Family, Making Purchases, Geography, Topography, The Weather, Numbers and Measurements, Time and conversational Words...just a page or two and in that order.

I found that I even have to add common words, such as "Mom" (Maman), "chicken" (poule) or "hello" (bon-jour) to the book. Even had to add a few common phrases myself.

I don't find this little book useful for LEARNING Cajun French, but it could be useful, if you already have down the basics in the French language, as a reference while traveling Louisiana.
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MissysBookshelf | Aug 27, 2023 |

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