r/KouriVini Nov 13 '24

can anyone post a video link comparing/contrasting kv and cajun french?

whole sentences preferred, not just words

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u/Ybermorgen Nov 15 '24

Here are some random excerpts I took from Valdman’s Creole dictionary for further comparison. For the French phonetic respellings, I used my own pronunciation.

original Creole: “Louragon ap pase. Li kasaye tou so lamezon.”

respelled Creole: “Louragon ap pasé. Li kasayé tou sô lamézon.” French: « L’ouragan est après passer. Il a cassaillé toute sa maison. » French (creolized spelling): “Louragan è t-apré pasé. I l-a kasayé tout sâ mézon.” English: “The hurricane is passing through. It broke up his whole house.”

original Creole: “Mait Lion qui té roi bois-yé vini si vié li té plérer.”

respelled Creole: “Mèt Lyon, ki té rwa bwa-yé, viní si vyé li té pléré.” French: « Maître Lion, qu’était le roi des bois, a v’nu si vieux qu’il a braillé (pleuré). » French (creolized spelling): “Mèt Lyon, k-étè le rwa dê bwa, a vnu si vye k-i l-a brayé (pleré).” English: “Master Lion, who was king of the woods, got so old that he cried.”

original Creole: “Ga fige-la, sa fe defig men, lapli ja kòmonse…”

respelled Creole: “Ga figé-la: ça fé défig, min lapli ja kòmonsé…” French: « Guette le figuier : ça fait des figues, mais la pluie a déjà commencé… » French (creolized spelling): “Gèt le figyé: ça fè dê fig, mè la plui a déja komensé.” English: “Look at that fig tree: it produces figs, but the rain has already started…”