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Louisiana French/Hello and Goodbye

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Greetings Cajun French English Bonjour! Bon Matin!! Hello! Good morning/afternoon! Hi! Bonsoir! Hello! Good evening! Hi! no Cajun Comment ca va.ogg Comment ça va? How's it going? no Cajun Comment les affaires.ogg Comment les affaires? How are things? no Cajun Comment cest.ogg 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 no Ca va tres bien.ogg Ça va très bien! It's going very well! C'est magnifique! It's magnificent! no Cajun Joliment bien.ogg Joliment bien! Very well! no Beaucoup bien.ogg Beaucoup bien! Very well! Doing OK no Cajun Comme ci comme ca.ogg Comme ci, comme ça So-so (OK) no Cajun Ca peut faire.ogg Ça peut faire It'll do Ça va It's going no Cajun Pas mal.ogg Pas mal Not bad no Cest pas trop mauvais.ogg 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 no Cajun Beaucoup mal.ogg Beaucoup mal Very bad no Ca va pas du tout.ogg Ça va pas du tout It's not going at all Example conversation Pierre: Bonjour Dennis! (Hello Dennis!) Dennis: Bonjour Pierre! Comment ça va? (Hello Pierre! How's it going?) Pierre: Ça peut faire. Et toi? (It'll do. How about you?) Dennis: Ça va bien, merci. (It's going well, thank you.) Farewells French English Au revoir! Goodbye! (polite) Bye-bye! Bye-bye! À plus tard! See you later! À demain! See you tomorrow! On va se revoir plus tard. We'll see each other later. On va se reparler plus tard. We'll talk later. Il faut je m'en vas. I have to go. Il faut je fais route. I've got to hit the road. Soigne-toi! Take care! (said to one person) Soignez-vous-autres! Y'all take care! "Au revoir" may be pronounced as if spelled "au re'oir" (without the v sound) or as "à re'oir". "On va se revoir" follows this same pattern; it is said "On va se re'oir" Example conversation Pierre: Alright Dennis... ben, faut je m'en vas. (Alright Dennis... well, I have to go.) Dennis: OK Pierre, on va se revoir plus tard. (OK Pierre, we'll see each other later.) Pierre: Ouais, soigne-toi. (Yes, take care.) mini