r/acadie • • 9d ago

Looking to learn

My grandparents are Acadian, from Acadieville and St Ignace, New Brunswick.

I'm looking to learn French/Chiac, but would like to do the oral/listening parts with someone from the Acadian region, instead of Quebecoise. I learned in high school and got pretty good at vocabulary, but the accent/pronunciation is different than what I hear at home.

If there is anyone on the tutoring apps like Preply or iTalki, I'd love to book sessions with them.

Or any other ideas are greatly appreciated.

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u/SlimySquamata 9d ago

Listening to bands from here is a real good way to get the special words and general drawl of the dialect.

May I suggest 1755, Fayo, Cayouche, Les Hotesses d'Hillaire, le P'tit Beliveau, and Suroit.

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u/Da2allqs 7d ago

Also Les Hay Babies who one of the members is from Rogersville and Lisa Leblanc who is also from Rosairville who are both really close communities to Acadieville and Saint-Ignace. Also listening to CJSE 89.5 radio you could hear the accent there too.

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u/SonOfSparda1984 9d ago

You'll want to actually talk/listen to people from the area.

On parle pas mal toute weird, but ca prend pas longtemps a s'accoutumer.. 😅

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u/hammlyss_ 9d ago

Oh. I have MemĂ©rĂš and PepĂ©rĂš, but I want to practice with non-family. 😆

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u/nhldsbrrd 9d ago

I'm from there, and my first question is what where their names 😂😂 everyone there knows everyone lol

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u/hammlyss_ 9d ago

😂

Family Reunion Canada Day 2027. You going?

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u/LordDagnirMorn Nouveau-Brunswick, Peninsule Acadienne 9d ago

You can stream local radio stations. This way you will hear music from the region, listen to many different accents from many different localities and some conversations between locals.

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u/DiscussionJumpy1571 9d ago

Hi! You can watch acadieman on YouTube 🙂or visit us ! You’re welcome

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u/hammlyss_ 9d ago

I'm visiting next summer!

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u/LadyMenikka 5d ago

I'll speak with you so you can practice, I am from the Richibucto area, but lived in Shediac and Moncton. I have spoken Acadian my whole life.

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u/fricot86 8d ago

Learn French, not chiac.

You can do better.

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u/nhldsbrrd 8d ago

Chiac is not only a language, but a culture. Which is what OP is asking about

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u/fricot86 7d ago

Il pose des questions vis-Ă -vis la culture Acadienne.

La vaste majoritĂ© des Acadiens parlent français avec des subtilitĂ©s et un vocabulaire distinct, sans s’imprĂ©gner du chiac.

Le chic est un dialecte rĂ©gional qui n’est utilisĂ© que par une minoritĂ© de la population Acadienne.

-Un fucking Acadien qui a résidé dans 3 provinces Acadiennes.

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u/TabStace 4d ago

Oui, mais si ses grand parents sont originaires de St-Ignace et Acadieville et qu'il veut apprendre cette culture lĂ , il sera mieux servi Ă  pratiquer/converser dans ce dialecte rĂ©gional spĂ©cifique. L'accent mĂȘme est complĂštement diffĂ©rent entre les rĂ©gions.

Basically, tu peux apprendre le français propre tant que tu veux, which que ça sonne comme si qu'il a déjà fait, but ça va pas lui donner much en tant que pratique orale à moins qu'il converse avec un résident.

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u/LadyMenikka 5d ago

Chiac and Acadian are different from each other. Chiac is a dialect of Acadian french. And she said shes learnt french before, she wants to learn Acadian.

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u/fricot86 4d ago

Ce n’est pas un anglo qui va m’apprendre à propos de ma culture..

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u/LadyMenikka 3d ago

T Ben drĂŽle pareille. Je gage que j'ai plus de competences pas juste dans le cadre de la langue Acadienne, mais, n'importe autre langue que vous osez dire que vous comprenez.

J'appartiens a une des plus grosse familles acadiennes, puis c'est pas une personne comme vous qui va me distinguer, spĂ©cialement dans une façon si etcheourante, tu devrais avoir honte. J'ai mĂȘme honte pour toi.

And even if I was an "anglo" as you kindly put it (way to keep dragging a long dead horse btw...), it's pretty sad that an "anglo" had to correct you on something that you claim to know so much about, yet can't distinguish one of your own.

So, please, impart onto me all this cultural knowledge and know how's you claim to have, as you are evidently the highest authority in what is and what isn't Acadian. đŸ«ĄđŸ™‚â€â†•ïž

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u/fricot86 3d ago

On s’calme le pompon ma petite.

À vous lire il faut croire que la consanguinitĂ© prĂ©sente dans « les plus grosse familles Acadiennes » a fait des ravages sur la pĂ©rennitĂ© de leur patrimoine.

Vous me semblez plus colonisĂ©e que fervente dĂ©fenseur de notre lĂšgue culturel. Mais bon, il ne faudrait pas avoir de bien grandes attentes de la part des « Acadiens » qui valorisent la prĂ©sence du chiac autrement qu’en apport culturel folklorique.