[Matt G]

What an awesome thread. My grandparents grew up speaking only French until they had to go to school. My mom picked up on the language and forgot most of it, but my dad never did. I tried to pick up on it growing up, but it was only used when my grandparents didn't want us to know what they were talking about. I took French in school and spent a summer at Université Sainte-Anne in La Pointe de l'Eglise (Church Point), Nova Scotia learning French. We were completely immersed in the language for 5 straight weeks. It was an amazing feeling when I woke up from a dream that was in French and when I would have a thought, it was in French. In that short while, I truly became fluent in the language. Sadly, after coming back home and not having someone to regularly converse with, I forgot the majority of it. To the OP, if circumstances allow it, I would highly recommend looking into going to the immersion program at Université Sainte-Anne. I believe they have a 1 week program as well, which would be a great start. Now I use cajun music (the old stuff such as Iry Lejeune) to try and remember some of what I forgot. It's not as effective as I would like though.

Cajunduck, are you a Principle of a french immersion school in Lafayette? My son is 3 and I've been teaching him phrases here and there. He doesn't ask people to "come see," it's "Vien ici". And "right there" is "droite la." I'm just trying to light the flame. Im praying we can get him into French immersion when it's time.