Chirac parle créole...

Je suis tombée sur cette vidéo des Guignols de l'info, qui montre Monsieur Chichi, du temps où il était Président, faire comme s'il maîtrisait le créole... J'adore les Guignols de l'info, vous le savez peut-être. Si non, cliquez ici.

A propos des DOM-TOM, Jacques Chirac a d'ailleurs déclaré lors de l'un de ses mandats : "L'outremer c'est comme une femme, il faut l'aimer. Quand on l'aime, on ne peut rien lui refuser".

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I saw this video on the internet, taken from the TV show called Les Guignols de l'info , which shows Jacques Chirac when he still was the French President.
The video is after one Chirac's travel to one DOM-TOM*. It is very funny, Jacques Chirac says he can speak creole and just says nonsense, telling that Creole is his mother-tongue, in order maybe to get votes from the islands.

The "Guignols de l'info" TV show presents actuality with humour, and as you maybe know, I like it. If you don't know, click here.

I put this video on my blog because it's in accordance with the theme, as I'm on the Réunion island, which is a DOM, and where creole is widely spoken.

Speaking about that, Jacques Chirac declared once : " You have to love the overseas, as you would love a woman. Because when you love, you can't refuse anything" (it was during a meeting where some politicians criticized the overseas territory, telling that there are very expensive for the French government).


*DOM-TOM=French overseas departments and territories.

Le Créole...

ci, la langue officielle est le français. Cependant, il y a une autre langue très utilisée, à savoir le créole. J’ai l’impression que le créole est beaucoup utilisé en famille, dans la rue, les bus… Le français est utilisé plutôt dans un cadre plus officiel et professionnel. Je comprends un peu le créole, du moins je devine le thème des conversations, car certains mots dérivent du français. Il y a également des influences malgaches, indiennes, chinoises… À l’image de la population, il est très mélangé !

Parfois, des collègues de boulot parlent créole entre eux. Il arrive que je galère pour comprendre, mais depuis le début, je me suis améliorée !

Cette langue est très imagée. Par exemple, pour dire suppositoire (pas vrai Nathalie ?), on dit « bonbon-lafesse ». C’est-y-pas-mignon ?

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On the Réunion Island, the official language is French. But there is also another language which is used a lot, Creole. Most of the time, I have the feeling that people speak Creole when they are with their family, in the streets, the bus… French is used at work, and I would say, “for more official things”. I understand a little bit Creole, because some words come from French. There are also influences from Hindi, Chinese, Malagasy… It’s very mixed, like the population from here. When people speak Creole to me, I guess what it is about, that’s all. Sometimes, some colleagues at work speak creole to me, and I’m having a hard time to understand. But I improve !

They also have funny expressions, which are very full of imagery. For example, to say “suppository”, they say something like: “candy-for-bottom”. Amusing, isn’t it?