Does anyone have video of GSP, Cote, Kang or Loiseau speaking French?

[meffid man]

I would like to hear how they sound speaking their native language. So far I have only heard them speaking English, other than a very brief clip of GSP saying a few French words that weren't very clear in the audio. I would imagine that they have done some interviews in French for MMA in their Quebec homeland. Please upload any clips or provide links if you have any.

Merci d'avance

[Froggy Canuck]

Ask and ye shall receive! Côté talks about his knee surgery recovery.

UltimeFanatic.com - Entrevue exclusive avec Patrick Coté - 2009 INTERVIEWS/Les entrevues de l'année 2009 - Entrevues

EDIT Additionnal videos:
Loiseau
Canoe TV: David The Crow Loiseau


GSP
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Kang:
Tough one to find. Even the Quebecois site on top did their interview in English with him. Bizarre.
But found this when he did an interview for French television after going to Paris for a seminar (look at about 24:30 mins):

Document sans nom

First time I've heard him speak French (and his accent is very much "France French" as opposed to Canadian French since St-Pierre island is a French dependency)!

[meffid man]

Thank you so much for those links. I'm glad to finally hear some MMA fighters speaking their native French.

Wow, I never realized how different Canadian French is from standard French. I'm just a student of the language and for me Kang was the easiest to understand. Cote was damn near impossible to understand. I could only pick out a few words that I understood. It didn't even sound like they were speaking French at times. GSP was also difficult to understand but not as bad as Cote. Loiseau was easier to understand but I suspect it's because he grew up speaking Haitian French at home so his diction is slightly different.

I guess I just have to get used to hearing Canadian French some more. The differences are bigger than I thought. It's like an American going to England and hearing Geordie or Scouse for the first time. Subtitles please.

[Froggy Canuck]

Originally Posted by meffid man

Thank you so much for those links. I'm glad to finally hear some MMA fighters speaking their native French.

Wow, I never realized how different Canadian French is from standard French. I'm just a student of the language and for me Kang was the easiest to understand. Cote was damn near impossible to understand. I could only pick out a few words that I understood. It didn't even sound like they were speaking French at times. GSP was also difficult to understand but not as bad as Cote. Loiseau was easier to understand but I suspect it's because he grew up speaking Haitian French at home so his diction is slightly different.

I guess I just have to get used to hearing Canadian French some more. The differences are bigger than I thought. It's like an American going to England and hearing Geordie or Scouse for the first time. Subtitles please.

Glad to be of help!

In regards to your comment on the different accents, it's indeed often frustrating for us French-Canadians to be lumped in with Frenchmen (linguistically, politically, culturally, etc.). by people who don't know any better. Different culture, different slang, different way of life.

While we speak the same language, it's as different, as you pointed out, as an American and a Brit, or a Mexican and a Spaniard.

Nice to see an American learning French though, I would love to speak more than two languages myself. Don't know if you are learning from a French prof or a French-Canadian one! I assume French because you understood Kang better and he speaks "France French"

Small tip: If you ever come visit here, people will tend to automatically switch over to English if you have an American accent as most people, especially in the tourist areas, speak pretty good English as a second language. But tell them you want to practice your French, and they will be glad to help out.

[ahme4]

Oh man, la fille qui était en train de interviewer David Loiseau est TELLEMENT BELLE!!! C' quoi sa nom?

[meffid man]

Originally Posted by Froggy Canuck

Glad to be of help!

In regards to your comment on the different accents, it's indeed often frustrating for us French-Canadians to be lumped in with Frenchmen (linguistically, politically, culturally, etc.). by people who don't know any better. Different culture, different slang, different way of life.

While we speak the same language, it's as different, as you pointed out, as an American and a Brit, or a Mexican and a Spaniard.

Nice to see an American learning French though, I would love to speak more than two languages myself. Don't know if you are learning from a French prof or a French-Canadian one! I assume French because you understood Kang better and he speaks "France French"

Small tip: If you ever come visit here, people will tend to automatically switch over to English if you have an American accent as most people, especially in the tourist areas, speak pretty good English as a second language. But tell them you want to practice your French, and they will be glad to help out.

Yeah, most of the French I've been exposed to so far has been from France. All my books and learning material seem to focus on French the way it is spoken in Paris. I would eventually like to be able to understand Quebecois too because Quebec is closer to me and it would be much easier to travel there. I also want to see Quebec because of its uniqueness from the rest of Canada and the US. I've been to other parts of Canada before and I didn't really feel like I had left the US. To me Ottawa looked like the rest of upstate New York. At least with Quebec I know I will be experiencing a different culture.

[Froggy Canuck]

Originally Posted by ahme4

Oh man, la fille qui était en train de interviewer David Loiseau est TELLEMENT BELLE!!! C' quoi sa nom?

C'est Izabelle Desjardins, animatrice à Music Plus:

Animateur | Izabelle Desjardins - ancienne version | MUSIQUEPLUS

Casse-gueule | Accueil | MUSIQUEPLUS

[Froggy Canuck]

Originally Posted by meffid man

Yeah, most of the French I've been exposed to so far has been from France. All my books and learning material seem to focus on French the way it is spoken in Paris. I would eventually like to be able to understand Quebecois too because Quebec is closer to me and it would be much easier to travel there. I also want to see Quebec because of its uniqueness from the rest of Canada and the US. I've been to other parts of Canada before and I didn't really feel like I had left the US. To me Ottawa looked like the rest of upstate New York. At least with Quebec I know I will be experiencing a different culture.

You would also go crazy over New Brunswick/Acadian French. Once again, they have quite the different accent as we do here in Quebec. I find however that most other French-Canadian communities outside Quebec, such as in Northeastern Ontario and Manitoba, basically sound the same as Quebec French. But Acadian French is quite different, even we have trouble understanding them sometimes (mostly the old people though).

Think of it as sorta like Boston as opposed to New York regional dialects!

[ahme4]

Originally Posted by Froggy Canuck

C'est Izabelle Desjardins, animatrice à Music Plus:

Animateur | Izabelle Desjardins - ancienne version | MUSIQUEPLUS

Casse-gueule | Accueil | MUSIQUEPLUS

Ahh ok je crois que c' la meme fille qui etait dans un episode avec GSP plus tot. Ya elle est pas mal belle.

[meffid man]

Originally Posted by Froggy Canuck

You would also go crazy over New Brunswick/Acadian French. Once again, they have quite the different accent as we do here in Quebec. I find however that most other French-Canadian communities outside Quebec, such as in Northeastern Ontario and Manitoba, basically sound the same as Quebec French. But Acadian French is quite different, even we have trouble understanding them sometimes (mostly the old people though).

Think of it as sorta like Boston as opposed to New York regional dialects!

I listened to some Acadian French on Youtube. It was a regional dialect called Chiac. It was like a mixture of French and English which is something I despise hearing. I can't stand hearing Franglais or any foreign language when they start using too many English loan words. I hope real Acadian French the way it is spoken traditionally is different from Chiac and sounds more French than Franglais. I know it's supposed to have an older French vocabulary which can sound very formal and charming.