Shopping Francai
This is much how I sound in my French class… maybe a tad slower.
Randie should be a bit more panicked here… seeing as how she’s not even started her holiday shopping.
This is much how I sound in my French class… maybe a tad slower.
Randie should be a bit more panicked here… seeing as how she’s not even started her holiday shopping.
Randie needn’t feel bad. I couldn’t slap that together either. Eh, as long as you can say “More champagne please” you’ll be fine.
I took five years of French class and I still don’t know how to ask where the bathroom is :)!
Poor Randie. I haven’t started my holiday shopping either and I have a ton of people to shop for. Last minute shopping, yipes.
Just by curiosity, do you have French teachers (I mean teachers whose mother tongue is French) in French classes ?
The same happens to me when I’m in Japanese class !
ninjaynyan – It’s quite uncommon to be taught by a native born French speaker if taking French classes at a college. Far more likely is a French major who has studied long and hard and is in the graduate program working toward a higher degree.
Meghan – If you ever have the need, the quickest approach is “Les toilettes, s’il vous plaît?” Get’s the idea across. Sometimes help to jump up and down with some urgency 🙂
My French Instructor is not a native speaker…
And, wow, Meghan, 5 years of Francais!??? Did you at least get the nasal thing down? …and um, I’m in the same boat as you in the shopping department. I am soooo thankful for the internet shopping!
Thanks Crow, I’m sure that will come in very handy some day :)!
In Canada since we are a bilingual country we have to take mandatory french(people in quebec take english instead) from some point in elementary school till grade 9. I never came close to speaking with a french accent or doing the nasal thing, sad tale. I’m really good at translating stuff so I always did well.
Ahh, french class. Always such fun. French teachers were always cool. One taught us all the french swear words on the first day!