2006-06-15 06:34:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm French so I should know. He should see that as a great opportunity. Don't try to learn French. The more he'll be immersed in a completely English-speaking environment, the better for him. Actually, he is really lucky as most people who are sent to a foreign country will end up with people who speak their own language, which is a bit pointless as far as language is concerned.
2006-06-15 07:47:20 · answer #1 · answered by Offkey 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Learn some French
2006-06-15 06:38:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shouldn't worry about it. For sure, he's across to practice his English.
Have a dictionary handy (one that does both French- English & English-French) so when everyone gets stuck for the word and the signs don't work...
2006-06-15 07:18:40 · answer #3 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry, french students learn English at school ( well, I think so!). And it'll be a great opportunity for him to improve his English!
But I think you should learn some common words like
thank you= Merci
bonjour= good morning
....
It'll make a good impression and he'll feel more at ease if he see that you make some efforts to talk to him!
Good luck!
2006-06-16 20:59:53 · answer #4 · answered by BelgianGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get really stuck you can use this website to translate
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Don't worry too much though, he's here to learn English and as a host family the best thing you can do is try to communicate with him in the language that he is trying to learn. If the language barrier is causing any major problems it would be best to speak to someone from his language school or if you are using one, the agency that is paying you to be a host family.
2006-06-15 13:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by fidget 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hire me. I can speak French and English.
2006-06-15 06:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by Chevalier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you can have someone from school that is in a french class help you to communicate with your french friend.
2006-06-15 06:38:47 · answer #7 · answered by godsgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
leanr french, get a phrase book and just try to learn some basics, if he is coming over to you then he should meet you half way and learn bit of english too.
learn the basics like bonjour (hello)
oui (pronounced wee which means yes)
non (no)
merci (thank you)
merci beacoup (thank you very much)
joyeaux (happy)
go to this site www.byki.com, it is free to download french
bon chance! (good luck!)
2006-06-15 09:52:55 · answer #8 · answered by sinnedfairy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a dictionary... French/English English/French
Dont be too concerned, he`s visiting to practice his english as well...
2006-06-15 06:51:42 · answer #9 · answered by smirf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Point to things. bonjour is hello, je ne parle pas francais is I don't speak french, bon nuit is good night, m'aidez is help me, porquoi is why, pardon is what, lentement sil vous plait is slowly please.
That should do ya, he'll know English anyway, because they're taught it at school.
2006-06-15 13:12:17 · answer #10 · answered by Mummy of 2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋