Are YOU from france???

Question

Hey if your from france... Im from Australia and i have to do an assignment on France and i was just wondering if you could answer some of my questions...
1. What do you say when you greet someone?
2. What kind of actions do you use? eg hand gestures, body language
3. What do you trhink of Australia?
4. What kind of values and beliefs do you have?
5. How do french people communicate?

Thanks if you could answer these questions that would be great thanks again....

Answer 1

1. "Bonjour" (formal), "Salut" (with friends).
2. We shake hands (formal) or we embraces oneself (kiss on the cheek) : inside the members of one family or a person with whom you feel intimate. So nothing too much different than other occidental countries.
3. In general, I would say that French people appreciate Australia that represents for them a large country with beautiful landscapes, wild lands and funny surfers (that is the common stereotype). So it is positive.
4. (to resume) You know the famous "Liberté, égalité, fraternité", it means "Freedom, equality, fraternity". Means we consider that people can do whatever they want if it doesn't impede the freedom of another person or group. Commonly France is considered as a "terre d'accueil" ("welcoming land" : for foreigners, specially coming from north Africa because of the links France has had with North Africa for many time). Fraternité... French are well know for their chauvinism (we are all brothers under the same flag...). It should be a little moderated but that is the tendency.
With more than 46 millions catholics, France is with Italy (56 millions) the most catholic country in Europe (and one of the country that counts the biggest number of catholics in the world, USA have around 63 millions catholics to give an idea). However there are many differents religions in France ("liberté de culte").
5 ; Sorry I don't understand the fifth question. I try however : French people communicate with phone, mobile phone, fax, mail, internet. We had a little particularity before internet came : it was called "minitel" (the ancestor of Internet, but local, only used in France). The sites were not called "www..." but "3615...". For example if you needed to go to the site of your post office, you typed "3615 LA POSTE". Hope I answered the way you needed and that you understand (the spelling checker doesn't work anymore...).

Answer 2

Yes I am.
I have a little bit problem to understand every of your questions . . .
1/ Bonjour / Bienvenu . . . depending of the relation with the person.
2/ I don't know about gesture. In south of France they use hands a lot like Italians touching you a lot, in north they don't.
3/ Australia is a dream land for a lot of french people, like Canada.
4/ Value end bellief, what about ?
5/ We communicate by speaking or with gesture like you I guess . . . We are both human race :-)

If you want know more, contact me via mail but make more clear questions.

Bye bye !

Answer 3

1. Salut, or Bonjour (Hi or Hello)
Comment ca va?( How are You)
2.Hand shake strangers
Kiss on Cheek to opposite Sex
and a kiss on the cheek to all family members, both male and female.
3.Can I have a kangaroo , steak, medium to rare.
4. France is the greatest country in the world, and we like our four weeks holidays each year.
5.With a glass of wine in hands, but we are trying to learn e-mail

Answer 4

You don't want to work your frensh, you'll get a E

Allez on est sympa on va quand même répondre :
Comment vas tu aujourd'hui !
Un poignée de main
J'adore je viens en sept/oct (sydney, adelaide, kagaroo island, ayers rock, katherin, darwin, and and and Cairns of course)
j'aime l'honneteté, l'esprit australien...
with frog, no fog, damn it ... lol
non comme tout le monde avec Internet !!

And you what do U think about frenchy, France .... ! Where are U in Australia
answer by mail thx

Answer 5

Bon jour / Salut
I am not from France.
I don't know what French people think about Australia
Anyway have a nice day