With the pronunciations? I recently went to Paris, using a book with some French phrases, but even though my pronunciation was okay, they had trouble understanding me in some areas.
Mostly I just need to know greetings, how to order food in a restaurant, and phrases that are useful in hotels. If including some slang is desired, that's fine too. I just know I'm going to Paris again at least twice this year, so I want to make sure I can speak the right dialect of French.
2007-05-07 03:33:52 · 4 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
why don't you try looking a film you know well ( a james bond , or a star wars episode for example) and activate "french subtitles" and french sound . you can also mix with english sound / french subtitles or french sound / english subtitles .
a few word : bonjour "good morning" bonsoir "good evening" merci "thank you" . je voudrais un menu à quatorze euros . i would like a 14 euros menu . vous etes belle - you're beautiful .
je t'aime . i love you . pourrais-je avoir la clef de ma chambre ? could i have my room's key .si je voyage en train et métro, quel est le meilleur itinéraire pour se rendre à l'aéroport Charles de Gaulle depuis ici? if i travel by rail what is the best way to go to CDG airport from here ? Que me conseillez-vous comme vin pour accompagner le lapin ? which wine would you advise me to drink with rabbit.
2007-05-07 07:37:44 · answer #1 · answered by jl_geesen 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
there's absolutely no specific dialect in paris, there's not even any specific accent in paris anymore so sorry, but it must be the pronunciation. Or maybe ur book was very old and the expressions were old fashioned (for instance if ur book was published in the 1960s). The only dialects u'll find in France are in some small villages or exceptionnally in a couple of regions like la Bretagne, l'Alsace-Lorraine, la Corse. But it's extremely unusual, and anyway, even if a person speaks a dialect, he/she also speak regular french.
Btw slang is basically unsuited in situations like u quoted: in a restaurant, a hotel, to greet people. Learn regular french first, and then ask for slang.
2007-05-15 01:47:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parisian French is spoken in paris france.. Notice the title Parisian!! In Quebec, Standard French is extra in general known as "worldwide French" or "Radio Canada French" We come from paris and my buddy from canada speaks canadian french and that i appreciate him good, its like Americans talking English to anyone in England!! We say hi there the way you doing buddy, them in england might say hi there the way you doing mate! But you realize mate manner buddy.. Just a few phrases are twist round..
2016-09-05 11:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by teresa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sorry i cant help you directly but why dont you try watching untranslated french films that are really from france and not from the U.S.A.?
2007-05-14 01:48:50 · answer #4 · answered by ina31806 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋