how do you say ___ in french?

Question

how do you say: "hello my name is tracie. i am speaking the language of france." in french?

Answer 1

Bonjour mon nom est Tracie. Je suis parlant la langue de France.

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Answer 2

French, like English has idiomatic expressions. In English, the expression is: "My name is ____" In French, you say "I call myself _____" (It's a grammatically reflexive verb.) So the first part would be, "Bonjour. Je m'appelle Tracie."

The second part just sounds strange, even to my English ears. Why would you want to tell a French speaker that you're speaking "the language of France?"

However, some utterances just require the right context. In English, the occasions when you use the progressive ("I am speaking") are more frequent than in French. It would be more common to say, "I speak." I'll give you what sounds better to me first, then I'll transliterate your second sentence.

"Je parle la langue de France."

"Je suis parlant la langue de France." (If you say this, you'll sound like an American because French people don't generally use this construction.)

French is a great language. One of the more difficult things to do is to avoid word-for-word translations, and this is hard for English speakers because you can get most of the way where you want to go by doing just that. But close isn't good enough, is it? If I introduced myself with "Hello, I call myself Tracie," you'd get the idea. But who says that? As if everyone else calls you Mary.

Hope this helps. Be well ...

Answer 3

the best way to say it would be
Bonjour, je m'appelle Tracie. Je parle francais.

literally, hello, I am called tracie. I speak french.

Answer 4

Bonjour, je m'appelle Tracie, je parle la langue française.

Answer 5

Bonjour , je m appelle Tracie , et je parle le francais

Answer 6

Salut (or bonjour), je m'appelle Tracie. Je parle français.

Answer 7

I agree with going_for_baroque up to the part about French people not "generally" using "je suis parlant"--"je suis parlant" is just flat-out wrong. (It's like saying English speakers wouldn't generally say "I am speak the English.")

That said, if you want to stress the immediacy of your linguistic utterances (as "I am speaking" does, compared with "I speak"), the best way is "Je suis en train de parler la langue de la France."

Answer 8

bonjour. je m'appelle tracie. Je parle français

Answer 9

bonjour, je m'appelle tracie. Je parle francais.

Answer 10

i think it is "bonjour, j'em appelle tracie. je parle en francais" \
this is what i looked up. "Bonjour mon nom est tracie. Je suis parlant la langue de france" but you probly want to say "i am speaking french" which would be, "Bonjour mon nom est tracie. Je suis parlant français"