I was at a Hard Rock Café in Paris (yes I know they’re overpriced, but the historic stuff on the walls is pretty cool), and I hobbled my way through a conversation in my very basic French, before adding a little self-deprecating “je suis désolée, mon Français est mauvais”, to which he replied “yes, it is a bit shit”.
I laughed, he laughed, my other half laughed, I paid over the odds for a pint, the French dude got a kick out of pointing out the flaws in my attempts, everyone went on their day.
TheBat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Your first mistake was to speak in a language which randomly decides to have some extra letters which it doesn’t pronounce.
LwL@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Like english?
Default_Defect@midwest.social 8 months ago
Yes, but much worse.
Bonifratz@feddit.de 8 months ago
There’s nothing worse in terms of pronunciation than English. French is silly for writing twice as much as what’s pronounced, but at least it mostly follows some rules.
franklin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I am currently learning French and what gets me is how much are the French language is contextual for its meaning
BuryMyHorse@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Worsechester?
samus12345@lemmy.world 8 months ago
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Klear@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Exactly like English!
thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Ouaïeux