Thread: English to Frensh phrases. Help needed with translation.
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Old 20-07-11, 12:11
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Originally Posted by Fiddich View Post
Maybe try this, it works for me.

Learn how to say ' I'm sorry, I don't speak French' in French first, plus thankyou and excuse me.

I found that a lot of answers come back in English and at least You've made the first approach and the person will appreciate that.

Then learn single words - hospital - where - bank - garage etc as back up in case they do not speak Englsih. This coupled with a few hand gestures might get you through.


Have you ever been to France?

1) the majority of them hate anything English
2) they will not make an effort to speak whatever little English they have but rather expect you to "parlez francaise".
3) They have dodgy toilets where you have to do your No.2's standing up
4) and...(I'll probably get banned for saying this) they're French!