You can not say that in French
Neither Kimberly nor I speak French very well at all.
We can both stumble, semi-communicative, through tasks like ordering a meal, saying hello and goodbye, grocery shopping, asking directions and never understanding the reply, and telling people we don't speak French.... things like that.
As a result one of our most asked questions is "comment dit-on?' or how do you say...(insert English word)...in French?"
We are always asking our American, Irish and French friends all of which speak at least two different languages ..."How do you say...?
The weather here in the Loire Valley in the Summer of 2009 has been quite odd. Today is July 9 and the temperature is barely in the 70's with night-time temperatures in the 50s! And the wind!!
The wind has been blowing around 30 mph constantly for several days making much of the landscaping work on the property even more interesting.
So, Kimberly is talking about the windy weather with our friend Edward, the fifteen year old son of our friend Porter who owns the property that I am the caretaker of this Summer, and ask him..."How do you say 'the wind is bad' in French?"
Edward replied, "You can not say that in French."
"What do you mean" Kimberly asks....pourquoi pah?.... why not?"
Edward instructs, "You can say the wind is strong or is light or that there is none but...how can you say the wind is bad? From the mouth of babes.
It reminds me of a cartoon I saw once in one of the hundreds of magazines with the word France or French in the title I have seen over the past several years as we have continued to explore Europe and France in particular...
The cartoon shows a vacation ready family of four carrying all the required Summer accoutrement stumbling toward a lone Frenchman and looking for directions. The caption shows the Bermuda shorts clad Father pleading to the man..." Excuse me...can you help us?....we are English."
The Frenchman replies," I am sorry monsieur...zhere is very leetle I can do about zat!"
Yes...Patience, Acceptance, turning 50 and learning from 15 year olds...
c'est bon
rkStr
We can both stumble, semi-communicative, through tasks like ordering a meal, saying hello and goodbye, grocery shopping, asking directions and never understanding the reply, and telling people we don't speak French.... things like that.
As a result one of our most asked questions is "comment dit-on?' or how do you say...(insert English word)...in French?"
We are always asking our American, Irish and French friends all of which speak at least two different languages ..."How do you say...?
The weather here in the Loire Valley in the Summer of 2009 has been quite odd. Today is July 9 and the temperature is barely in the 70's with night-time temperatures in the 50s! And the wind!!
The wind has been blowing around 30 mph constantly for several days making much of the landscaping work on the property even more interesting.
So, Kimberly is talking about the windy weather with our friend Edward, the fifteen year old son of our friend Porter who owns the property that I am the caretaker of this Summer, and ask him..."How do you say 'the wind is bad' in French?"
Edward replied, "You can not say that in French."
"What do you mean" Kimberly asks....pourquoi pah?.... why not?"
Edward instructs, "You can say the wind is strong or is light or that there is none but...how can you say the wind is bad? From the mouth of babes.
It reminds me of a cartoon I saw once in one of the hundreds of magazines with the word France or French in the title I have seen over the past several years as we have continued to explore Europe and France in particular...
The cartoon shows a vacation ready family of four carrying all the required Summer accoutrement stumbling toward a lone Frenchman and looking for directions. The caption shows the Bermuda shorts clad Father pleading to the man..." Excuse me...can you help us?....we are English."
The Frenchman replies," I am sorry monsieur...zhere is very leetle I can do about zat!"
Yes...Patience, Acceptance, turning 50 and learning from 15 year olds...
c'est bon
rkStr
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