Qu’est-ce que tu as appris aujourd’hui ?

@katherinemarsh784

3 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup pour ce lecon. :) C'est similaire a mon familie les topics pas parle sous. Aussi j'appris le cuisine est sacre en Paris et votre cite Grenoble tout de France et pas juste en Canada et Belgium. Mon former lover est une Belgique est un foodie. Je suis un chef de maison. Je tu comprend. Merci beaucoup. Bonne nuite. Bise XO Porte votre mask. "Don't worry" n'est pas helpful mais tout votre lecons est helpful. Merci beaucoup. :) Politely Mlle Katherine Marsh

@LabGecko

2 жыл бұрын

Bonjour et merci ! J'ai appris que même après avoir vécu à Paris pendant trois ans, il y a toujours plus à explorer. French is difficult, but worth learning. I think the French mindset is a good influence on the world, and your work de-mystifying it is useful. I was aware of these faux-pas, but your explanations provided a little more detail on several. This greatly helps me, and I suspect others, understand and separate the stereotype from the reality of French life. Apologies for my French. Covid has not allowed much practice.

@denisemannino

Жыл бұрын

Merci d’avoir explicité les sensibilités culturelles françaises.

I wish there was KZread in 2005 when I moved to France for a year to be an "assistant de langues étrangères" in a Lycée in the heart of France. I certainly could hold a conversation in French then, and I'm a very polite person (I'm not loud or over the top), but I did find my co-workers very rude. I remember when I started in the school and went to the teachers' lounge, I said bonjour and nobody answered or even looked at me. I said it quite calmly as I'm used to saying "Buenos días" to strangers in a lift or when entering a room or getting to work (I'm Venezuelan). I also sat on my own every day in the school cafeteria for lunch while all the other teachers had lunch with other teachers. All the 9 months of the course. I can't say I didn't make friends at all, but I can definitely count them with one hand. I even remember when I arrived in Paris (first time in Europe and I was 22 years old), my very late flight was moved from Charles de Gaulle to Orly without prior notice and when I arrived, I called the Hotel I was arriving to (which was a lot closer to Charles de Gaulle!) to ask if they could wait for me to check in a little later as I was going to arrive quite late as I would have to cross the entire city but they said no and hung up. I was in Paris at 11pm without a hotel reservation. Got out of the airport to try to find another hotel nearby and luckily some waiters had mercy on me and found me a hotel as they had a friend that worked there. I arrived to the new hotel and while I was speaking to the receptionist, he said I should speak in English because my French was terrible! I know my accent was not the best at the start but I could definitely speak the language. Of course my English is quite good and instead of telling him that his English was terrible and that I'd rather he speak to me in French I decided to be the bigger person and leave it at that. That, in a service environment is beyond rude and completely unacceptable. Things like this happened all along my time in France, and even though I can say it was one of the best experiences of my life (because it made me grow as a person and become very tough), I can't really say my overall experience with people was pleasant. I did make good French friends of course but as I said, the majority of the time felt like a struggle. I did not feel welcome, unfortunately.

@helenedubucjaffres6917

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to read that your experience in France was so bad. It makes me ashamed that people coming to my country would be treated this way, so apologies on behalf of my fellow countrypeople. Then again, it was in Paris... Being from another region of France, I can relate: I've had bad experiences in Paris as a French person too.

Watching this I must be French at my core because I do all these things and feel very out of step because of them in the U.S. 🇫🇷

Whats interesting about these is that French people have told me it's offensive to commit them but they've had no problems with asking me personal questions or talking about religion money and American politics.

@connieellefraley498

3 жыл бұрын

Very true!

@kouakouamenan2018

3 жыл бұрын

I think you don't know French people well; they don't ask a personal question unless they are used to you. Probably adopted American culture.

@erikawoods8975

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@annetoye8381

9 ай бұрын

American politics has been particularly noteworthy in recent years, to the point where ecwn those with no interest normally were talking about what was happening

@lavinder11

9 ай бұрын

@@kouakouamenan2018 No, I do. I live here. When they find out that you're American, they get personal about YOUR information.

Salut Géraldine. J’habite en France depuis 6 ans. J’ai l’appris que la nourriture est sacrée.Merci beaucoup pour partager cette vidéo.

Thank you for this, it makes the french much more friendly for me -after my last visit to Paris 30 Years ago (never wished to repeat it.. because they were very, very rude and unkind). Living in Switzerland at the border to Alsace many french come here for work, but most of them Alsatien wich seem to be different to the rest of French people. At work, I hear from my friends of the french part of Switzerland, that there are a lot of French workers not from Alsace who behave very much Hirarchical wich is absolutely not compatible with swiss behaviour or way of living. Same Problem with the Germans by the way 🤣, but less Problem creating, because the germans have a very effective and thoroughful way to work. I love your videos, please go on doing them! 🌹

The supply of doggy bags or "gourmet bags" are now compulsory in restaurants serving more than 180 meals a day for customers that ask for them to reduce the enormous amount of food wastage in France.

The focus on rules, do’s and do nots is practical because these differences are very strongly sensed but no one describes what to do. Thank you! I am now completely intimidated. But at least I better understand how to avoid upsetting people here.

Bonjour. I really appreciated you explaining about certain things not being appropriate when getting to know someone, I had no idea. Merci.

J'ai appris d'être tolérante avec les gens . Je connais quelqu'un qui est français.il m'avait l'air froid et pas enthousiaste du tout.Il ne parle pas beaucoup.Je pensais qu'il ne voulais pas faire de relation avec moi mais maintenant je sais pourquoi il est comme ça 😁.

Cela fait 12 ans que j'habite à Genève et je n'avais jamais fait ce déclic concernant le "ne pas trop partager au début d'une relation amicale." Même pas le prénom?? Je comprends les réactions des gens de mieux en mieux. Oh là là. Merci Géraldine.

Salut Geraldine. J'adore comme une française. Ça m'aide beaucoup pour améliorer mon français merci beacoup et à bientôt.

Wonderful information

I love these videos, Ms Geraldine ❣️

Merci Geraldine.

Hi French Anne Hathaway!!, could you please recommend a nice french speaking podcast? maybe something super relax and kind of funny? i would like to get my ears used to the french sounds. thank u! :)

@ammaleslie509

3 жыл бұрын

You might try Le Cottongue

Un sujet trés importante, j’aime la culture français.

I have been studying the myriad english faux-pas......wow!

J'ai montré cette vidéo à mes élèves pour parler de la culture. Une de mes élèves a dit, "Elle est hypocrite! Elle ne connaît pas le prénom de sa voisine, mais elle commence la vidéo en disant, 'Salut! C'est Geraldine!'" Je l'ai trouvée un peu bête.

Salut Geraldine! Not sure if anyone already asked this question but, if (in French culture) we don’t offer our first names, how shall we greet each other? Do we only say bonjour, ca va etc. how long does this last?

Merci prof pour ces conseils et les astuces. Je n'ai pas fait encore les fautes(mistakes in english) grandes avec les "faux pas" durant le processus de parlant francais. It can be really embarrasing and weird

Salut, Géraldine !! Comme toujours, j’apprécie beaucoup tes astuces. Mais j’ai une question. Avec toutes ces règles, comment pratiquer ma langue avec des Français? Cordialement, Fred

Merci beaucoup pour tous les vidéos. Ça me fait beaucoup plaisir. J'ai une question: why is it not acceptable to ask for a doggy bag in a restaurant when food is so sacre! We do this in Germany because we dont want the food to be thrown away.

@Leiva134

4 жыл бұрын

La réponse est dite dans cette vidéo. un repas c'est le partage. si tu ne fini pas t'on plat et que tu veux l'emmener chez toi c'est que le cadre ou les gens autour ne te plaise pas ne te plaît pas. sinon tu commande et te fait livré chez toi. c'est comme si tu disais au curé je mange pas l(hostie je le ferai chez moi

@user-nr5uk6kv7o

2 жыл бұрын

I don't agree with this video at this point (I'm French). Most of the time, restaurants are ok and happy if you take a doggy bag. 1: Because you don't throw away (it hurts to see food wasted). 2: Because if you want to take what you couldn't eat, it means you liked it.

@user-nr5uk6kv7o

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leiva134 Je n'ai jamais entendu ce genre de chose ça doit étre une croyance, notion, régionale particulière nan ? Les rares fois ou moi et une connaissance prenons a emporter c'est parce que nous somme repu et ne voulons pas gaspiller (parce que c'est bon), ni faire de peine au commerçant (une assiette pas fini sonne un peu comme si c'était un mauvais plat). La principale raison du plat a emporté c'est parce qu'on est tout simplement repu, la seconde raison serait plutôt parce qu'on veut le partager, faire gouter a une personne absente ou encore pour soit le lendemain (par exemple une énorme pizza, un quart à emporter pour manger au travail).

The "'Voulez-vous" line is not from the movie Moulin Rouge but is actually much older than that.

Je sais que les Français séparent l'amitié de l'amour mais souvent dans les films français (je ne parle pas ici des films américains avec des clichés mais des films français) on voit comment l'amitié se transforme en amour par exemple des films d'Eric Rohmer etc.

Merci pour votre vidéo. Est-ce que vous avez lu le livre ? Si vous l'avez lu, est-ce que vous pensez que c'est vrai? Je pense que ce livre traite de sujets similaires comme cette vidéo.

@kerrylosi1595

5 жыл бұрын

Salut David. Oui j’ai lu Thé Bonjour Effect’ et c’est intéressant.

Salut Geraldine A propos de votre remarque - pas beaucoup de gens mangent seule en France, autour de nous dans le Lot, on voit souvent des gens qui mangent seules. Il faut ajouter que nous trouvons les gens ici vraiment accueillant et serviable.

J'ai appris qu'il y a plus d'une façon d'accommoder un lapin. Ou l'amitié a plusieurs caractéristiques.

My husband and I are hosting a Belgian high school student. Your comment about not sharing first names too soon has me thinking about asking the student to call us Mr. and Mrs., rather than by our first names. What do you advise?

@abcdefg216

3 жыл бұрын

Belgian ppl have absolutely noething to do with frensh ppl. Its like to ask an english speaking person in Africa about how to do cultural stuff in the USA. Every country in Europe is extreamly diferent.

Très interessant ! C'est vraiment different de la culture italienne, malgré nous nous considerons 'cousins'. Mais bon, alors... On parle de quoi pendent les conversations ? °_° Moi j'adore la dialectique.

@Ortisse

5 жыл бұрын

Si tu ne connais pas la personne tu commences souvent par parler du temps qu'il fait. Puis du sujet de rencontre avec la personne (si tu la rencontre chez des amis, tu parles amis en question, comment tu les connais...), tu peux parler de tes études, de ton job... J'ai des amis que je connais depuis plus de 25 ans et je ne sais pas du tout pour qui ils votent alors qu'on a partagé de très forts moments dans nos vies et que notre amitié est très forte.

@tyokwara780

5 жыл бұрын

Pour moi c'est marrant ! A mon avis, en amitié, il faut partager des idées, des idéales... Pour moi c'est normal parler de politique, des mes speculations philosophiques et religieuses... On peut pas parler que tu temps ou de la bouffe :(

@Ortisse

5 жыл бұрын

@@tyokwara780 lol la bouffe et le temps sont quand même des sujets super importants! 😆 Je te rassure quand on devient plus proche des gens on parle de sujets plus personnels, on débat sur nos idéaux, l'actualité, la culture... j'ai bien sûr des amis avec lesquels je parle politique (surtout que ça m'intéresse beaucoup) mais ce n'est vraiment pas un sujet que l'on aborde au départ quand on rencontre les gens. Souvent sans aborder directement le sujet de façon frontale on comprend les opinions de chacun en sous texte en parlant de l'actualité, de musique, des radios/journaux qu'on écoute... Par exemple je pense que mes amies les plus proches votent comme moi si on partage la vie politique en gauche et droite mais je ne sais pas à quel degré exactement extrême gauche / droite, centre gauche/droite.... C'est subtil, tu peux discuter d'un sujet comme la grève sncf avec quelqu'un que tu connais (et donc comprendre ses positions ) mais si tu lui demande directement pour qui il vote il risque de ne pas te répondre poliment.

Hi! Nice video! For me it would feel polite to ask for a doggybag when full, in my culture it shows that I Iove it so much I even want to bring it home. How do you think when it is the oposite?

Some of these sound quite strange. I don't think falling(or not falling) in love with your friend is something that's defined by your culture or something you can control. Also, how is knowing stuff about someone's kids less intrusive than knowing their first name? I think she doesn't know her neighbor's name just because it's too awkward to ask at this point :D

@sallypenhalli

Жыл бұрын

The whole point of the video is to explain cultural differences. All you have to do is acknowledge things are different. Not better or worse than the way you do things but just different. Now imagine a French person coming to visit you. Wouldn't you want them to be aware of the cultural differences before they come. Just something simple about letting them know that people they may meet via you will always be introduced by name as well as a bit of information about them to give context about how you know them and that they will routinely be asked by people who they met just minutes ago about what they "do" back in France. Dont you think they will have a better experience of visiting your country if they accept this cultural difference even if it seems quite strange to them.

Chacun voit midi à sa porte. Je pense, donc je suis. -Rene Descartes #Respect :)

Your English sounds more natural today.

I have heard that French people pronounce their "r's" from the back of their mouths, or throats, but Mireille Mathieu seems to trill her r's like Spanish people do and even pronounce r like U.S. persons as well as the famous French way.

@helenedubucjaffres6917

3 жыл бұрын

Oh my God! Please don't take Mireille Mathieu as an example to learn French: her way of speaking is extremely dated! She has a regional Avignon accent, which is fine, but even there she sounds like she's from the ninetee fifties!

Aujourd’hui j’ai appris que ce n’est pas normal de commander un ‘doggy bag’. Lol.

@user-nr5uk6kv7o

2 жыл бұрын

Nowdays it's very appreciate

Tes lunettes de soleil sont tres belles!

La nourriture est sacrée? Oh, no! I often eat alone in front of my computer while watching Comme une Française. How ironic.

I have no friends I always eat alone...

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"Tu aurais envie de faire l'amour ce soir" always sounded better to me than Voulez vous coucher avec moi. That song always bothered me.

@howtubeable

5 жыл бұрын

Right. The song is about a street prostitute in New Orleans, so it should make you uncomfortable.

Wait, how can you say don't waste food, but it isn't culturally okay to ask for a doggy bag? That's literally the purpose of a doggy bag! 🤷‍♀️ I understand to still not ask for one in France, but that seems contradictory to an American! 😁 BTW, Brits were appalled when I asked for a doggy bag too! 🤣

Why cant i find what "Pas" means in a sentence??

@ammaleslie509

3 жыл бұрын

Pas means "Not." Or some other form of negation or opposite.

@LubaLuba1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ammaleslie509 you mean no?

@ammaleslie509

3 жыл бұрын

@@LubaLuba1 not "no" as in the opposite of "yes". That would be "non". "Pas" is a negative like saying what something is not, instead of what something IS. Tranquille = quiet. Pas tranquille = not quiet. Il pleut = it is raining Il ne pleut pas = it is not raining raisonnable = reasonable pas raisonnable = not reasonable In a sentence with a verb, "ne" comes before the verb and "pas" after:. "Je sais" = I know, "Je ne sais pas" = I do not know. Except some native speakers will leave out the "ne" and use "Je sais pas" for "I don't know", so it is confusing. Hope that helps or some native speaker comes by and explains better. I am learning too!

@LubaLuba1

3 жыл бұрын

@@ammaleslie509 i mean not

Je trouve également cela étrange quand un homme dit qu'il a épousé sa meilleure amie. (Blame Google Translate if the grammar is wrong.) American men usually aren't emotionally intimate with their male buddies (an aversion to homosexuality, I assume). So by default, they end up marrying their "best friend." Kinda sad, actually.

Something that has always puzzled me about French language and culture: Geraldine says, "in French culture, friendship and love are totally different things." But then they don't even have separate words for "love" and "like" - "aimer" means either one. Something very confusing for an anglophone to understand!

@sallygreavesbrown1396

4 жыл бұрын

Aimer is to love... aimer bien is to like

@liladuffy8148

4 жыл бұрын

There is the verb « apprécier » that works for « to like »

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The french don't eat in front of their computers? Probably in your circles they don't. Most young people do.

Why are French movies always so DEEP and un-funny?

@antonellamR2D2

5 жыл бұрын

Are you joking? A lot of comedies come from France, often Hollywood and others stole from them (i.g. Dany Boon). I'm from Italy and the best funny movies in recent years were ripp-off french flix.

@pixeldoc7119

4 жыл бұрын

Why are Hollywood movies 'always' so superficial and juvenile? Maybe the French movies are from a different culture?

Please speak in French it will be helpful

Où sont le français?

i understand that DNA paternity tests are forbidden in French law...

You're not supposed to leave food on your plate, but it's rude to ask for a doggy bag?? That makes no sense to me. Also eating alone is seen as weird? My friends aren't always available to have lunch with me everyday, much less breakfast. I find that very odd.

@mayganphynix8267

5 жыл бұрын

Lauren Rhodes right? If I ever visit France im gonna be all self concious about eating alone now lol

@Ortisse

5 жыл бұрын

You have to put less food on your plate, eat everything and if you're still hungry ask for more. In France it's REALLY rude, to serve yourself a lot of food and waste it because you're not hungry anymore, especially if you're invited at a friend house. In restaurant, you will have the right amount of food in your plate. If you don't finish it it means you didn't like it. Doggy bags are not in our culture. I was au pair in USA, the 1st time the family asked for a doggy bag I was SO ashamed, if I could hide under the table I would did it, but then I understood it was ok in the US to ask for this. For lunch, if you can't eat with your friends or family you eat with your coworkers.

@laurenrhodes942

5 жыл бұрын

Ortisse First and foremost, who actually WANTS to eat with their coworkers? I understand some people might, but in general that's weird. I'd rather eat alone in a cafe with a lovely than have to endure eating with people that I don't like just because it's seen as weird if I don't. Also, you can't serve yourself at a restaurant. If they give me too much food I shouldn't feel like I have to eat too much just to not be seen as rude. And if I'm paying for it I'm not going to waste it. I love the French culture, but this is the one thing that I would not budge on because it's honestly ridiculous. The French can judge me all they want, but I'm not wasting money when I could be eating that food for 2 meals and preventing it from going in the trash.

@laurenrhodes942

5 жыл бұрын

Ortisse *lovely book

@Ortisse

5 жыл бұрын

@@laurenrhodes942 Of course you can do whatever you want, France is a country of freedom. I already ate alone in a restaurant and no one looked at me as I was insane or something. You can ask for a doggy bag, it's the law, the restaurant has to give it to you. But good or not this things are not in the french culture (especially the doggy bag), meals are a lot more than food and feeding your body there is a lot of socializing around meals as Geraldine said. Rosie aka not even french made a great video about this topic, she realised (she's from New Zealand living in Paris) that to grow in her company it was important to eat during lunch break with her coworkers. You don't have to but it's a way to know your colleagues in a more relax time. As Geraldine said we're not outgoing people, lunch breaks helps to get along. I don't say we have the best way to do things, I don't say that if you don't do like french does your going to have problems but in our culture you barely eat all alone and you don't ask for a doggy bag at the end of your meal because if you didn't finish your plate it mostly mean you didn't like the food.

I am not sure about the 'mistress' thing. I only have three French friends, all of their husbands had an affair and they ended up divorcing. I was told NOT a single MAN in Spain, Italy and France was loyal to their marriage. wow

Have you ever thought of making a cast about arrogance? You seem to be an expert. Your Xenophobic remarks are shocking, and France is not the norm as you seem to think. Emily in Paris gives a clear image of what a stranger finds in Paris with out insulting, no wonder so many people have a bad impression, Not me, I love, France and its people but I've found that French people hate to be criticized, of course nobody likes it but honest criticism can make us better. I find the passive agresivness of shop keepers insulting, and they forget that they are there to help the customers and not teach them. But then again it takes humility ti accept being criticized and I think this is not part of the French savior faire.