Frere Jacque, Frere Jacque, dormez-vouz? Dormez-vous?...

[msfledermaus]

One of my friendlier cow-irkers is going to Paris in a couple of weeks, with a stop off at Versailles, the Petit Trianon, and the Jardin De Monet...Lucky cow-irker. I took French for several years in school, and I've always wanted to see Versailles. I made her promise to take many, many pictures and in return I've been ransacking my memory for every handy-dandy French phrase I can, to help her happy travels. I think later this week I'll unearth my old French textbooks and try to remember some basic shopping vocabulary, just for fun...

I've already taught her, "Le singe conduiset le autobus"--The monkey drives the bus. I am proud...

And if you speak better French than me, (which is likely)feel free to chip in here on helpful phrases that won't land her in jail for speaking them...

Comments

[banana.livejournal.com]

Je suis un perroquet - I am a parrot.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Good one!

A friend of mine has one of the best French snafu's ever--"je parle poulet!"-- I speak chicken!

[banana.livejournal.com]

In a supermarket in St. Malo I once told the checkout man that we had to wait because my husband had the money. He didn't bat an eyelid.

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Heh...

I once tried to tell my mom that "The duck is dead" Instead, I said, "The duck of death." She giggled for hours...

[banana.livejournal.com]

I like this thread.

We once took EC to the doctor in Brittany because he'd fallen down the stairs. It took a while, but eventually we found the nice new surgery building with brass nameplates outside. We told the receptionist in halting French that EC needed to see a doctor because he'd hit his head. She looked oddly at us and said "C'est le dentiste!"

[msfledermaus.livejournal.com]

Oh dear...that's a good one! *giggles hard*

Someday, someday I will visit both London and Paris, and make an annoying touristy jerk of myself all through teh experience, I bet:) I'm looking forward to gleefully murdering the French language for any unfortunate person hearing me...