{"id":8176,"date":"2023-11-27T04:48:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T02:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/?p=8176"},"modified":"2023-11-27T04:49:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T02:49:30","slug":"hows-your-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahneyalexandramay.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/27\/hows-your-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Astray | How\u2019s your French? \u2013 On talking, and not talking."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8176\" class=\"elementor elementor-8176\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b498d0e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b498d0e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c8b980\" data-id=\"2c8b980\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99239c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99239c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Back in Melbourne, when friends ask How\u2019s your French? I say that I sit down to my French class each week, and I can get through my chores.\u00a0<\/h2><p>I can check for my allergens on packaging. I can read menus at a bistro and signs on the metro. At the beach, I understand children speaking to their parents about poisson in la mer. I understood the drunk man on a bike telling me about the bon chien across the road. Though, I can\u2019t converse back or listen to much, I tell them. Everything\u2019s scrambled together at speed, and I can\u2019t untangle it.\u00a0<\/p><p>Or, I say, I\u2019m fluent and laugh.\u00a0<\/p><p>They look unimpressed at the former and confused at the latter. Why is she laughing? 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astray.com.au\/hows-your-french-on-talking-and-not-talking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article by Tahney Fosdike originally published by Astray, November 2023.<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eddf44b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eddf44b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-205d6d8\" data-id=\"205d6d8\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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