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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: BEERMAN]
#35067
01/19/2015 09:30 PM
01/19/2015 09:30 PM
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Posts: 82,887 Central Florida!
Carol_Hill
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Honestly, I think you will be fine. St. Martiners are very gracious with Americans who don't speak much French.
Carol Hill
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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: BEERMAN]
#35068
01/19/2015 09:39 PM
01/19/2015 09:39 PM
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Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 3,454 Virginia wishing STJ
TomB
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Just remember to kiss the waiter on both cheeks after a good dinner! <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
“Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere!” José Andrés
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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: BEERMAN]
#35069
01/19/2015 09:42 PM
01/19/2015 09:42 PM
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Posts: 14,649 Brookfield, CT.
pat
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As long as you greet everyone you encounter you'll have no problems at all. In over forty years I've never had a problem speaking virtually no French at all. That said, a "Bonjour, mon amis" with a big smile will never hurt.
Most of the islanders speak several languages fluently and those you're most apt to encounter in the tourist arena will know what you're saying. Though I must admit, I'd love to hear French spoken with a country twang.
My brother, born and raised in his early life in Newfoundland, moved to the States as a kid and lived in NY until he joined the Navy where he spent his first year and a half in SC before going to Scotland for the balance of his Navy tour. When he finally came home we often weren't certain what language he was speaking and after a few brews, OMG!
Don't worry about your lack of French.....it will be no problem, mon. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" />
Respectfully,
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"Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them."
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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: gd1147]
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01/19/2015 10:20 PM
01/19/2015 10:20 PM
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Posts: 1,553 Manhattan
weeks5051
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gd1147 said:All the French nationals I have run into in SXM have spoken better English than me, so I think you will be fine Please don't shoot me but I think it's apropos to this post. It's,"....have spoken better English than "I"...". It's the teacher in me. I can't help it. My former colleagues and I are always doing this.
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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: weeks5051]
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01/19/2015 10:44 PM
01/19/2015 10:44 PM
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weeks5051 said:gd1147 said:All the French nationals I have run into in SXM have spoken better English than me, so I think you will be fine Please don't shoot me but I think it's apropos to this post. It's,"....have spoken better English than "I"...". It's the teacher in me. I can't help it. My former colleagues and I are always doing this. Wow, it's a travel forum and posters shouldn't really have to worry about being called out on their grammar now should they??. Besides, the use of "me" in that sentence is actually correct.
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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: genio67]
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01/20/2015 09:42 AM
01/20/2015 09:42 AM
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genio67 said:weeks5051 said:gd1147 said:All the French nationals I have run into in SXM have spoken better English than me, so I think you will be fine Please don't shoot me but I think it's apropos to this post. It's,"....have spoken better English than "I"...". It's the teacher in me. I can't help it. My former colleagues and I are always doing this. Wow, it's a travel forum and posters shouldn't really have to worry about being called out on their grammar now should they??. Besides, the use of "me" in that sentence is actually correct. Not to drag this on, but I kind of made light of this by acknowledging that I was nit picking, HOWEVER using 'me" in that sentence is wrong. "I" is the correct subject. "Me" is the object in a sentence. You wouldn't say, "All the French nationals I have run into in SXM have spoken better English than me do". It's , "All the French nationals I have run into in SXM have spoken better English than I do".
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Re: Bonjour!
[Re: january]
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01/20/2015 05:06 PM
01/20/2015 05:06 PM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 184 Michigan/Newfoundland/Canada
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january said: Wow! I feel like I Wow! I feel like I'm back in grade school. The nuns always told us that if you are uncertain witch pronoun to use put the verb after it and if it sounds wrong it is and if it sounds right it is. So, if you put do after the me you get me do which sounds very wrong. Therefore I is correct. Ah, "witch"????? Now that's nitpicking........ <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
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