9 FRENCH HABITS THAT I'VE PICKED UP | Becoming French | Expat in Paris

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1. oh my its been 30 odd years since I lived in France, and I still do all this, like double numbers, 24 hr clock

2. don't break your English by using broken French ….

3. it's kind of funny that Americans make big deal of every thing that is out of USA habits. Those gestures are universal gestures not only in France but out of France as well, such as Armenians, Arabs, Turkes , Greeks, etc would use these same type of gestures, but for some reasons Americans are far away of being universal, therefore, they make such videos on u-tubes, and it's not their fault, they only know America and one language.

4. I am planning my first trip to Europe and your video popped up on the suggested videos list. As I am from New Zealand I found your video very funny. Thanks!

5. Brazilians pretty much do the same facial expressions. Eating everything with cutlery is also very Brazilian. It might be a latin thing. Je ne sais pas. ?‍♀️

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8. French living in the UK, my colleagues love my accent so much they speak like me now???

9. 06-67-57-18-09

10. Okay, how do you switch your accent? I'm relearning french and with my standard Canadian accent, its so difficult for me LOL

11. I am French living in the US for over 30 years and funny I came across your video as I am writing how American I am now and how still French I am . Merci 😉

12. Omg! My Australian husband asked me why I learned my phone numbers by 2. That will explain it.

13. But are you really French in your soul if you don't angrily say "C'est quoi ce bordel???" about minor nuisances?

14. I'm Asian (Vietnamese) American, and my ancestry is Eurasian (French – Vietnamese).

    I have a French grandpa, so I have a French – like (not really from France, I'm from America) accent from him. I also have a Speech and Language Impairment because of the accent, it's hard for me to roll the r's and say the letter also.

    Its gonna be hard for you guys to think about how my voice is like, hehe..

15. Hup la. Je comprend. Merci

16. maybe start eating with chopsticks

17. The faces you make are soooo French, very accurate!

18. I am french and I am glad I don't any of those freaking habits.

19. I say bof quite often!

20. i came here to learn French ……but I couldn't stop laughing .lol

21. Thanks for the number

22. Haha this cracked me up! I just recently moved to Lyon in France and this describes frenchies down to a T ! Love your videos. Sending aroha from another Kiwi in France!!

23. Beautifully comprehended. I could relate to each one of these. I have lived in France for 3 years for work and couldn't get my french skills :(. And, now I am really looking forward to brush-up my skills.

24. L expression ''bof, pas mal'' hahaha

25. Le eeuuuhhh….. on le dit pas en bretagne enfin du moins les anciens les vrais.

26. j'ai honte des bruits qu'on fait, je ne peux pas regarder.

27. 5 years in France? Congrats! For American it must be a bit challenging.

28. the food thing would be too much for me. thank you for your video

29. Totally agree haha

30. I just love listening to you??

31. I often hear the French comment 'we have a problem.' For example say, installing a hook in the bathroom handyman comes to me saying we have a problem, I think, oh dear what has happened! He says we don't know whether to put it on the door or on the wall, what do you think? To me, that required 'we need to make a decision' not 'we have a problem.' I hear this so often amongst the French. I must be desirable to be dramatic like you say they love to complain.

32. So oop la is like yEET..

33. quand on te demande ton nom en france on te demande ton prénom donc rosie, pas ton nom de famille 🙂

34. i am so proud of me now because i can understand every single word .and i hope i can speak frensh fluently too as i speak english even i am.from an arabic country.by the way i loved your video so much thanx for sharing ?

35. too many facial movement instead of words are typical of the inane-uncultured-uneducated youth.
    Perhaps you should hang about with older generations and learn their French – they will have more vocabulary and less faces.

36. Did you start dreaming in French at night, yet ?

37. Your accent changed by being 5 years in France ?
    Well, mine too, after being 35 years in the UK. (being native French speaker)

38. You need to understand that phone and postcode formats depend on the administrative structure of a country.
    That's why USA / UK / FR have such different formats.
    06 —- this means you are in the South of France – departement 06 is Alpes-Maritimes (that's where I come from too).
    There was a time when the charge depended on the departement ie: 06 …
    You probably have no idea of the reason for the phone format in your own country – so let alone other countries reasons for theirs.
    A culture will always seem weird to the shallow people.

39. By the way it is not "ELLIOP" but "ALLEZ ! HOP !"
    With or without pause depending on tone and intention.

40. You are imitating their sounds (more or less) but they do not come out with any emotion – they are just sounds from your mouth.
    Observe them again – and go beyond the mere sound – when you will feel the emotion then the sounds will take care of themselves – they will be real and not imitated.

41. I am Russian living in Canada and I didn't pick up any habits so far except saying "Eh?" like all Canadians do and also "for sure" replacing yes 🙂 But I still think I belong to more European than Canadian culture because for example I can't stand unhealthy food they serve in restaurants. Like you come to a restaurant where they serve super expensive gourmet food and they still have fries and hamburgers in the menu. For me it sounds weird. I love French language, history, cuisine, and everything about France. Thank you for the video, it's always mean as!

42. I lived in Germany in my early twenties. After returning to the US I realized whenever I went shopping I calculated the cost in German first then translated to English second. English is my first language. Lol

43. As tu eu de la misère a apprendre le français? Moi je suis québécoise mais je vis a Los Angeles alors mes parents (qui ont grandit au Quebec) m'ont toujours parle en français des ma naissance. J'ai meme frequente un lycée français dans ma ville pendant 9 ans.

44. OMG

45. Superbe vidéo il y a des choses auxquels on fait plus attention mais toi tu les expliques bien

46. Lol that's so weird to see all this habits decomposed when you're French ?

47. It is so odd that someone has to go to Europe to learn to read a phone no. so that others have a chance of writing it down correctly.

48. LMAOOOOOOO THIS IS SOOOOOO TRUE!!

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