new language

ok....with my work im hoping to win quite a large contract based in France.
However

Not being able to speak French creates a little lingo barrier between us....

So,..

can anyone speak french on here fluently and what is the best way to learn quickly....

any advice greatly recieved

Merci

I can't speak much french but what about those rosetta stone dvd things? not sure how effective they are... if not a personal tutor wouldn't be a bad idea if you could afford it.

Just say what me old Dad used to say when he toured the world in the navy

'Speak English, you b******s'

Originally Posted by the white rabbit

Just say what me old Dad used to say when he toured the world in the navy

'Speak English, you b******s'

or do the classic british thing of just repeating yourself only slower and louder than before....

most french (i've met anyway) speak fluent english anyway.

Originally Posted by GeneticBubble

or do the classic british thing of just repeating yourself only slower and louder than before....

most french (i've met anyway) speak fluent english anyway.

appreciate that but its more to pick up on key words when they start gobbly gooking togeher

apparently you have to throw you arms about a lot.

[Mr Speirs]

Once had a friend who spoke fluent french..she went on holiday to France with her family and was about to order at the cafe when her dad interrupted and said her

'I'll handle this'
Then to the waitress shouts in that half deaf retarded voice english people do at foreign people
'TWO TEAS PLEASE'

[tigersaw]

Originally Posted by bluefishman

apparently you have to throw you arms about a lot.

and smell and have large amounts of body hair.

[dizzyblonde]

Avez vous une 'cuppa'!!
Seriously, try learning the basics. Things that could be important. Asking directions, ordering food, or asking prices etc etc

depends where you go in france, but generally speaking the further down south you go the more inclined they are to meet you half way with the language barrier. Yes they can speak Anglais, but they won't let you know that until they've heard yoy try your hardest to make an effort

I can speak very well once I'm out there, but they speak so fast its hard to keep up sometimes. But then my best mate from Hull has lived there for the last four years, and couldn't speak a jot before she landed. She covers up the mistakes for me

[Wideboy]

if you can't speak french, why not jsut let the funky music do the talking?