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was it particularly famous even among non-military french civilians?

why do you know about that specific ship in your navy

i made an assumption there

oh are boats always masculine in french

maintenant je suis très très malade.

c'était une grave erreur

la Queen Mary 2

@jlliagre oui, malheureusement

and i can get back to my daily french practice

i had a good time but holy cow i am so ready to get home

ALMOST home. 14 more hours et je serai ENFIN chez moi

I'm having so much trouble understanding people here

Do the people from Normandy have a reputation for a strong accent?

really??

je ne me souviens pas qu'il faisait si chaud

en 2016 ??

@Aliénor mais non !

oh, well yes, ofc, but that aside

i said to someone "la cathédrale était complètement bondé" and they just looked at me like i was speaking nonsense and asked me to switch to english

is bondé not a normal common word?

that's what i was replying to!

TRÈS chaud

il fait très chaud à paris aujourd'hui

When you're looking for food at 2:00 a.m. in Paris you take what you can get

I didn't think to check

Oh wow there really are a lot of those

LOL

but if you heard his tone you might be less inclined towards excusing him

this is true

just really leaves him with no footing to criticize my accent

to not know the most basic phrases for the basic interactions involved in his job

there's probably no corner in paris that sees more tourists

that guy's restaurant is le départ, at the corner across from notre-dame

it would be different

if i lived here

as i often remark

my french is bad because i learned it alone in an english-speaking country

sure, yes, but i promise you if my job involved talking to tourists in a second language every single day, i would know how to say "one person?"

which is to say, there's actually not that many cases where you can use it

ok alors c'est pareil en anglais

but i'm not clear on it exactly

it seems like it's used more as "well done"?

it's NOT identical to english's "very well", as i understand it, which can only be used to indicate acceptance/agreement e.g. "i'll be there at 7" "very well, i'll be waiting"

honestly these most super basic little phrases are some of the things nothing really teaches you when/how to use properly until you're in france

despite it being one of the most basic pieces of french there is

i'm not clear on using this as a standalone phrase

when exactly can i say "très bien"

ok, question by the way

"one people?"

ce qui m'a fait glousser parce que son anglais n'était pas très bon