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Originally Posted by CaptMoto (Post 159345)

:eusa_naughty:

Have you ever been to France?

1) the majority of them hate anything English
2) they will not make an effort to speak whatever little English they have but rather expect you to "parlez francaise".
3) They have dodgy toilets where you have to do your No.2's standing up :icon_puke_l:
4) and...(I'll probably get banned for saying this) they're French! :D

Have you ever been to France? That's a nice list of clich�s, but as ever it's rarely true in reality, and Fiddich's advice is at least as useful as a list of canned phrases is likely to be.

If you're in fairly well travelled bits of France, and you're dealing with people in tourism/service industries (hotels, campsites, restaurants, etc) it can be quite difficult to have a conversation in French IME, unless you're very fluent (which I am far from), because your accent will betray you with the first thing you say and the reply will come back in English.

I've had some very bizarre conversations with French people where we've both been determined to speak in the other persons native tongue :D

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Originally Posted by CaptMoto (Post 159345)

:eusa_naughty:

Have you ever been to France?

Yes. A week touring on my own speaking my school boy French which as mentioned worked fine for me.
Same kind of approach has just worked in Italy too!

mon a�roglisseur est plein d'anguilles

Le singe est dans l'arbre

Je n'ai jamais entendu autant poubelles!

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Then learn single words - hospital - where - bank - garage etc as back up in case they do not speak Englsih. This coupled with a few hand gestures might get you through

this is a good idea! Simple words should do the trick in a bind! cheers.

@all
I have to agree i find the French very rude, been there many times and driven through the country lots but at the end of the day if im in their country i want to make the effort even if all it results in is them having a laugh at the idiot talking something other than french. Once i get to Italy im fine and can normally make myself understood with my broken vocab.

Not long now. Looking forward to my first bike road trip. Its been a long time coming!

Have a great time - enjoy:smilies1349:

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Originally Posted by eden (Post 159305)

Europe trip is fast approaching and i thought it wise to put some relevant phrases in writing for the French portion of my trip> in Italy i will be fine but i cant speak a word of French so needed a little help. The online translators are pant from what i can tell. So if anyone can translate the following i would appreciate it tonnes!

I have a flat tyre!Mon pneu est plat
My bike wont go! Ma moto est mort
Do you know a garage that could help me?Est-ce qu'un garage pres d'ici?
Im out of petrol!Je n'ai pas de gas
Do you know where I can get petrol? As 3 !
Is there a camp site close by?Est -ce que le camping pres d'ici?
Can I camp here just for 1 night please?Puis je restez ici pour une nuit s'il vous plait
Do you have a room for one person for one night please?Avez vous une chambre pour mois pour une nuit
How much?Combien?
Do you have secure parking or a garage for my bike?Avez vous parking avec clef (pronounced clay) I've just made that up! clef is key
Bottled water?eau boteye (that's not how it's spelled but it's pronounced something like that
Drinking water? eau potable
Where can I get food close by?Ou est le Carrefour
Is there a toilet close buy?Ou est le wc
Where are the toilets?Ditto
I need medical help!Aidez moi!! Docteur, docteur
Is there a hospital close by?Now your just being morbid
Call an ambulance for me!
Ive crashed my bike!
Here are my medical details.
Im lost. Which way to �........?

Cheers for any help guys and gals!
Dan

If anyone wants to criticise, it's 45 years since I got French O level.

Cheers Graham. Im off in the morning!