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[@StudioNetcom]

The problem is that schools don't teach you how to learn and they don't promote self-education. They should keep the children entertained, for example, by showing them kid's cartoons in French (Astérix et Obélix for example) or maybe by helping them discover great French youtubers and such. I mean, we're in 2020, kids DO watch KZbin. Why couldn't we use their field of interest (entertainment medias) to promote learning. Almost everything I've learned about English, I've done so by watching English movies, listening to English music (while reading the lyrics) and reading on the internet. I almost learned nothing in schools even though I had classes since grade 4. In the end all that matters is to create an interest and a reason to learn...

[@ikbeneenaardbei4896]

Totally agree with you 👍👍👍

[@miniskirt9738]

I think the same. Also school teach only the formal language, not the cool parts the talk while having fun

[@bluuryan]

I think its unfair in English schools we have to learn French as of kindergarten; at the same level as our French counterparts. While in french schools have to start english in grade 3/4 and learn basic material. Example: I went to english elementary and compared my french homework to that of my friend who was a student in the french system. Our material was for the same the grade level and ALL the learning material was EXACTLY the same. When we then compared our english homework. I had discovered that the material given to students in french school are equivalent to what I was taught in grade 1. We were in grade 6. I have many french speaking friends who feel disadvantaged growing up in a mainly french enviornment where english is tossed to the side like garbage. They want to learn english to improve their careers and move farther in life. They understand that english as a language is one the most commonly used languages in world. To assume that people feel just fine getting a "metier d'ici" is wrong; especially when a lot of young Quebecers could help attract more attention for Québec if there was simply more access to english learning and services for french and anglo quebecois alike. Further more, this does not mean i want to get rid of the french language all together. Bit i think this language debate has gone far enough and i think at this point we have not tried a balance of the two and I think bilingualism is the key to a much more successful Canada/Quebec.

[@relaxdean1568]

@@bluuryan i agree, when i was in highschool (french montreal suburb) i was ahead of everybody in english simply because i got used to watch movies in the original language at home. And ahead i mean by a lot. From the first year of highschool to the last i never studied for a english test. They were still teaching things like past tense and basic stuff like that. Finally when you graduate nobody could speak english except those who were self taught.

[@tylersmith3139]

@@bluuryan I started learning French when I was in grade 4, that's pretty strange, they must have changed the age to grade 4 for my generation.

[@zengseng1234]

I liked the mom’s attitude about getting to learn another language rather than it being a burden.

[@Daniel-gs9eh]

french is a dead language soon tho

[@daylonmurray8068]

@@Daniel-gs9eh Oh, far from it. French, like English, is spoken on all continents. France is the second most populated country in the European Union. French is also spoken in Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Don’t start me with Africa, where it’s spoken in the whole Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia), Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Djibouti, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles. It’s even supplanting English in Mauritius. And in Canada, Quebec will NEVER let the French language die. If/when English is becoming too predominant, it will threaten to secede or actually secede before it happens. Same all francophones throughout the country. It will have to fight to survive in North America, but it will ;)

[@Daniel-gs9eh]

@@daylonmurray8068 sorry but you're wrong french will die in North America and will fade in eu and Africa

[@gteixeira]

@@daylonmurray8068 You dream, in many African countries people are studying Mandarin now and in most sizeable cities in the world there are Chinatowns. French speakers are dwindling little by little.

[@viniciusteixeira6736]

@@Daniel-gs9eh Dude french has been alive for more than a thousand years, it won't fade, France is a stable country with a well defined culture. Absolutely no one thinks French is going to stop existing.

[@damondominique]

I can 100% relate to reverting back to my English “like” when I speak French

[@littleretroship6403]

If you want to stop your “like” thing, the goal is to think in french. It’s easier to do this in a 100% French environment. Ex: French school with other classes in french

[@dersteppenwolf5458]

@@littleretroship6403 I'm just curious... Do you know who Damon is?

[@littleretroship6403]

@@dersteppenwolf5458 noooooo...... I got wooooshed!!!!!

[@mstt3530]

As a native English speaker, I understand how important it is for foreigners to learn the local language. If companies help their staff learn French while earning, I believe more people will stay in Montreal.

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@relaxdean1568]

And as a native french canadian i get...french is really hard to learn. If an immigrant has the choice between french and english he will probably choose english. No doubt. If they wanna make sure french survive they have to make sure immigrants integrates well. Which it doesnt happen. Except for haitian and some arabs because french was already in their lives.

[@silasbishop3055]

People are leaving French because of the language laws.

[@mrblack9237]

@@silasbishop3055 That is so absolutely wrong you have no idea what you're talking about. An ENORMOUS amount of Montreal anglophonea live their entire lives only speaking English because literally EVERY essential (and basic) services are offered both languages in Québec.

[@kylegallant3423]

sadly most new arrivals dont even bother learning english let alone french!!!!

[@ENB90]

I grew up having to learn both French and English as 2nd and 3rd languages. Being bombarded by English media accelerated my proficiency in English but I appreciate learning French to a conversational level. Learning more languages should be encouraged because it allows us to have better communication and empathy with the people with whom we interact. I've noticed that learning French accelerates learning Italian and Spanish as well. It's also a way show some measure of respect to someone's culture. Très content d'avoir appris le français.

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@afrocyberdelia]

Pas moi....je suis content et fier de lire, parler , écrire en ESPAGNOL et PORTUGAIS BR, et parler italien (advanced) Le softpower français est nulle( dance,musique,mode urbaine absent ou tres démodé) Le Brésil m a fait ouvrir Les yeux sur ce point, et dance aujourd hui avec rythme et fantasies De plus le français n aide pas dans l apprentissage d une autre langue néolatine, car l intonation est paradoxalment trop éloignée

[@Blaze6432]

And being bilingual shouldn't be limited to just French. Canada has many languages that should be promoted like French.

[@LawNOrderHumanRightsUnit]

@@Blaze6432 bien sûr, mon ami!

[@calebwhitetheawoken]

Oui

[@misterx1342]

Reminds me of Afrikaans in South Africa and how English has basically replaced it

[@Aritul]

Oh, I hadn't thought about that.

[@misterx1342]

Reginald Jones I’m an English South African, yes nowadays everyone speaks English for the linga de franc. About 90% of the universities use English now. Most high schools are either English or dual. The majority of the country can speak English.

[@carlosochoa4715]

@Reginald Jones You are an idiot.

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

@@hattrickster33 the british were never going to lost those wars though

[@erepsekahs]

Dutch.

[@reddavis4808]

I don't speak French but I been to Montreal and Quebec plenty times. I have no problem with their language laws. They have always spoke french here why immigrate to a place and expect them to assimilate to your language and not the other way around.

[@inconnu4961]

Agreed! Thank you for understanding, but you should know that the Canadian gouvernment had pushed for the alienation and eventual eradication of the French language until very recent times. The British had done so before Canada was an autonomous country, which happened in 1867 or 1982, depending on who you ask! LOL (officially 1867) Its the same idea why france and even germany attempted to extinguish the regional variants. it is a plank in the idea of Nationalism, to have a uniting language. unfortunately* life and culture were too complicated, but it has had a serious detrimental effect on the regional languages.(* now we know this is a fortunate occurrence, but to the proponents of nationalism this was a serious thorn in the side.

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

You serious? Language Laws are a glass ceiling for businesses wanting to operate in Québec. That's why many packed up their bags and drove down Highway 401 to relocate to Toronto.

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@lorenzomabalos9851 yes they can f*** off the country if they don't like the language.

[@Alternity666]

@@lorenzomabalos9851 Yeah, that must be why Montréal is the biggest Video Game Dev center in Canada, one of the most Globalized Englicisied industry in the world. Stop spreading misinformation.

[@bingodeluxe]

​​@@lorenzomabalos9851Where Mandarin and Hindi are becoming the "it" languages...

[@Kratos-005]

Wasn't the french language in Canada only really used in Quebec? The rest of Canada is majority English.

[@johnmccallum9542]

No , Ontario uses a lot of french in the east and north, and New Brunswick is more french / bi lingual with english .

[@darkenergy9893]

Why Canadian need to speak French?

[@ArchesBro]

The French speaking region of Canada has a lot of power in politics because they make up a massive voter bloc that only votes for French speaking candidates. They expand it by making sure that the leader of every government agency speaks both French and English, those bilingual people only exist in that small region giving them an even bigger stranglehold on the government.The Canadian government allocates a lot of funds to try to maintain this almost nationalistic french speaking voter base despite it being an absolute monstrous waste of money and centralizing government power in a single region. I'm an American, perhaps they believe that by speaking French they have an advantage in trade or tourism with former French colonies and France.

[@TruztNoI]

English used to be speaking before the years 1940 people tent to get alone well even the Canadians in the province of Quebec let french maintain the control of churches and the church didn't let members be part of Canadian (English) and they took over the govt and increase powers to the English Canadians defend french put QC to be-be bilingual for a noble cost put the french to work in the public govt sectors to the time the church and french be one took over the govt and have languages laws marxism laws and doctrine to hate English and heavy more in the '80s 90's to 2000 forcing changing QC and lying Canadian the truth history. It doesn't change today is just keeping to have more now that before English bilingual schools to french only schools whatever you do in QC sent your kids to private schools they could learn in between 3 languages and avoid the doctrine to socialism and more independent self... If you think what happens with another place in Canada with french the school system used to teaching socialism and religion and some govt abolish to stop the agenda one more think the french got more protection and laws protect funds it every level govt as any other Canadian around ....

[@dbo514]

French was pretty common across the country. The prairies have been an english majority since the early 20th century, but for example my Grandma was born in SK and spoke french. She moved to Montreal during the Great Depression. Even Western Ontario used to have been french speaking towns and villages. Now Franco-Ontarians are mostly located in the eastern part of the province. The whole of the maritimes was french until the mid 19th century. N-B still has 30% french speakers, but again they're mostly found close to the Quebec border. Even Southern Louisiana was still a french majority as recently as the 60s, and there were pockets of french speakers across the midwest. If the french language is to survive in North America it will be in no small part due to René Lévesque and Bill 101.

[@SirSpiderPig]

As an anglophone Canadian whose mostly fluent in French as I’ve been taught since the first grade, I hope we preserve the language. I love to speak the language as I feel that I connect with my French heritage when I speak it and that I’m preserving that history. I hope more people learn it or have their kids learn it.

[@amadeosendiulo2137]

@YOG My name is in Esperanto.

[@frexelsio6786]

@D03 and ??

[@frexelsio6786]

@D03 French is a Canadian heritage !!

[@Siporsteven]

It's quite hard tbh, french sound beautiful but hard to remember. Even I can remember a word here and there in Turkish, french not even my name.

[@msch7620]

@Dzst You know you get heritage from your mom right?

[@hunterrogersmusic]

There is nothing wrong with wanting to preserve your language in your own country, especially if that language has been prevalent since the founding of the country. Having two official major languages, French and English, is one of many things that makes Canada such a unique country. Canadians should be encouraged to learn both languages regardless of which language is spoken in the home.

[@abrararifify]

@Canuk Kun Probably one of the most asinine comments in the world. To say french is pointless is just completely ignorant. It's the fifth most spoken language in the world. Due to French, Canada attracts many high skilled workers from French-speaking countries. Not to mention that it increases our overall standing in the world due to having both English and French as official languages. Not to mention the cultural aspect as well. And I a hundred percent agree with @Hunter Rogers that having both French and English makes Canada such a unique country, especially in the western world, making it a clear differentiating factor to our neighbours downstairs.

[@arrivi9841]

@Flower8 Only speak English if you want, but you can't complain that jobs require French proficiency if you decide not to learn it. If you don't like Quebec, don't go.

[@arrivi9841]

@Flower8 your parents put you in an English school? I don't fully understand. Anyway, keep on with online learning, I knpe it can be tough

[@mint8648]

@Canuk Kun quebec was always french

[@pompeiusmagnus2276]

@@abrararifify "clear differentiating factor to our neighbors downstairs" -- Unfortunately true. Unless they're paid to do so, too many in the U.S. are too intellectually lazy to learn a foreign language.

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

The problem is that when you try to practice your French, the French people get annoyed and answer you in English (even if their English is poor and you speak pretty well). This is so frustrating. They always treat you like an idiot for “destroying” their language. You can only improve in school, not in the real world and THAT is a problem. The Québécois must become more tolerant if they want to preserve their language.

[@user-zv8yr3cb9k]

no, immigration is the problem. quit lying to yourself you cant just flip your native language to french whenever you want. "they must be more tolerant" you sound like you support mass migration and open borders. importing idiots like yourself is the literal opposite of how one preserves his language. check yourself.

[@MM-fy8yx]

One thing about the culture of the French language is it's very classist and so French speakers will judge each other on how they speak french. So if you're speaking French with even just a bit of an accent from your mother tongue, its judged as bad or unintelligible.

[@Gegevivi18]

English speakers often expect to be answered in English, since it is the world language. I worked for a long time in a convenience store where I had a lot of English-speaking customers. They often got annoyed if I didn't answer them in English right away. Now it has become a habit to always answer to the English speaker in English, because I don't want to get yelled at again.

[@stn7172]

@@Gegevivi18 where are you brother

[@madibacitizen2430]

@@user-zv8yr3cb9k then that makes you a French supremacist and you’re a colonialist

[@dylanfrasier-mckay9829]

The organizations looking to keep French alive in Québec are extremely helpful and I couldn’t approve more.

[@simonbolduc1580]

They are important mostly in Montréal, in régions there are little to no language problems.

[@dylanfrasier-mckay9829]

Simon Bolduc ouais surtout à Montréal

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@Austin_B._Hahn]

What are they? I'd love to learn the French in Canada.

[@OnlyOneHunnids]

@@Austin_B._Hahn KZbin is the best way to learn french. School is alright but yeah, youtube is visual and vocal (and fast).

[@user-zi7ke4mo6w]

French language losing ground ,,,,, oh my good I am crying.

[@howdypartner3403]

I'm from the US and I wish I could move to Quebec to learn French and assimilate. Such a beautiful city with a beautiful culture, I don't understand why some Canadians want to get rid of the French language.

[@Justin-df9ev]

Self-hatred and lack of understanding.

[@maksdorleans]

You are more than welcome if you want to my friend!

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@gato-grande]

@@Justin-df9ev CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@djelalniyazi4090]

they dont wana , its just english is a universal language that you can use anywere

[@racsito39]

Spanish is my native language, I learned English when I was younger, took me years to perfection, now I’m looking into French as a third language (just because, French is a Latin language, like Spanish) and the similarities are striking, should be easier, however, like learning a new language, requires time, effort and dedication.

[@mint8648]

hi

[@finalfrontier001]

that is bad reason to learn a language.

[@lawtraf8008]

@Zceve40 I speak French and English and I want to learn Spanish so much

[@veaccara]

@@finalfrontier001 you deserve your name

[@frexelsio6786]

@@finalfrontier001 it is not.

[@bludhound73]

I took French up to the last year of undergrad. I also spent time in Quebec in French Immersion. I’ve lost so much of it because I don’t get to use it. It comes back pretty quickly anytime I’m back in Quebec.

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

There's something about foreign languages where they can be so easy to lose. Easily the biggest disadvantage for me being a native English speaker. Literally within a couple of months of doing intensive college work I've managed to forget the past and future tenses in Spanish pretty thoroughly (and some irregular forms). Seeing how similar French is, I cannot doubt the same would have happened. But dang is it fun while it's there.

[@rajanlad]

That first guy called Krishna is me here in Paris. One two French sentences, then back to English.

[@Aritul]

Has your French since improved?

[@danfield6030]

Now I know you. Your famous !!

[@val-schaeffer1117]

So basically our little Canuck from Jhumri Tilaiya wants First World prosperity and quality of life, but own Desi culture.. Basically Yash Raj / Dharma type Raj, Rahul, Rohit lifestyle but Desi to the core.

[@bigollameo]

@@val-schaeffer1117 What's your culture actually worth to potential adopters of it if it's presented as an all-or-nothing proposition; that people either forget all that they know and everything familiar to them to embrace your system or they remain permanent outsiders to standing convention? That's just nativism masquerading as cultural pride.

[@zengseng1234]

A year later and how much French can you speak now?

[@Arcsecant]

I moved to Montréal and my company provides French classes and I'm very happy to be able to learn. J'adore la langue française! ❤️⚜️

[@Dark-ki7lf]

Moi aussi. J'ai étudié la française dans mon école mais je ne parle pas en français bien.

[@justjon_6844]

@@Dark-ki7lf Moi aussi etudié Français dans mon université pour trois semestres mais jamais parle française parce que je suis Americaine et Mexicaine. Je jamais parle puisque j’habite aux Texas. Au moins je peux entendre un pue quand je lis comments dans KZbin lol

[@lawtraf8008]

@@justjon_6844 c’est grave bien. J’espère que t’auras la chance de trouver des gens qui parlent français au Texas. Je suis français et trouve très intéressant le fait que t’ais appris le français alors que t’habites pas dans un pays francophone. Comme t’es Mexicaine-Americaine, est-ce que tu parles aussi Espagnol ? J’aimerais trop apprendre l’espagnol.

[@justjon_6844]

@@lawtraf8008 oui! Je parle l’espanol et anglais! Te puedo enseñar español et vous m’apprends français ;-)

[@AK-gj8hd]

And i was fired because i did not speak french lol

[@Justmyopinionlol]

I speak quite good French when I was a kid since my mother is a native speaker. However, as I get older, I lose the ability mainly because outside of some African immigrants and Middle Eastern refugees, there´s hardly a need to know French for business and education. I know this is not good but there´s not much one can do about this. French speakers who refuse to learn English will be left behind. France is not a cultural center of the world anymore.

[@etienne7930]

Lol,, if I were you, I would keep learning it,,

[@invalidname1710]

Words of wisdom there

[@FOLIPE]

Neither is the US. French and English are only as relevant as the context you are in.

[@cs0345]

French should have been the dominant language of the world because they spread the Enlightenment and helped free America from the British

[@inconnu4961]

@@cs0345 Excellent observation! it is interesting to note, early in American history the south of the US was very Francophilic while the north of the US was anglophilic. had the fortunes of the south been different perhaps the US would have been more inclined to french influence than british! Maybe there would be more French language available.

[@maksdorleans]

if you are asking ''why should Canadian speak french?'' you need an history lesson and real quick.

[@Ian-dn6ld]

Stoned Sheep and a lesson on identity politics

[@jeffspicoli6172]

@@Ian-dn6ld How's that? I would guess 80% of the country speaks english. I have no need for it here. Nor do does anyone else.

[@Ian-dn6ld]

Jeff Spicoli You didn’t even read my English so how are you going to even start to understand?. Identity politics, practicality, modern world, connection, business, trade. Heritage and purpose. Around 80% of inhabitants are native French speakers. You and your English speakers aren’t the entire country of Canada. You English nativists almost completely killed off german, French, Norwegian, Swedish, colonial Dutch, and a slew of others during a little Spazz attack during WW1 in the US when English became almost taken over by everything else here. Since you didn’t seem to read my reason and if it bothers you so very much, come to the US so you can escape the nuisance. You’ve already got that world should change for me me me attitude already.

[@Blaze6432]

@@Ian-dn6ld So what about the Indegenous languages of Canada? Why French? French aren't native to Canada?

[@Ian-dn6ld]

Blaze6432 Now you’re just trying to be difficult. 🙄 we weren’t even discussing native languages but ok. You want my answer? It still hasn’t changed? It’s about identity politics and that’s why English shouldn’t continue to have its “holier than thou we’re the best” theme that it’s had ever since the English began thinking their culture was supreme to any other

[@s.j.hunter3995]

I worked in the Canadian Federal Government and you have to be bilingual especially working in Ottawa, but in most offices across the country. However, there are more bilingual speakers in Quebec than in any other province with maybe the exception of Nouveau-Brunswick (New Brunswick) But I love the French language and the culture. Magnifique!

[@StudioNetcom]

Je suis de Québec and je me dois de te dire: Thank you very much for your comment, you make me proud to be Canadian. Faith in English Canadian restored...

[@klarissaclairiton9010]

@@StudioNetcom I am bilingual as you are. Un grand merci a vous Whos Who

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

gg on 69 likes!

[@vincem4756]

If in Quebec...LEARN FRENCH!! It's not "the rest of Canada" it's QUEBEC!! You want English? Move to other parts of Canada. As an American I fully support protecting French language and culture in Quebec!! Glad this program exists

[@alexioscoulissegur6733]

Yhea my man

[@abhishekmhatre1554]

Me too. I'm happy Quebec is preserving its language and culture.

[@colebosum2913]

I was born and raised in Quebec, I never learned French

[@alexioscoulissegur6733]

@@colebosum2913 yhea because you live in montreal and you are intelectually lazy

[@jeffspicoli6172]

Well said Vince, to what program do you refer?

[@larrywancanary3103]

This was published in English by France 24

[@cyril6574]

France 24 is an international channel news like CNN or Al Jazeera you know... We got CNN and Al Jazeera in french in French speaking country

[@cyril6574]

@Paid disliker of course it is, like Russia today, CCTV, CNN, BBC and many more

[@gato-grande]

@Ashik M CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@MeMe-pj8ve]

Love it

[@user-bc7nc5qd4z]

I'm planning of moving to Canada and I'll be learning French before i do so. Also, any language deserves preserving!

[@ElenaKomleva]

Только приготовьтесь, тут белых людей уже почти не осталось. Посмотрите это видео повнимательнее. Сама страна ничего, но население тут (даже статистически!) Это китайцы, индусы и арабы, иногда ни одного белого лица не увидишь. Я уже думаю переехать куда-нибудь в Эстонию, и я не одна такая.

[@BabySonicGT]

@@ElenaKomleva uh ok

[@nunyatd]

Most canadians hate the french we expecially hate quebec every province here speaks english except quebec

[@user-bc7nc5qd4z]

@@nunyatd i understand, they have the history of trying to be an independent nation and they're at odds with the federal government. I'm going to learn French anyway, once I'm done with Spanish.

[@pilkpog7952]

@@nunyatd i love quebec they are important to canada

[@SharonPiano8]

French speaking people have told me it is fairly easy to learn English, while English speakers say French is harder to learn. There are a lot of conjugations to learn. Also, if you try to improve your French by talking to a bilingual person, as soon as they hear your broken French, they quickly switch to English and you don't get to practise your French.

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

It feels like EVERY foreign language does this to us native English speakers. Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Korean, Japanese, oh god that's only a few of them that do it. Not gonna lie, after playing with lots of langauges in my free time for a year and a half now and experiencing it in every single one of those, it's painful

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

just ask them to keep speaking their language so you can practice also the reason why these englishmen are telling french is hard is because they're learning french at school, and schools are universally bad at teaching you a language you don't like or it's just that they don't do anything else than duolingo, idk them

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

@@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33 good advice, will use. thanks! Also yeah I have a bad duolingo habit with spanish and am not extroverted enough to find spanish speakers on the internet to talk to so you can imagine me being stuck at lower intermediate (my japanese will probably reach this point in a few months too)

[@inconnu4961]

@@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33 French IS a difficult language, though. Scholars will agree, depending on what constitutes 'difficult' English is a fairly flexible language. French is a very precise language, when spoken properly. There is far more pressure to speak French properly than English.

[@xxsupersayen34xxnoe33]

@@inconnu4961 besides the spelling, french is actually easier than most european languages(at least from an english pov) also, the youth doesnnt care as much about properly speaking, you can get away with anything as long as it's intelligible, there are more people that will point at you your mistakes compared to english, but like in english these people are just idiots that are not worth talking to(and maybe that's just a false impression, but in french I feel like there aren't really anyone that will mock you for your mistakes outside of a debate)

[@JackPlayz]

I don’t know why people are so pressed about Canada speaking French and English lmao. Like without French, Canada would just be another US. I think it’s cool to know more than just one language.

[@bkainy4304]

The thing is learning French is quite difficult so other than Quebec and another few places nobody really speaks it... I don't get why people keep comparing us to the US when Belgium and Switzerland are hardly ever compared to France, even though their politics and cultures are extremely similar

[@Justin-df9ev]

@@bkainy4304 And in Belgium and Switzerland, people there actually learn the other languages of their country. I don't know what's the point you're trying to make.

[@bkainy4304]

Justin Anthony Joven who told you people here didn’t learn French ? It’s just that becoming fully bilingual in French is hard, not a lot of Dutch speaking Belgians speak fluent French and not a lot of Italian speaking Swiss speak fluent German.

[@Justin-df9ev]

B Kainy actually a lot of Dutch speaking Belgians are fluent in French and a lot of Italian speaking Swiss do speak fluently German if you’re going by census data and statistics, just say you hate French Canadians and go lmao

[@bkainy4304]

Justin Anthony Joven that’s absolutely not true the only polyglot area in Belgium is the Brussel-Capital region, Belgium is divided in monolingual language areas don’t try me on that I lived in France and met quite a lot of Belgians and Swiss. Now first how is saying it’s not fair to expect English speaking Canadians to be completely fluent in French when most people don’t need it in their day to day. Second why would I hate French Canadian when I’m both French Canadian and anglo and currently am in Quebec ?!

[@heloisebeaudoin7631]

Reading the comments, I feel bad for some people being so undereducated. French isn’t useless. Québécois and québécoises are speaking french everyday and learning english at school. It’s important to know that French people were first to colonize Canada, which was first called “nouvelle-france”. Later, after loosing a war against Great Britain, France was forced to give its colonies to Great Britain. Then, english arrived in Canada. Our people were killed, hung, beaten, put in prison ONLY because they refused to give up on their identity. As a proud french canadian, une Québécoise fière et droite, I also refuse to give up on my culture and past. My ancestors fought for it. I understand it might seem dumb to anybody who isn’t in a québécois’s situation to watch us fight for our language. I also understand that people might not want to speak french outside Québec. Anyways, it’s practically two different world, the english canada and Quebec. What we are asking for is respect. Respect. In Québec, we speak french. Talk to me in french. When I’ll go somewhere they speak english, I will speak english as well. It’s all about defending who you are, your cultural background. Your identity. I don’t really care about people saying french is useless. It’s their ignorance and comments that are useless to me

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO GRANDE HELOISE GRANDE BARILOCHE USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@Druuna55]

Canada didn't pop into existence the second french settlers arrived, come on, native people were here! How did you treat them then and how are you treating them now? wow

[@Alice-mb3xf]

I’d just like to say, there are not just French people in Quebec. In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and northern BC there are large communities of people who came over from France hundreds of years ago

[@alexskatit4188]

This is about french speakers not french ancestry. Many people came from France and Quebec and settled in the US but they speak english.

[@TheMrXilon]

@ALEX SKATIT It’s not just ancestry. We speak French here. There’s a whole quarter of Winnipeg that is French. There are fairly large rural areas that have heavy French heritage and much of the towns in these areas are considered French as the residents are, by all means, francophone. They’re mostly born and raised French but English media is so aggressive that many are completely bilingual. However, many work French only or bilingual needed jobs.

[@inconnu4961]

@@alexskatit4188 Are you sure of this? What parts of the US are you referring to? Will one hear french being casually spoken on the streets here. No, in that regard, you are correct. But many people do have French language skills and long to use their language again. Ive experienced it first hand.

[@inconnu4961]

@@TheMrXilon St. Boniface, Winnipeg! I have never visited but heard much about it! My ex wife is a product of the French immersion program in MB, and she can confirm what you say(not that it is needed! LOL)

[@alexskatit4188]

@@inconnu4961 Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire is full of people of french canadian ancestry who do not speak french. They can't even pronounce their french last names correctly.

[@unusualsuspect1262]

Ça fait plaisir de voir que les canadiens francophones tiennent à préserver leur langue

[@savedchristian4754]

What the ..ck are you saying, you alien?

[@SketchyHD]

Victor P “Its pleasing to see french-speaking Canadians preserving their language”

[@savedchristian4754]

@@SketchyHD If english speaking peoples start preserving english, french will disappear from Canada.

[@yehet_squish]

@@savedchristian4754 no never

[@savedchristian4754]

@@yehet_squish so you want to preserve french to the detriment of English?

[@gladysma308]

I start learning French from scratch by myself. Hope there are free public resources helping Canadians to learn French, such as text news in French highlighted syn with audio.

[@simonbolduc1580]

Read newspapers to learn new french vocabulary and how to write at the same time. Also, if you want to improve your understanding and pronunciation in french, watching french speaking videos on youtube is a must in my opinion. This is actually how I became fluent in English for my part.

[@simonbolduc1580]

Duolingo peut aussi s'avérer pertinent pour débuter. Ne te concentre pas sur la grammaire par contre quand tu débute car écrire français est une tâche complexe que même les natifs peinent à maîtriser (Duolingo can also be pertinent to begin studying french. Do not focus on grammar however if you begin because to write in french is one of a task even for a native) If you got any kind of french question just write them here and I will help you if you need

[@bkainy4304]

Simon Bolduc j’ai trouvé ce commentaire particulièrement remarquable. Hats off! Je vous souhaite une agréable journée!

[@californiabob3231]

Québec province is self-made. You see it in their culture, business, food and architecture. It’s like stepping into a different country. And I love it!!! The rest of Canada is generic. Just a bunch of suburban cities with U.S. franchises all over. Dependent on United-States for practically everything.

[@samueltremblay4864]

Oui et il veule notre culture car il n’en on pas😂

[@Jay-cx8hc]

@weforgotthecrackers He pretty much said that Canada doesnt have any culture and thats why they are appropriating our

[@coolbuddydude1]

@@samueltremblay4864 culture?

[@coolbuddydude1]

It`s cause it's old architecture.

[@pilkpog7952]

im an english canadian and i hope french stays in quebec. its important to our history.

[@jandron94]

pas pour votre culture également?

[@pilkpog7952]

@@jandron94 ?

[@jandron94]

@@pilkpog7952 votre réponse est dans votre question ;-)

[@pilkpog7952]

@@jandron94 i dont speak french sorry

[@historicallegends3702]

Free Quebec

[@cedric9806]

Krishna qui sait parler couramment après 3 mois de plus?!?! elle a fait vachement de progrès Bravo Madame !

[@wonglee2424]

We have come to visit Montreal numerous times since 1988 for business from the US (pandemic not withstanding) and hope that the Canadien people continue to keep French it's what makes Canada so unique and it's great to have two languages. We always try and pick up a few words when we come to visit what we say North America's best city.

[@LazierSophie]

Thank you. Merci. From Paris.

[@jandron94]

Tout va bien du moment que vous êtes capable d'un "bonjour", "pardon", "s'il vous plait", "merci" et "au revoir". La base.

[@javiertrevino5535]

French will continue to be used in Quebec in the long term future.. it's almost 85% French speaking , most people never speak english outside of a few neighborhoods in Montreal..

[@justwens2716]

Don't worry, haitian immigrants 🇭🇹 and algerian immigrants 🇩🇿 got your back because we also francophone

[@stephanosnormandusdelacroi8570]

All Frenchmen are francophones however not all francophones are Frenchmen.

[@wlliamp4382]

@@stephanosnormandusdelacroi8570 what's your point?

[@stephanosnormandusdelacroi8570]

@@wlliamp4382 I am not French to someone from France.

[@honesty_-no9he]

Except the Quebecois are racist and do not respect you.

[@gamerinsociety1450]

Quebec is part of CANADA therefore it's not a big deal if French declines or dies out because English is one of Canada's OFFICIAL languages.

[@Oujump]

as a canadian french trilinguistic english is most about complaining the context but french even if is simple is way harder than english because of conjugaison

[@Comprends-ton-Dim]

Not way harder. Barely harder. Mandarin or Arabic are WAY harder

[@arghaghosh945]

Wow so many Indians

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

French culture got doomed when biculturalism (French-English) was replaced by multiculturalism in the 1970's. If Canada had just stuck with biculturalism immigrants would be forced to assimilate to French culture and English culture. I'm saying this as an immigrant in Canada who speaks both English and French, it is ridiculously difficult to promote the French language within the Asian community because multicultural laws exempt people from adopting the French language, the use of English is preferred due to its advantage in STEM and business.

[@jhonrydc110]

Subtle racism, eh?

[@Andrew-gn9qp]

@@jhonrydc110 Nope. I'm Asian, been trying to get other Asians to become bilingual. Its hard. Most Asians have no affinity for French culture, zero.

[@Allumious]

@@jhonrydc110 stfu idiot

[@dbo514]

Ultimately Quebec will have to separate to really thrive. French used to be found everywhere in Canada, and has virtually disappeared from public life in other provinces. We have no kinship with other Canadians anymore. For now people still believe the fake bilingual Canadian dream, but it will change eventually.

[@silascouto9271]

@@dbo514 Quebec will have to separate for FRENCH to thrive. If English declines, so will IT. Because, you know, coding is in English. There is no reason to enforce a language that will do nothing more than hurt the economy. Asians got it right: you do the work you have to do to get a job. Even in France you can work and study with just English.

[@fbkintanar]

I remember reading that a significant percentage of migrant children in Quebec who went through compulsory French language education, and were pretty much fluent in French when they graduated, go on to universities and workplaces that are primarily English speaking, including moving out of Quebec for jobs elsewhere in Canada. Even if they stay in Quebec, they are often likely to work and live in Montreal, and shift to English as their primary language. Since the demographics of native-borns is contributing to a relative reduction in French speakers, immigrants become a key factor in keeping French stable, and it may not be working. If Montreal becomes a city with a majority of immigrants (mostly first and second generation) like other big Canadian cities, it may become increasingly difficult for French to retain its current status. I think this is a negative outcome. If French can't hold its own in Quebec, what chance is there for the 60 or so indigenous languages of Canada, many of which are critically threatened by language shift to English? Even in Nunavut, establishing a separate territory with some 90% native speakers of Inuktitut hasn't resulted in educational and government services in Inuktitut. As these these services, and other language domains, develop, they seem to become the domain of English. I hope French speakers find a way to enable their language to survive and flourish, rather than becoming marginalized as only the language of the home in rural areas and smaller towns. If Quebec can learn how smaller language communities can prosper in all domains of language use in a country dominated by English, there are many parts of the world which would like to follow their example. Welsh and Basque are interesting examples in Europe. I come from the Philippines, where the language of education is English. There are over 150 languages, many of them have small populations and are threatened by language shift, not to English but to the biggest indigenous languages, mainly Filipino as a national language, but also to some extent to Cebuano in the South and Ilocano to the North. Most domains of language use that involve literacy are in English, and some which don't (like television and movies) are primarily in Filipino. But now with television and movies shifting onto the Internet, those domains may also be taken over by English. One or two generations from now, the ethnic and cultural diversity of the Philippines may be irreversibly altered and homogenized around 2-4 languages, which I think would be a great loss. I think the key problem is for smaller languages to gain a foothold in domains of more-literate discourse in the age of the Internet. I still don't see a clear way forward.

[@PG-3462]

I live in Montreal and almost all my friends are foreigners who were "forced" to go to french school, now they are all fluent in french more than in their native language (since they migrated here when they were very young) and they all work in french speaking companies.

[@FOLIPE]

The issue is, where are the immigrants coming from. If they are coming from French-speaking countries, this becomes a non-issue. If they are coming from Latin America, there's a bigger hurdle but still they are likely to learn French rather easily. Besides that, even if you get a lower retention rate, as long as the ones who stay use French, then it will not endanger the language in quebec, although you could call it a waste of resources since it's french-speakers moving to other regions, such is the nature of federalism in Canada.

[@inconnu4961]

@@FOLIPE I agree. As OP stated, there are no EASY answers to this problem. It would help if France gained prominence in the world again, or in some specific field where french was the lingua franca. That would bolster things. Germany had very few colonies, but is still a widely learned language. Africa will bolster the french language in the future, with their exploding population growth.

[@cigh7445]

You have written a great answer Frederick, the problem with your Welsh/Basque comparison as a 'goal' for Québec French is that that would be going backwards for them. Québec was recognised as one of the major success stories of language maintenance in the world and an aspirational example for other languages trying not to be homogenised out of existence. Wales is still losing ground in previously Welsh speaking strongholds and losing native speakers, while gaining in great numbers of second language speakers who learn through school and their bilingual education system, but who mostly end up living the majority of their lives through English and in places like Swansea often have a more anglicised/English type of Welsh which isn't exactly same as the native Welsh. Québécois people have the institutions and power to protect their language from English, they should remind themselves of how their parents generation got them to where they are, read the work of Québécois political scientists like Jean Laponce etc. The question is, do the younger Québécois care as much? Or is the pull of Anglo culture just too penetrating and enticing.

[@Meowie765]

@@inconnu4961 Except more people speak English than French in Africa, and Nigeria , the most populous country in Africa has English as the official language.

[@AnyVideo999]

Spanish in the US 📈 French in Canada 📉

[@hugosenarese9697]

Yes, unfortunatly

[@haterboy19888]

@@hugosenarese9697 *fortunately

[@jandron94]

English-speaking Hispanics in the US 📈 French in Africa 📈 African French-Speakers migrating to French Canada 📈

[@LoserBroProductions]

Long live quebec

[@MinhNguyen-ff6xf]

Wrong. It should be “Vive le Québec” and “Vive la langue française”

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@scootergrant8683]

It must be so humiliating that a migrant child just learnt the iconic native language of Québec whilst most other locals only speak English. Mais aussi Crest très cool!

[@Beartic.]

@@scootergrant8683 Thats so sad. Its depressing that a migrant (who most likely will find pretty hard to learn french on top of english) is more willing to accept the challenge and work hard to learn it than a canadian raised in Quebec that thinks french is a burden and wont even try to learn

[@scootergrant8683]

@@Beartic. Well we can't force them to do what they don't want to, it's their choice. But it is still sad.

[@michakrol2649]

Is it strange that anglophones and imigration dont find it useful to learn french? For me it is kind of natural.

[@michakrol2649]

@Simon Bolduc That is why Quebeck dont have english speaking immigration

[@gato-grande]

@Simon Bolduc BARILOCHE USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@TheVinc123]

The french people had they're chance with Canada and were absolutely demolished by the british, too bad for them

[@mrsporty9669]

Idea to protect & preserve is good but method is wrong. It's too hard. For example KFC & Starbucks cannot use their original names in Quebec.

[@lawtraf8008]

Hey, French is my first language and I also speak English because I’m currently living in an English speaking country. I love Canada, will it be easy to emigrate to Canada for me as I speak both French and English ?

[@DannyBZ9]

Yes very , Trudeau loves you

[@linefrenette9116]

Yes

[@thezackseven]

Having moved to Vancouver in 2006 and lived across the street from a French emersion school but none of the teachers could speak French. Also during the 2016 census I caught canverser changing my entry from French to English skewing the statistics data.

[@LazierSophie]

Veux-tu dire "immersion" et "canvasser" ?

[@oj1914]

J’viens pas du Quebec ou France mais j’essaie de parler en français. Jsuis du Texas et j’voulais à parler en français donc jsuis en train d’essayer d’appendre le français ici... jsuis chanceux car ma chef parle est de Québec... on parle en français tous les temps so j’peux pratiquer... français est une langue très difficile

[@wave5009]

T'as raison, la langue est très dificile mais il faut continuer, tu vas la maîtriser tant que tu continue à pratiquer

[@oj1914]

No Energy merci, j’espère!

[@waitwho3074]

@@oj1914 Wow you write very well in french! C'est trop cool de voir un Texan apprendre le français! Selon mon humble avis, chaque langues est difficile à apprendre mais si nous mettons les efforts tout est possible :)

[@oj1914]

Wait, Who? Merci beaucoup. J’essaie de pratiquer tous les temps, pratique les mots, les conjugations, assez difficile... mon prob plus grande est quand je parle avec un francophone. Je peux pas reconnaître les mots la plupart du temps sauf s’il est très lente ou je VOIS les mots. C’est frustrant... peut-être un jour🤷🏽‍♂️

[@waitwho3074]

@@oj1914 Hahah je te comprend parfaitement! C'est comme quand tu écoute une musique par exemple: la blague avec les rappeurs qui n'articule pas (mumble rap) mais oui inquiète toi pas un jour ce sera fluide et tu n'aura aucune difficulter à comprendre les gens. Ton français est sa coche! Surtout si tu habite au USA sa doit être dure de pouvoir pratiquer ton français! Keep it up!

[@eenbankberoven]

3:56 an attitude many quebecois have, i really struggle with french and i try my best but i always get scared that clients won't be happy to come back, it's not my job to interact with clients at a restaurant because I'm a cook but sometimes the waitress isn't there and i have to serve them

[@inconnu4961]

This is very sad and i have heard many stories like this! Is this Montreal specific or is all of La Belle province a bit snooty about the language?

[@LazierSophie]

@@inconnu4961 Why is it sad and 'snooty'? Québécois want to defend their national language. What's wrong with that? By law Tina Zonderkop should be able to speak French as a waiter in a restaurant. If Tina Zonderkop lived in France, she should speak French to customers.

[@mfra959]

Indigenous Languages be like : EXCUSE ME That's EUROPEAN LANGUAGES Not Real CANADA Native Languages

[@01Breakfan]

Yes very true!

[@bingodeluxe]

​​@@01Breakfanow do we go about imposing native languages and make THEM official instead of English?

[@cjm7764]

I am from ontario. I have my son in french immersion. Its great to know two languages. Whwe vacation up north (real north not muskokas) half of the people speak french. We are so close to the boarder. I love it. I always wanted to do french immersion. I can understand most pf it. Speaking not so much. Its such an asset.

[@finalfrontier001]

its burden stop lying to yourself.

[@invalidname1710]

Utter and complete waste of time and resources.

[@tyshadonyxs2008]

These fools in the replies being so stressed! Learning both English and French is amazing!

[@inconnu4961]

@@tyshadonyxs2008 They are not fools! You may disagree with them, as i do. But if you cant understand their perspective you will never even begin to change their minds. The problem is: everyone likes to argue, no one likes to discuss. When we stop arguing, then exciting things begin to happen. Congrats on being intelligent enough to see the benefits of multilingualism! You have skills and a perspective that others can not imagine!

[@raffiart5121]

French is a beautiful yet difficult language. I tried learning years ago but gave up. Almost everything is feminine or masculine. They have numerous ways to conjugate verbs. Overall not easy for an adult.

[@jandron94]

Speaking French is best learned by "immersion" not by studying it in books.

[@Comprends-ton-Dim]

Actually even if you call something the wrong gender we would still get it so it doesn't matter

[@tainadeoliveira]

Well all romance languages have that and even slavic languages like polish have it, it's not a rare occurance, you just find it hard because english words are rather inflexible Give yourself a month of contact with the language, 1 hour every day, you will start to instinctively feel when a word sounds feminine or masculine and you will identify the most common verb tenses. Dedication is key to learning any language, no matter your age you will just see progress of you have consistency and interest. Millions of people learn spanish, french, italian and portuguese every day, it goes to show anyone can learn it.

[@Avy42F]

Less languages means less suffering to humans

[@bingodeluxe]

?

[@lailinde]

I'm American from Florida and when I go to the bakeries and restaurants in Miami, I'm ready to speak English or Spanish. You can't expect immigrant communities to just automatically speak your language either. And hey, if you feel so hurt that you couldn't communicate, maybe try learning the language the shopkeeper is speaking. It's a two-way street.

[@moondog7694]

No, it's not a two-way street, because they CHOSE to come here.

[@waiki8223]

Yeah, good luck with Russian, Arabic or Farsi just to speak to the shop owner... We come to Canada so it’s expected that we either speak pretty darn good English and/or French (both in my case) or to learn the dominant language of the province we chose to settle in.

[@Zodamay]

@@moondog7694 Llegan a Florida, es lógico que hablen español, no es como si llegaran a "Flowery" 🤣

[@jandron94]

@@Zodamay Mais je crois que bien que les hispaniques souhaitent vivre en Floride pour aussi la langue anglaise, non? En fait le serveur qui ne parle que l'espagnol préférerait peut-être qu'on l'aide à apprendre l'anglais en lui parlant dans cette langue?

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

it's not a two-way street. Your ideology is killing off the western world. Just because your country was made through immigration and genocides that it's the case for the whole western world. U-S is a young country and a superpower, it can handle mass immigration and multiculturalism. Other countries cannot handle either, since they're poorer and their culture is millenias old.

[@abeyshe1021]

It's sad that there us minimum help in learning french. Also I love the mum's attitude

[@herps588]

Aïe aïe aïe les francophobes dans les commentaires 😢

[@tesseract2365]

lol i see you comment in here a few time. French is nothing to most of Canada sorry to say.

[@herps588]

APimplyKid The french language will remain in Quebec for a long time, just not in the rest of Canada

[@gato-grande]

CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@gato-grande]

@@tesseract2365 CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@JohnDouille]

@@tesseract2365 to the individuals no, but it's really useful to your economy

[@Urmapleleaf]

Teachers, here's an advice: find a direct towards children's experience example that will make them love french Artists: keep making more french relative works and movies, make more french expressions and enrich your language with new and postmodernized words!

[@thesalishsea2958]

the sheer immensity of the size of the country of Canada makes Canada being a bilingual country impossible. I live in Victoria, BC. It is closer to Mexico City than it is to Montreal. If Quebec and the Maritimes provinces wish to preserve their French heritage and language I think that is excellent, but forcing areas of Canada that have never had a French speaking population makes no sense and it a huge waste of time and money if it is done to try to make the country bilingual. If people wish to learn French in school it needs to be an option for them, but forcing the Western provinces to speak French is just plain silly.

[@David_The_Texan_youtuber382]

I'm happy to see this. English is number one.

[@Carlos7Matute]

I love the French language but I'm too lazy to learn it.

[@SaidMetiche-qy9hb]

Reveille-toi et apprend la, on récolte ce qu'on seime !

[@franklle]

Imagine being that kind of loser.

[@shadowmose5079]

That's what english speaking governments want you to say. Congratulations.

[@SaidMetiche-qy9hb]

@@franklle Language is power, I speak 4 languages, you speak a single language. Who really loses?

[@SaidMetiche-qy9hb]

@@franklle And governments use languages and terms within it to control the population. If you know different languages you have a better communication power.

[@keyboardmanyoutube3189]

The reason is, France doesn’t have that international influence anymore. The culture, and the soft power have gone. French music and French movies don’t have much market, especially in North America.

[@honesty_-no9he]

That is not true it is a case of corporate marketing and who controls it. North Americans love French culture when they can get it.

[@jandron94]

Ce n'est pas si vrai, il arrive que les gens se lassent du tout à l'anglais, qu'ils souhaitent autre chose de plus original, de plus spécifique.

[@walkwithdeath]

"J'apprends francais, encouragez moi" Tiens, j'aurais du afficher ça sur mon front quand je me suis installe a Paname!

[@violenceisfun991]

I love how they don't use real words in French, Its just a bunch of random horny skunk noises that they make up on the spot. I wonder what it sounds like backwards?

[@Tony-ih1pg]

@@violenceisfun991 You do know that for many, many years French as been voted the World's Most Beautiful Spoken Language? So keep your anglo-saxon ethnocentrism to yourself, please

[@violenceisfun991]

@@Tony-ih1pg no i didn't know that. Who voted for it? I don't remember being asked

[@Tony-ih1pg]

@@violenceisfun991 educated people voted for it, no wonder you weren't asked

[@montinyek6554]

Tony mdr tu l'a detruit

[@tukkatoontoon]

That looked like a great teacher

[@ankitaahuja111]

I m in Toronto and willing to learn French. For jobs at what level I can say I am bilingual?? Thanks

[@alainfaber]

What do you think you need to get better? I teach French in HS but students loose their French once they graduate.

[@alainfaber]

@Reginald Jones True.. Opportunities are not always available to language learners. I am impressed with your 6 languages.

[@alainfaber]

@Reginald Jones Opportunities are always available abroad and on the net. I sometime find the school setting somewhat limiting, especially when working with kids and teens for which privacy is paramount in 2019. Thanks for the input.

[@savedchristian4754]

Promote english because practising french is a pain.

[@alainfaber]

@@savedchristian4754 Thank you for the message. This is exactly what I have my YT channel.....to practice my English ;)

[@daljitsinghbhullar353]

French is mandatory in Quebec region not in another states. English is fine in rest of all. Like I am from Vancouver (British Columbia).

[@moondog7694]

States? Don't you mean provinces? And you want us to believe you are from Vancouver? If you were from Vancouver you would know it is "provinces", not "states".

[@waiki8223]

@@moondog7694 EXACTLY what I was gonna write!!!

[@daljitsinghbhullar353]

@@moondog7694 I am a immigrant bro from india, I am here on student visa. Thanks for knowledge.

[@Alternity666]

Both should be mandatory everywhere in Canada.

[@user-rt2mr2yx9z]

Preserve it fight for it don’t let it die have more children I am from Louisiana and they have almost wipe out the language here the only way to preserve the language is for Quebec and some of eastern provinces to become independent. After the English/Canadian government committed genocide against my people the Acadian and Natives.

[@c.m.redhouse7667]

Question. Since French only speakers are a minority in Canada, why don't they learn English? So as to communicate with the rest of Canada and the rest of North America. Sure, I'm for preserving the French language...which of course will always exist. But why put immigrants and those relocating to Quebec (who already speak English) into a time-consuming language learning...Afterall Canada's official languages are English and French. Bottomline, allow people to freely choose which language they want to speak in their everyday activities throughout Canada and Quebec...either French or English.

[@tommim.1516]

I absolutly knew that Keshna works for Ubisoft.

[@AlbertoGomez-oi5ou]

or warner games montreal :v

[@triple-gq6mn]

@@AlbertoGomez-oi5ou Considering the Ubisoft logo on his shirt at the end I think Tommi has it right haha

[@1p4142136]

If a language is easy and accessible then it will increase in use.

[@nnenne1]

Not necessarily true, mandarin isn’t easy, but is a growing language. Something else dictates what’s spoken.

[@MrTrax-hc5pd]

@@nnenne1 it's because of the native speakers

[@Purplelasagna6754]

Not sure why you would think that. English is one of the hardest and most tedious languages in the world to learn and use, but that doesn't stop it from being the lingua franca.

[@MrTrax-hc5pd]

@@Purplelasagna6754 Are you sure? It is literally one of the easiest languages in the world lol

[@misa80209]

Pas du tout, c'est la langue la plus facile parce que tout le monde cannait un peu d'anglais (à cause d'être la langue des états-units)

[@huhner_suppe]

I feel like being a bilingual state is something worth preserving, it definitely is special as there are hardly no other bilingual states. Canada should be proud to be bilingual

[@pwp8737]

in reality Canada is not a bilingual state; the federal government is compelled to offer its services in both languages throughout the country, but each province is free to set its own language policy barring any requirements in the federal constitution. Only one province is officially bilingual, New Brunswick, with others offering some or no accommodation to linguistic minorities. There are plenty of other bilingual and trilingual states, Belgium, Finland, Switzerland, Ireland, Israel,

[@carolweideman1905]

As a Western Canadian I say Quebec needs to do all it can to keep their language and culture.

[@surprise_]

Separatism ?

[@jaybloomfield5082]

Quebec must become an independent country.

[@herps588]

Jay Bloomfield It definitely should. Unfortunately in 2020, nationalism is on the decline and we’re even getting laughed at if we dare to say such.

[@santhoshkumar-vd7jo]

USA and Canada in the future will reach a consensus to become a single country.

[@zennyy.12]

No

[@StudioNetcom]

@@santhoshkumar-vd7jo Not a chance. This would mean WAR!

[@Justin-df9ev]

@sneksnekitsasnek Texas has no culture or language of its own.

[@sealdew5348]

Im learning french and i have such a conundrum of how so many languages are literally dying. Im guessing its mainly from the new modern media but frick, i feel like im wasting time on my learnings. Its an absurdity, that in the future, noone will speak what is considred, the moderb ways of speaking. Sigh

[@inconnu4961]

Take heart! The act of learning a language makes you smarter! you are constructing new neural pathways in your brain. So that may be the best reason of all! There are many people on here trying to learn french and preserver french, so these languages will not die out in our lifetimes and perhaps not the next one neither! So it can still be relevant in our lives! Someday learning math wont be needed, as computers will be able to do it better and faster, but they still teach math in schools! English wasnt always the lengua franca, so it may change in the future again( although its hard to imagine that) maybe we will all speak esperanto!

[@jessicacole8404]

I think as the Western Powers continue to weaken, English will go out of style. Probably Chinese will become the new most popular language

[@omarrobertson4188]

Quebec need to focus on immigration from French speaking countries.

[@nuha1018_]

C'est un peu triste quand on voit tous ces personnes qui ne peuvent pas fonctionner en français bien ils ont pris des cours à l'école primaire. Je viens de l'Ontario et suis pas capable de parler couramment français, mais je fait partie du programme Français Étendue (Extended French). Je pris tous les principaux sujets (hormis les mathématiques et la science) en français, alors je me trouve plus doué en français que l'habitude. Mais, je crains aussi que je vais perdre ma compétence... Mon rêve est devenir enseignante de Français Immersion (French Immersion). Si je perds le français, serais déçu par moi.

[@linefrenette9116]

Tu l'écrit très bien mon cher

[@nuha1018_]

@@linefrenette9116 Merci de tes compliments :)

[@no_life_wth_leafras949]

no worries, english is above by far

[@FishLeFish]

I’m from québec. This is grossly incorrect. French is not being lost. Please stop. In Acadia they also know french. This is very incorrect.

[@robin-bq1lz]

Ouvre les yeux et essaye de sortir de ton petit quartier une fois dans ta petite vie…🤬🤬🤬🙄😘

[@RevivedSaiyan]

Canada should have to learn Italian as a second language instead. We dont need french as a language. The church is part of Canada more than the French lol not mention we have more Italian restaurants than french lol people dont want frog as food.

[@emptyhad2571]

We don’t need Italian it’s not even as culturally significant as French

[@jaulloa21]

Interesting to know that Canada is still a co-dependent nation of Britain. They aren’t truly independent. I don’t think Canada wants to be either.

[@ooooooooooooohio7141]

Lets go!

[@Tedrio1]

Around 0:40 someone spoke something in Portuguese, lmao. Anyone else catch that?? 😂🇧🇷🇵🇹

[@gato-grande]

HABLA ESPAÑOL NATAN LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA BARILOCHE

[@wallacesousuke1433]

De fato, depois que li teu comentário eu notei, tive de aumentar o volume xD

[@Paulo-ko7mc]

@Matty Bruno Lucas Zenere Salas She said something got her surprised

[@wesleycragun562]

They killed French in Louisiana (USA), don’t let them do it in Quebec.

[@joyceneville9214]

So if Quebec wants people to do more in French then maybe it’s English language universities should offer more French at more times to its students. My daughter is attending Bishops in Sherbrooke and would take French, except it’s difficult to find classes that don’t conflict with classes she needs for her major. We are from the states, and would like to resettle our kids in Canada. We know, as a result of some of the things our eldest our eldest has experienced, that French is key. That is true in eastern Ontario as well. I would also add that bilingual education, no matter which two languages are used, has positive effects on the brain and improves abilities in math and music as well!

[@jandron94]

Il faut que les parents également apprennent le français, pas uniquement les enfants ;-)

[@czarna9598]

Can someone please tell me what she's saying at 4:10?

[@cigh7445]

Well done to Québec for protecting their language. One of the last strong holdouts against English in North America/Canada. Even strong national languages like Dutch and Scandinavian languages have felt the effects of the power of global English

[@mathlover4994]

Correction: French language steadily losing ground in Quebec. French was never present in the rest of Canada.

[@johnmccallum9542]

No , Ontario uses a lot of french in the east and north, and New Brunswick is more french / bi lingual with english .

[@chantalname8400]

@@johnmccallum9542 Is this your only reply? Also Canada is a lot larger than New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec.

[@dbo514]

​@@chantalname8400 Denying/not being aware of your own country's history is not helpful. French was found all across the country. Even today there are 80'000 french speakers in Alberta. My grandmother was born in SK and they only spoke french in her village. Manitoba was founded as a french speaking province. Ontario used to be the province of Quebec before the British split it into Upper and Lower Canada, still about half a million Francophones there. On the whole, I agree, French outside Quebec is marginal today, but it wasn't always the case.

[@adom6750]

Yes it was Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Foundland were all once part of New France. There was just a large French speaking population in Quebec than the other provinces except for New Foundland where the British forced the French speaking population out and into bayou in Louisiana.

[@Salty7737]

John McCallum Ontario literally speaks 0 French, New Brunswick barely speaks it, Quebec is a loner. Ontario Hates Quebec they they are nothing alike. If someone speaks french we just laugh at those frogs 😂😂🤣🤣

[@ithepreacher8309]

A Dilettante Presumptuous Opinion: You cannot legislate French Culture into law. It will never work. The answer is a simple. French Canadians Families must have more children then other new immigrants and new Canadians French Canadians must have what used to be normal sized families, such 6. 8, 10, 12 children. Having larger family means a having a Mother at home and the Father working. It is well known that having a Mother at home and the Father working is the best way to raise children People have forgotten we all had roles in society. This can happen by having larger families which means there will always be a very high populations of French Canadians. That's how you keep French Canadian Culture.

[@cs0345]

@@GCY1 No this is about a longtime rivalry between the Anglophone and Francophone worlds and not having immigrants and American culture irreversibly Anglify Quebec

[@uncois]

As a Chinese who speaks French. Je trouve vraiment la raison principale que moins en moins de monde a envie d’apprendre cette langue est lié à la baisse d’influence francophone. Surtout au niveau de culture. Quand on parle de la France ici en Chine la plupart des gens ne connaissent que les marques de LVMH et Kering plus L’Oréal.. quoi d’autre ?

[@omomeidontaya3143]

So you speak 3 languages ???😳

[@jandron94]

En France personne ne connait le nom d'un chinois, personne ne sait dire un mot de chinois, personne n'a jamais écouté une seule chanson en chinois. Quand je dis personne c'est 99% des gens qui n'appartiennent pas à la communauté chinoise. Et pourtant quelques personnes en France (5000? 10000?) apprennent le chinois en raison du pouvoir économique de la Chine et parce qu'ils s'intéressent sans doute à sa culture.

[@wertyuiopasd6281]

@@jandron94 Pourtant, la France, du moins ses élites, a toujours eu une fascination pour le Japon et la Chine. On nous appelait "La Chine de l'Europe".

[@JOE-bm9oq]

Never understood Canadians not wanting to speak French, it confuses me a whole lot.

[@Zamoksva]

@Canuk Kun Can you give examples im curious

[@papounator8843]

@Canuk Kun It's not so much about the Language as it is about the culture that was born from it. Would you speak only in english in China or would you try to learn Mandarin to understand it's people? All we ask is if you move to Quebec, the least you can do is speak the primary language, which is french. If you want to speak only english, go to ontario, or better, The USA.

[@jijijou2]

@Canuk Kun I don't think that you will be happy to learn that there are manifestation right now in montreal to enforce even further the bill 101. People in Montreal want to ge rid of the "bonjour/Hi" and english sign in montreal even further.

[@invalidname1710]

@Canuk Kun very true.

[@grabslide]

I don't see a point maybe if you want to go on a surf trip or see the alps

[@mencken8]

It all happens due to two words: T.V.

[@inconnu4961]

LOL nice!

[@arnaudpayet6173]

I don't think French is loosing ground in Québec. In definitely loosing grounds in the rest au Canada though. But the French language is too strongly established in Québec for it to vanish. But still, sadly, a lot of people from the rest of Canada come to live in Québec and are not really interested in learning French language. The bottom line is that you have the amazing opportunity to learn another international language...why not seize it ?

[@linefrenette9116]

People who come to live here and who are English are interested in learning French and making a living there.

[@paolosantiago3163]

"I'm a Filipino man but I love the French language and I speak it: Bonjour/Bon Noir/Bonne Nuit Je suis Paolo et J'mappelle parler au Français please correct me if I'm wrong .?!"

[@kzm-cb5mr]

bodeng

[@drewhester6836]

As an anglophone Canadian I would say French is getting less spoken, but English Canada is growing so much faster. Also with my parents and grandparents and so in Ontario learning French was seen as stupid due to long standing ethnic tensions between the two. But I find due to government initiatives in Ontario and Quebec, more Anglo millennials have picked up French as a second language than before. I think this story is misleading as if you go to Quebec (especially outside of MTL) you'll see that the language is alive and well.

[@MM-fy8yx]

They always use montreal as an example of the "French decline" without acknowledging that Montreal's modern history has always pretty much been one of French and English, not to mention it was an iroquois settlement before french colonisers came... also 3/5 symbols on the Mtl flag are from the british isles en osti

[@frexelsio6786]

Because you try to assimilate the francophones...

[@goatMAN1321]

I plan on learning french but atm im currently learning Italian but once i master italian french will be easier

[@louis-philippegirard7608]

I've heard they're similar languages. Unfortunatly, I'm more interested in German (I'm a Quebecker)

[@linkskywalker5417]

Actually, I think Spanish would be easier as that language has a more similar phonology to Italian than French.

[@gato-grande]

@@louis-philippegirard7608 CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@gato-grande]

@@linkskywalker5417 CANADA FRANCES CANADA LATINO USHUAIA ARGENTINA

[@inconnu4961]

@@louis-philippegirard7608 why German? Do you have any particular interests or ties to germany that make you wish to learn?

[@danieldydzak691]

When you live in quebec, learn french. Merci !

[@comment2302]

What about the native language though?

[@Aditya-te7oo]

2:51 I completely agree man. That's what we need "multilingualism", not monolingualism.

[@lightplan]

Jeni est très jolie 😊

[@Moribus_Artibus]

African Francophones: Bonjour

[@rochakmittal9974]

It would be easier for the world if everyone would speak one language

[@m72860]

Lol no thanks, that would be so boring

[@bingodeluxe]

Brave New World! Billions of little clones, no difference, no diversity, no variety. A great big drab no man's land. Exciting!

[@ahsanurr4219]

Diversity is based