Salut! Hope you guys enjoyed my little French Test! :) My score was a 38 out of 50. I had a couple of questions like the difference between the vous and tu that I couldn't truthfully give myself points for! I would consider this score pretty frenchified, right? If you got every single one right, plus the bonus questions, you could have scored over 50! Anyone get over 50? Were you surprised by your score? have a great weekend and see you la semaine prochaine!
Adding all the trips and the time I lived in Paris I spent 21 months of my life in France, and my score was 22 🙂 (or 24: the stilettos questions were tricky for a man 😆)
48/49 (je n'ai pas compté les talons aiguilles car je suis un homme. Mon seul point perdu est sur le quart d'heure de retard. Je trouve cela très irrespectueux... Bon, c'est vrai que le résultat est un peu faussé : je suis Français... 😅 Mais ça m'a bien fait rire !
Hello *Kate,* *Houlala* ...tu as oublié le "houlala", le "voilà", le "bah" et le "bof" ! 😅 Le second degré (ce n'est pas exactement du second degré - même si le second degré est typiquement français - mais c'est compliqué à expliquer, je n'ai pas trouvé de meilleur terme pour exprimer ce que je veux dire) aussi est culturel en France. Je suis abonné à la chaîne de "Dereck Reacts", un américain qui réagit à des chansons avec une très forte communauté française dans ses abonnés. Et, à force de le suivre, je me suis rendu compte que le "second degré" était inné en France. En effet, à chaque fois qu'il regarde un clip français (lui ou d'autres vlogers américain) ou réagit à une chanson, il prend toujours ce qu'il voit ou entend au premier degré (il prend pour argent comptant ce qui lui est présenté). C'est quelque chose qui est parfois déstabilisant pour nous, parce qu'il ne perçoit pas immédiatement l'ironie sous-jacente ou la métaphore. Alors que pour nous, c'est automatique. Il prend les choses toujours factuellement, sans chercher le côté abstrait, plus souterrain, l'autre versant. C'est vraiment une attitude qui nous différencie des américains. Un Français observe toujours les choses non seulement factuellement, mais aussi avec une certaine forme de détachement, d'ironie, de cynisme, ou même de poésie. Le Français cherche instinctivement les doubles sens, les symbolismes ; ce qui est suggéré mais qui n'est pas immédiatement visible si on prend les choses factuellement justement. Pourtant, ce qui est suggéré nous apparaît presque immédiatement à nous autres Français, sans même s'en rendre compte. C'est vraiment quelque chose de culturel en France. On ne se contente jamais de la surface. Notre "paréidolie" intellectuelle est exacerbée. Désolé, j'ai un peu de mal a expliquer clairement ce que je veux dire car c'est une notion très fine mais pourtant elle fait vraiment toute la différence dans la manière d'aborder un événement ou un discours ou une œuvre entre un Français et un Américain... Bon dimanche à tous.
Got 40 (French native). Leaving abroad, I may be a bit loose on some 'French' habits, but you make a pretty good targetting in your list and I still go about most of what you have described, like long - or rather 'proper' - lunch breaks, bread on table, no ice, no take away, complaining for the sake of it/or fun/or stress release/or discussion triggering, etc.. I am never late, just don't like it, but I am not bothered by others being 15min late.... so made it count. Not so for the butter thing.... I'd put some or not in equal measure; spent years in Brittany which put this in habits - which I did not have before - so that is a item that would not apply everywhere in France, also it depends on the quality of the bread! Oh, and I have no stilettos (I'd say it's a rare styling choice for men in most places). And for the tu/vous, that is exactly what you say, not often would I not be sure, but then there's always a way to avoid using either until the situation clarifies.
Just 15. Too American, with Czech and Georgian (country not state) influences. And if I were to do a How Georgian are you? One of the questions would be - If you miss an appointment and never worry about apologizing for it, that's a 3 pointer. AND if you can say Tsinamdzghvrishvili Street, written as წინამძღვრიშვილი, without missing a beat, that's easily 10 points.
I’m Swiss French (1/4 French) and I got 35. Until part 3, I thought I wasn’t French at all, but from the 3rd part (including the bonus), it caught up rapidly :D Ever since the virus started, I stopped doing the bise if there are many people or especially with strangers.
16. I’m American and have never lived in France. I visited Paris once and started learning French in college/university. Still studying and improving my French, but it’s definitely still at beginner level!
I got 35 points. My mother was French and I have relatives in France and see France as a big part of my life and who I am. I love going to France. I spoke French reasonably well when I was young and want to get it back now even if my grammar is not that good. I never took a class. I liked your test. It was not only fun, but some merit too. I don't know what the cutoff points are.... not that I need numbers. I'm not sure how I did. I love your videos! John (aka Jean Maurice)
32 here french and paid to eat at restaurant and drink wine. Also 5 weeks vacation is stupidly short ...i m aiming for ten and just starting to get there. At 50.. ( ok i work in the wine trade and restaurants are my clients...it helps ..)
I'm surprised you think eating baguette without butter is French. I mean, french people LOVE their butter. I personally use it EVERYWHERE! Currently living abroad and they don't have french butter, only local equivalent and I got to say it really not the same :P
Totally agree that the French love butter. I think for me what's different is that they don't put butter on an untoasted baguette. For example, you don't have a bread basket in french restaurant and also have butter next to it. In the US this is unheard of. But yes, people do love butter on toasted bread or other dishes and salted butter here is amazing!
Great content, as always! I scored 38, including the bonus 5, without being French, but it turns out being continental European was enough to tide me over. Anyways, I love France and have been there a few times. Hope to visit again soon.
Great entertaining video! I'm a Hispanic American and speak English and Spanish natively. I got 22 points. The only thing that makes vs easier for me is that it's almost identical to Spanish with "tu" vs "usted"
Hello, the next step is to count with your fingers the French way, #1 is the thumb up with a fist, not the index up, #2 is thumb and index up, not index and middle finger, and so forth...
Be wary mate... If this continues, you will end up singing the Marseillaise before every rugby watch you don't want to miss anymore... Even as a french, it took me 15 years to reach this worrying point.
Hi Kate. I just came across your TH-cam channel. Very Interesting topic to figure out how Americans people consider French. I did your test today. As a French, I scored 15 out of 50. I'm quite happy how this test turn out. I'm not so frenchie and May be closer to the US life-style. As for you, very good job. The best. Xavier. Ps: hopefully my English is not that bad.
42/50 as a French native. No bonus point at the end, but as you said, when i don't know, i'm able to construct a sentence without having to say one or the other ;-). I don't mind la bise but not when there is a lot of people (too loooong !). I always cheer looking in the eyes, but just because "that's the way to do it", not because of the fear of bad sex 😅
Very entertaining. I’m french and I got 35 points. Personally, I also use the « vous » with people I don’t really want to get involved with. For me, of course it is a way to show my respect to someone, but if I feel I wouldn’t like to be closer with someone, it is an easy way to keep them at a distance, respectfully.
38 for me, french native too. Not seeing so many non french native giving their score, where are you? Not such a high score, still some work to do... But it was quite a fun ride! Maybe you could have added some 'drinking culture' affirmations... just a suggestion! ;-)
About the Tu vs Vous - A French friend once mentioned that if it's a person you want to kiss don't ever use Vous - And if it's the parents of people you want to kiss don't ever use Tu - Personally I prefer to tutoyer everyone - Mainly only use Vous on occasions that I have to talk to people at least a few years older than me that I don't want to kiss or like know too well - Not the way most people do it I know but I do it like this - Ask people if they prefer tu ou vous and you won't face any problems I reckon - Always try 'on' then wait for the person to use Tu or Vous and then do likewise possibly too - And if you want to kiss the person then try to make their Vous a Tu haha !
It was funny doing the quiz I'm French-American but moved to the states as an adult. Sometimes I feel like I'm loosing some of my french habits and culture. But after taking that quiz I realized I still do a lot of those things. For my fiance it was hard for him at first to get used to me complaining and arguing.
Bravo on the "how French are you" questions selection, they are spot on although I'm laughing to the fact that you made your bonus question about "Tu vs Vous" rather than "Il vs Elle". But yes any one who tallies over 20 points can say they are well on their way to Frenchification!
hahah above 20 points is an officially frenchified person! Or maybe "europefied?" I think some of the questions might work for multiple countries in europe too!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Haha yes there might be similarities. I really enjoyed that video. You know us too well, my dear. I believe I remember something about a post office adventure that might have inspired some of the questions.
i got the bonus point, because it’s pretty easy. you just use vous with anyone who is older or in a different position to you, anyone who you are meeting for the first time. it is only when the person tells you to call them by tu that you use tu, because it’s a show of respect to call them by vous, so they won’t be bothered by it in my experience
Yes, pretty much. In my case, i hate using "vous", so i say "tu" even to my boss whenever i can. Well, i never said i wasn't socially awkward. I dislike when people tell me "vous", too. I am unsure where this comes from, it is not like i was born a foreigner...
I only got 17, heh heh. I guess it's not that surprising. I enjoy living amidst French culture but still am very much the American inside. I did give myself partial credit on a few of the questions heh heh, in particular the last one - I gave myself 4 because I really can't remember the last time I messed it up. The only time I feel myself hesitating is with young children I don't know lol - they're strangers, so "vous", but I guess you wouldn't vouvoyer a 5-year-old! 😆
Clair j ai fait 41 et j ai trouvé cela un peu faible.... Ou alors C est le test... Peut pas être nous, tout le monde dit que nous pensons être parfait donc si tout le monde le pense C est vrai 😂
Louisianais, Missourians, Canadians and Africans use the "tu" more than the Haitians who use it more than the French. l don't know for Belgium and Switzerland. Fortunately for the English speaking people, the "thou" has fallen into disuse.
Born french, 39 points, probably more if i was a girl (i don't wear stiletos😅). I personnaly hate bowls, i love mugs ! And i do love the french way you pronounced "mug" in this video ! And i don't drink coffee but i do believe that an expresso is far better than a half-liter bowl full of anything but coffee😅 Le quart d'heure de politesse, difficult for me as where i work the rule is : arriver à l'heure c'est déjà être en retard ! About the tu/vous question, i honestly find hard to believe that a french born and raised person may even rarely have issues in choosing the right thing ! I do love your videos, and i hope you'll never end up with loving living here !
40 points for this native French speaker. I don't have sneakers. Je porte des mocassins tout le temps. Je ne dis pas "I will propose something" parce que j'ai appris qu'on ne dit pas comme ça. Les mugs c'est plus pratique qu'un bol pour se déplacer quand c'est plein. I stare in people's eyes when cheering but it's just to be polite.
Only 20/50 but my excuse is I've only been in France for 18 months so I still have a lot to learn. Not had much opportunity to faire la bise for a start. Also gave myself the benefit of the doubt a couple of times eg I don't have Stan Smiths but I do wear trainers (sneakers) which I *never* did before moving here. I've never said "I propose...' but I have started to think in French phrases instead of the English equivalent. I'm a work in progress! Fun quiz!
Superb video ! I'm a french native and i've only got 25 points. I think i wouldn't get along with a 50/50 guys. He/she would really be a pita for me lmao.
I'm french, but I'm almost never late, and I tend to apologize a lot when I'm like 1 minute late. We use to say " l'exactitude est la politesse des rois" (Which mean that being on time is more thant polite, it's good education) South of France: dinner time is actually more commearound 20.00; especially now in summer, when it's so hot that you're not hungry. Right now, more or less 21.00. But I can't stand the long meals, so boring. And obviously, no milk, no sugar in my coffee ( but a square of bitter dark chocolate over 80% cocoa is always welcomed). And Shock: I never , never ever drink wine, yes some french people hate wine, and I'm one of them. As much as I dislike politics, actually. Thanks to Covid, la bise went out of mode, I hate this too, so tedious to kiss people you'd prefer to avoid. ahaha, vous and tu, is actually easy peasy when you learn it almost teached to you since the day you start talking. Its almost the same situations in russian, so russian people usually pick it quite quickly. Simply put, just stick to the "vous", it's the safe option, until the other person actually tells you to say " tu" 29/50, congratulations, it seams that a lot of foreigners are more french that I am, and it's absolutely not a problem. I think, it's more character related, because I'm not into social gatherings.
Only 13. Wanted to say yes to bisous but not experienced enough yet. Lol yes, it’s a good custom. It says, I am fully present to you. Love your channel, thanks and…. Bis
40 not bad for a French living in the US for 20 years. I am still holding on to those French habits. You could have added a question about not making mistake about LE ou LA because that is very difficult for foreigners.
@@nox8730 I'm grateful for this "oversimplification", thank you very much! What a weird thing to consider having to memorize masculine and feminine for objects as being superior.
@@smlorrin I don't consider anything as superior or inferior. Simply different and serving different purposes. You are misunderstanding. It is true that english has been oversimplified. There are several reasons as far as i know, the most recent being that it is the most learned language in the world, and so, the average proficiency of the language's speakers is pretty low. Plus, the language itself is not particularly protected by linguistic institutions, compared to some others. While this helps to spread the language, ultimately, it contributes massively to oversimplify it, too. While i have been struggling to learn decent english, and respect the language and its speakers for a decade now, i still can't brag about mastering a proper literary kind of english, and at this point, i probably contribute to drag it down, too. Many languages retain masculine and feminine for objects and countries. And yes, english got dumbed down partly due to it spreading and being spoken by plenty of people with a poor proficiency level. Now, that doesn't make english an easy language to learn. French and many other languages have the feminine and masculine for objects, and english has many weirdnesses like 'haul', 'howl', hole', and i am sure you don't understand what i mean. But i can tell you that we have a hell of a hard time with english. Actually, i still can't speak it i guess, because i can't understand it when spoken without subtitles. Even after a decade of daily efforts. haul, howl, hole, this is it. Am i wrong? Why getting offended?
39 - Pas mal je dirai - Possibly 31 as it was difficult to decide at times - Although I'm a bit knackered today and need to watch it again to ensure I counted correctly - All from round 1 - There were more than 10 questions but I counted that as 10 even though I was 'French' for them all - What's the way to do it? Thanks for the cool video!
I love you espacially when you french bashing! Shame you are not next to me to always speak about those Stories, drink coffe, chocolate , eat icecream...some french may be the less pf them are fortunately not like that! It s difficult to find them .
I always have a good time to watch your videos. 🥳🙏And actually I use them to improve my vocabulary and pronunciation. I speak as the same time as you ! I m French, so my recommendations for you about the use of tu or vous would be to follow this rule : always go with vous ( unless they’re a kid) and let the person invite you to say “ tu. “ they will friendly say “tu peux me tutoyer, tu sais?..,” And you re right, sometimes Even French don’t know if they should say Tu or Vous…. So I follow this rule myself, so that I never feel awkward with going back to vous after having said Tu … So if ,you doubt about what to say , you re French too! 😄
Le plus compliqué demeure de trouver des dictionnaires et autres ressources qui signifient la prononciation correcte pour chaque mot. Je sais, tout du moins, que c'est quelque chose qui me fait galérer avec l'anglais. Du fait notamment que je ne veux pas sonner américain... Qui voudrait sonner américain...?
48/49 (je n'ai pas compté les talons aiguilles car je suis un homme. Mon seul point perdu est sur le quart d'heure de retard. Je trouve cela très irrespectueux... Bon, c'est vrai que le résultat est un peu faussé : je suis Français... 😅 Mais ça m'a bien fait rire !
I got 31 points and I'm French, #complainersforlife haha! Also, I've always hated "faire la bise" (or giving a bise, idk it sounds weird when it's translated in English lol), it doesn't matter if there are 1 or 20 people in the room, I won't kiss you on your cheek (especially if I don't know you), sorry not sorry!
You just used "sorry i'm not sorry" which is AMAZING. but also makes me think you have lived outside of France before which may be why you didn't get some of those points! You're a global citizen :)
I am 100% french, but score only 35 ? what's wrong ? Why ?? american wife ? living too long in Germany / Switzerland / USA ? where is the failure ??? ;-) Some clichés, but kinda fun, I will try to convince wife and son to make it
OK Part 1 7pts, part 2 20 points, part 3 14 points. So funny just one or two things : how in hell can I have points about stiletto has I am neither a woman nor a drag queen? About the social 15 min, never have been raised to be late, used to be raised after : la ponctualité est la politesse des rois. And about your dad joke the full sentence is 'married or hanged'. When you know the French saying Passer la corde au cou (tying à rope around the neck of a man aka marrying him) well there is not a big difference 😂 OK so 41 pts for a French guy, not so bad 😇😁
Very true for the stiletto's but to be fair if you own converse sneakers or stan smiths, you could have gotten another point! And i think 41 points for a Frenchman is a very solid score!! :)
I have 49.5 (I am French). I took half a point off because I tolerate foreigners having trouble with French, but I can't stand it when the French people slaughter French language.
Hey Mam’selle I got 30 points. And yes I got the last one. I live in Montreal Quebec, and I cannot tell you how many times shop girls address me with “tu” Total Cringe :( Customers --especially older ones are always to be vouvoyez’d ….seems simple enough…and yet :( Cheers from 🇨🇦 p.s Although am Chilean, I really do love to complain…my granpa was French from Hasparren in the Pays Basque, maybe it’s genetic 🤷🏻♀️?
i almost never eat baguette, and in my part of France we put a lot of (salted) butter on bread, especially for breakfeast. Prefer mugs to bowls. Hate being late and dislike other being late. Drink almost no coffee at home. Etc.... Oh, and no stiletto and no sneakers either. Too bad !
Salut! Hope you guys enjoyed my little French Test! :) My score was a 38 out of 50. I had a couple of questions like the difference between the vous and tu that I couldn't truthfully give myself points for! I would consider this score pretty frenchified, right? If you got every single one right, plus the bonus questions, you could have scored over 50! Anyone get over 50? Were you surprised by your score? have a great weekend and see you la semaine prochaine!
Wow ! Native French here and only 32
Adding all the trips and the time I lived in Paris I spent 21 months of my life in France, and my score was 22 🙂 (or 24: the stilettos questions were tricky for a man 😆)
Ouais ouais t'es française maintenant haha
48/49 (je n'ai pas compté les talons aiguilles car je suis un homme.
Mon seul point perdu est sur le quart d'heure de retard. Je trouve cela très irrespectueux...
Bon, c'est vrai que le résultat est un peu faussé : je suis Français... 😅
Mais ça m'a bien fait rire !
Hello *Kate,*
*Houlala* ...tu as oublié le "houlala", le "voilà", le "bah" et le "bof" ! 😅
Le second degré (ce n'est pas exactement du second degré - même si le second degré est typiquement français - mais c'est compliqué à expliquer, je n'ai pas trouvé de meilleur terme pour exprimer ce que je veux dire) aussi est culturel en France.
Je suis abonné à la chaîne de "Dereck Reacts", un américain qui réagit à des chansons avec une très forte communauté française dans ses abonnés. Et, à force de le suivre, je me suis rendu compte que le "second degré" était inné en France.
En effet, à chaque fois qu'il regarde un clip français (lui ou d'autres vlogers américain) ou réagit à une chanson, il prend toujours ce qu'il voit ou entend au premier degré (il prend pour argent comptant ce qui lui est présenté). C'est quelque chose qui est parfois déstabilisant pour nous, parce qu'il ne perçoit pas immédiatement l'ironie sous-jacente ou la métaphore. Alors que pour nous, c'est automatique.
Il prend les choses toujours factuellement, sans chercher le côté abstrait, plus souterrain, l'autre versant.
C'est vraiment une attitude qui nous différencie des américains.
Un Français observe toujours les choses non seulement factuellement, mais aussi avec une certaine forme de détachement, d'ironie, de cynisme, ou même de poésie.
Le Français cherche instinctivement les doubles sens, les symbolismes ; ce qui est suggéré mais qui n'est pas immédiatement visible si on prend les choses factuellement justement. Pourtant, ce qui est suggéré nous apparaît presque immédiatement à nous autres Français, sans même s'en rendre compte.
C'est vraiment quelque chose de culturel en France. On ne se contente jamais de la surface. Notre "paréidolie" intellectuelle est exacerbée.
Désolé, j'ai un peu de mal a expliquer clairement ce que je veux dire car c'est une notion très fine mais pourtant elle fait vraiment toute la différence dans la manière d'aborder un événement ou un discours ou une œuvre entre un Français et un Américain...
Bon dimanche à tous.
Got 40 (French native). Leaving abroad, I may be a bit loose on some 'French' habits, but you make a pretty good targetting in your list and I still go about most of what you have described, like long - or rather 'proper' - lunch breaks, bread on table, no ice, no take away, complaining for the sake of it/or fun/or stress release/or discussion triggering, etc.. I am never late, just don't like it, but I am not bothered by others being 15min late.... so made it count. Not so for the butter thing.... I'd put some or not in equal measure; spent years in Brittany which put this in habits - which I did not have before - so that is a item that would not apply everywhere in France, also it depends on the quality of the bread! Oh, and I have no stilettos (I'd say it's a rare styling choice for men in most places). And for the tu/vous, that is exactly what you say, not often would I not be sure, but then there's always a way to avoid using either until the situation clarifies.
Just 15. Too American, with Czech and Georgian (country not state) influences.
And if I were to do a How Georgian are you? One of the questions would be -
If you miss an appointment and never worry about apologizing for it, that's a 3 pointer.
AND if you can say Tsinamdzghvrishvili Street, written as წინამძღვრიშვილი, without missing a beat, that's easily 10 points.
Oh man, the name of that street is so intense, hahahaha!
27! I am Canadian and attended French school from K-12. Now I just love French culture and your videos are great insight!
I’m Swiss French (1/4 French) and I got 35. Until part 3, I thought I wasn’t French at all, but from the 3rd part (including the bonus), it caught up rapidly :D Ever since the virus started, I stopped doing the bise if there are many people or especially with strangers.
16. I’m American and have never lived in France. I visited Paris once and started learning French in college/university. Still studying and improving my French, but it’s definitely still at beginner level!
Apart from a few things, this also describes Italians quite well ;)
I got 35 points. My mother was French and I have relatives in France and see France as a big part of my life and who I am. I love going to France. I spoke French reasonably well when I was young and want to get it back now even if my grammar is not that good. I never took a class. I liked your test. It was not only fun, but some merit too. I don't know what the cutoff points are.... not that I need numbers. I'm not sure how I did. I love your videos! John (aka Jean Maurice)
I'm Polish but immigrated to the USA when I was 4.
I've been obsessed with french everything for 6 years now 🥰.
My score was only 12 😂
No problem, you come in Paris and I give you tips against a bottle of polish vodka 😇😉
Good thing, you are probably beloved in the USA in this case :)
32 here french and paid to eat at restaurant and drink wine. Also 5 weeks vacation is stupidly short ...i m aiming for ten and just starting to get there. At 50.. ( ok i work in the wine trade and restaurants are my clients...it helps ..)
I'm French but I've lived in Canada for many, many years now. My score was 42.
42 is high!! It's one of the highest so far! I got 38 after 11 years in France
Ben moé j'suis canadien français... (québécois) faque je suis français ..peux pas changer mon ADN hahaha
You shouldn't use words like Canada on the internet.
@@danielbernier5896 On se refait pas :p. Fait un bail que j'ai pas discuté avec un québécois sur Discord.
I'm surprised you think eating baguette without butter is French. I mean, french people LOVE their butter. I personally use it EVERYWHERE! Currently living abroad and they don't have french butter, only local equivalent and I got to say it really not the same :P
Especially when you come from britanny, salted butter is close to a cult there!
Totally agree that the French love butter. I think for me what's different is that they don't put butter on an untoasted baguette. For example, you don't have a bread basket in french restaurant and also have butter next to it. In the US this is unheard of. But yes, people do love butter on toasted bread or other dishes and salted butter here is amazing!
LOVE the salted butter in france!
The French often put butter on their baguette, but only for breakfast.
Great content, as always!
I scored 38, including the bonus 5, without being French, but it turns out being continental European was enough to tide me over. Anyways, I love France and have been there a few times. Hope to visit again soon.
Great entertaining video! I'm a Hispanic American and speak English and Spanish natively. I got 22 points. The only thing that makes vs easier for me is that it's almost identical to Spanish with "tu" vs "usted"
Great video ! The bread thing is very funny :)
Hello, the next step is to count with your fingers the French way, #1 is the thumb up with a fist, not the index up, #2 is thumb and index up, not index and middle finger, and so forth...
Love it! I’m totally frenchified!
I'm FR "tu vs vous" is not easy, even for french people, but sometimes it's a good surprise. You should say "vous" and you say "tu" and lets go
Loved this video, I laughed out loud! I got 30. I moved to France 3 months ago.
Bravo! You're already picking things up :)
30pts after only 3 months😳My dear you are really rolling down a very dangerous slope 😂
Be wary mate... If this continues, you will end up singing the Marseillaise before every rugby watch you don't want to miss anymore... Even as a french, it took me 15 years to reach this worrying point.
Hi Kate. I just came across your TH-cam channel.
Very Interesting topic to figure out how Americans people consider French.
I did your test today. As a French, I scored 15 out of 50.
I'm quite happy how this test turn out.
I'm not so frenchie and May be closer to the US life-style.
As for you, very good job.
The best.
Xavier.
Ps: hopefully my English is not that bad.
Fantastic video! Merci et bravo!
Great idea! I know everything you say from watching your videos. I think i can process this info when in France. And thank you in downloaded the app
42/50 as a French native. No bonus point at the end, but as you said, when i don't know, i'm able to construct a sentence without having to say one or the other ;-). I don't mind la bise but not when there is a lot of people (too loooong !). I always cheer looking in the eyes, but just because "that's the way to do it", not because of the fear of bad sex 😅
I don’t really speak French but am very comfortable with using the Tu/Vous. That is because we have the same construction in Romanian.
Very entertaining. I’m french and I got 35 points. Personally, I also use the « vous » with people I don’t really want to get involved with. For me, of course it is a way to show my respect to someone, but if I feel I wouldn’t like to be closer with someone, it is an easy way to keep them at a distance, respectfully.
Exactly with the vous. So when you use "tu" and then they "vous" you, it's like extra awkward... Bravo with the 35!
Fun video. Thanks
38 for me, french native too. Not seeing so many non french native giving their score, where are you?
Not such a high score, still some work to do... But it was quite a fun ride!
Maybe you could have added some 'drinking culture' affirmations... just a suggestion! ;-)
Drinking culture would have been a good one to add for sure!!
I am french and got 39 points ( with the tu vs vous bonus points ).
Bravo!! very french!
About the Tu vs Vous - A French friend once mentioned that if it's a person you want to kiss don't ever use Vous - And if it's the parents of people you want to kiss don't ever use Tu - Personally I prefer to tutoyer everyone - Mainly only use Vous on occasions that I have to talk to people at least a few years older than me that I don't want to kiss or like know too well - Not the way most people do it I know but I do it like this - Ask people if they prefer tu ou vous and you won't face any problems I reckon - Always try 'on' then wait for the person to use Tu or Vous and then do likewise possibly too - And if you want to kiss the person then try to make their Vous a Tu haha !
It was funny doing the quiz I'm French-American but moved to the states as an adult. Sometimes I feel like I'm loosing some of my french habits and culture. But after taking that quiz I realized I still do a lot of those things. For my fiance it was hard for him at first to get used to me complaining and arguing.
Bravo on the "how French are you" questions selection, they are spot on although I'm laughing to the fact that you made your bonus question about "Tu vs Vous" rather than "Il vs Elle". But yes any one who tallies over 20 points can say they are well on their way to Frenchification!
hahah above 20 points is an officially frenchified person! Or maybe "europefied?" I think some of the questions might work for multiple countries in europe too!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Haha yes there might be similarities. I really enjoyed that video. You know us too well, my dear. I believe I remember something about a post office adventure that might have inspired some of the questions.
i got the bonus point, because it’s pretty easy. you just use vous with anyone who is older or in a different position to you, anyone who you are meeting for the first time. it is only when the person tells you to call them by tu that you use tu, because it’s a show of respect to call them by vous, so they won’t be bothered by it in my experience
Yes, pretty much. In my case, i hate using "vous", so i say "tu" even to my boss whenever i can. Well, i never said i wasn't socially awkward. I dislike when people tell me "vous", too. I am unsure where this comes from, it is not like i was born a foreigner...
Very entertaining, thank you !
42! I'm Belgian, so our culture is pretty similar to the French, with minor differences, bien sûr!
I only got 17, heh heh. I guess it's not that surprising. I enjoy living amidst French culture but still am very much the American inside. I did give myself partial credit on a few of the questions heh heh, in particular the last one - I gave myself 4 because I really can't remember the last time I messed it up. The only time I feel myself hesitating is with young children I don't know lol - they're strangers, so "vous", but I guess you wouldn't vouvoyer a 5-year-old! 😆
I'm British born but I moved to France when I was 3 years old and I'm now 21. I got a score 28
Funny ! I thought i would be the only french person to take the test ! 😄 40/50, I have to work harder on my frenchness 😛
Hahaha 40 is a pretty solid score I would say! Not surprised you are actually French :)
Clair j ai fait 41 et j ai trouvé cela un peu faible.... Ou alors C est le test... Peut pas être nous, tout le monde dit que nous pensons être parfait donc si tout le monde le pense C est vrai 😂
American and I scored a 35! Been living in Paris for 3.5 years now
Louisianais, Missourians, Canadians and Africans use the "tu" more than the Haitians who use it more than the French. l don't know for Belgium and Switzerland. Fortunately for the English speaking people, the "thou" has fallen into disuse.
Born french, 39 points, probably more if i was a girl (i don't wear stiletos😅).
I personnaly hate bowls, i love mugs ! And i do love the french way you pronounced "mug" in this video ! And i don't drink coffee but i do believe that an expresso is far better than a half-liter bowl full of anything but coffee😅
Le quart d'heure de politesse, difficult for me as where i work the rule is : arriver à l'heure c'est déjà être en retard !
About the tu/vous question, i honestly find hard to believe that a french born and raised person may even rarely have issues in choosing the right thing !
I do love your videos, and i hope you'll never end up with loving living here !
40 points for this native French speaker.
I don't have sneakers. Je porte des mocassins tout le temps.
Je ne dis pas "I will propose something" parce que j'ai appris qu'on ne dit pas comme ça.
Les mugs c'est plus pratique qu'un bol pour se déplacer quand c'est plein.
I stare in people's eyes when cheering but it's just to be polite.
Only 20/50 but my excuse is I've only been in France for 18 months so I still have a lot to learn. Not had much opportunity to faire la bise for a start. Also gave myself the benefit of the doubt a couple of times eg I don't have Stan Smiths but I do wear trainers (sneakers) which I *never* did before moving here. I've never said "I propose...' but I have started to think in French phrases instead of the English equivalent. I'm a work in progress! Fun quiz!
I score myself 29.5/50.
And I am french.
hahaha! All the questions are obviously very generalized, so maybe you are just incredibly unique, which is also not a bad thing :)
Superb video ! I'm a french native and i've only got 25 points. I think i wouldn't get along with a 50/50 guys. He/she would really be a pita for me lmao.
haha no one has got 50/50 yet! We'll have to see if it happens :)
7:30 p.m. is still too early to eat. Me it's more like 8:30 p.m. or 9 p.m. 😅
And never snack between meals.
I'm french, but I'm almost never late, and I tend to apologize a lot when I'm like 1 minute late. We use to say " l'exactitude est la politesse des rois" (Which mean that being on time is more thant polite, it's good education)
South of France: dinner time is actually more commearound 20.00; especially now in summer, when it's so hot that you're not hungry. Right now, more or less 21.00. But I can't stand the long meals, so boring.
And obviously, no milk, no sugar in my coffee ( but a square of bitter dark chocolate over 80% cocoa is always welcomed). And Shock: I never , never ever drink wine, yes some french people hate wine, and I'm one of them. As much as I dislike politics, actually.
Thanks to Covid, la bise went out of mode, I hate this too, so tedious to kiss people you'd prefer to avoid.
ahaha, vous and tu, is actually easy peasy when you learn it almost teached to you since the day you start talking. Its almost the same situations in russian, so russian people usually pick it quite quickly. Simply put, just stick to the "vous", it's the safe option, until the other person actually tells you to say " tu"
29/50, congratulations, it seams that a lot of foreigners are more french that I am, and it's absolutely not a problem. I think, it's more character related, because I'm not into social gatherings.
Only half French (mother was French) and lived in UK for decades but still made 32 - we're a stubborn lot!
Can’t find your score 😟
Sorry i just added it! 38 out of 50!
16/50 and this is my 5th month in France
Only 13. Wanted to say yes to bisous but not experienced enough yet. Lol yes, it’s a good custom. It says, I am fully present to you. Love your channel, thanks and…. Bis
40 not bad for a French living in the US for 20 years. I am still holding on to those French habits. You could have added a question about not making mistake about LE ou LA because that is very difficult for foreigners.
Depends on the foreigner. As far as i know, only english native speakers oversimplified their language to the point where it came to this.
@@nox8730 I'm grateful for this "oversimplification", thank you very much! What a weird thing to consider having to memorize masculine and feminine for objects as being superior.
@@smlorrin I don't consider anything as superior or inferior. Simply different and serving different purposes. You are misunderstanding. It is true that english has been oversimplified. There are several reasons as far as i know, the most recent being that it is the most learned language in the world, and so, the average proficiency of the language's speakers is pretty low. Plus, the language itself is not particularly protected by linguistic institutions, compared to some others. While this helps to spread the language, ultimately, it contributes massively to oversimplify it, too. While i have been struggling to learn decent english, and respect the language and its speakers for a decade now, i still can't brag about mastering a proper literary kind of english, and at this point, i probably contribute to drag it down, too. Many languages retain masculine and feminine for objects and countries. And yes, english got dumbed down partly due to it spreading and being spoken by plenty of people with a poor proficiency level. Now, that doesn't make english an easy language to learn. French and many other languages have the feminine and masculine for objects, and english has many weirdnesses like 'haul', 'howl', hole', and i am sure you don't understand what i mean. But i can tell you that we have a hell of a hard time with english. Actually, i still can't speak it i guess, because i can't understand it when spoken without subtitles. Even after a decade of daily efforts. haul, howl, hole, this is it.
Am i wrong? Why getting offended?
39 - Pas mal je dirai - Possibly 31 as it was difficult to decide at times - Although I'm a bit knackered today and need to watch it again to ensure I counted correctly - All from round 1 - There were more than 10 questions but I counted that as 10 even though I was 'French' for them all - What's the way to do it? Thanks for the cool video!
Never use the tu as too or as two... -10 points, and go back to square one !
Nowadays, if you give the bise or the hug to anyone, you're not French or American, you're just dangerous because of the Covid risk.
33 for me and I’m french ! Love a good mug and « marié dans l’année » is a tad too cringy for me 😌
15/50 for American descendent of French Canadian 100 Battalion
Not bad, some cultural things must have been passed down!
How on earth did I get a solid 30 points... I guess my famille imparted way more French culture in me than I originally thought LOL.
Maybe you simply know what is good for you :)
I'm French living in France and I only got 28!
20 and I`m French...but living in the uk..,
I love you espacially when you french bashing! Shame you are not next to me to always speak about those Stories, drink coffe, chocolate , eat icecream...some french may be the less pf them are fortunately not like that! It s difficult to find them .
26… euhhh not so much… surprised, been in the US too long !!!
My grandma is french ....I have 1/4 of french blood 🩸
I always have a good time to watch your videos. 🥳🙏And actually I use them to improve my vocabulary and pronunciation. I speak as the same time as you !
I m French, so my recommendations for you about the use of tu or vous would be to follow this rule : always go with vous ( unless they’re a kid) and let the person invite you to say “ tu. “ they will friendly say “tu peux me tutoyer, tu sais?..,”
And you re right, sometimes Even French don’t know if they should say Tu or Vous…. So I follow this rule myself, so that I never feel awkward with going back to vous after having said Tu …
So if ,you doubt about what to say , you re French too! 😄
Thanks for the tips! The tu and vous is so hard....
French native who doesn't like the "bise", i think i am more occitan than french i have got 18 points.
I got 11 points. I'm Dutch so that makes sense 😉
J'ai trouvé une motivation intéressante pour améliorer la langue française: faire des vidéos en français! Et vous savez , ça marche!:)
Le plus compliqué demeure de trouver des dictionnaires et autres ressources qui signifient la prononciation correcte pour chaque mot. Je sais, tout du moins, que c'est quelque chose qui me fait galérer avec l'anglais. Du fait notamment que je ne veux pas sonner américain... Qui voudrait sonner américain...?
36/50 but I’m American through and through, never even been to France…
I got 42 out of 50, I was born in south London
I got 34. Pretty confortable with Youing and youing now
I'm French. Born French I scored 17 >
Funny! I'm definitely French.😳
14 but still a fun video 👍👍👍
48/49 (je n'ai pas compté les talons aiguilles car je suis un homme.
Mon seul point perdu est sur le quart d'heure de retard. Je trouve cela très irrespectueux...
Bon, c'est vrai que le résultat est un peu faussé : je suis Français... 😅
Mais ça m'a bien fait rire !
I got 31 points and I'm French, #complainersforlife haha! Also, I've always hated "faire la bise" (or giving a bise, idk it sounds weird when it's translated in English lol), it doesn't matter if there are 1 or 20 people in the room, I won't kiss you on your cheek (especially if I don't know you), sorry not sorry!
You just used "sorry i'm not sorry" which is AMAZING. but also makes me think you have lived outside of France before which may be why you didn't get some of those points! You're a global citizen :)
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Thanks! You're 100% right! :)
I am 100% french, but score only 35 ? what's wrong ? Why ?? american wife ? living too long in Germany / Switzerland / USA ? where is the failure ??? ;-) Some clichés, but kinda fun, I will try to convince wife and son to make it
Arf...I'm french...completly french....
37 points (bonus included). However, since I am French, it is probably cheating.
It’s funny when you use the American way to count with your fingers. 🤣
yes got 5 points at the last question lol ps im not french but belgian
OK Part 1 7pts, part 2 20 points, part 3 14 points. So funny just one or two things : how in hell can I have points about stiletto has I am neither a woman nor a drag queen? About the social 15 min, never have been raised to be late, used to be raised after : la ponctualité est la politesse des rois. And about your dad joke the full sentence is 'married or hanged'. When you know the French saying Passer la corde au cou (tying à rope around the neck of a man aka marrying him) well there is not a big difference 😂 OK so 41 pts for a French guy, not so bad 😇😁
Very true for the stiletto's but to be fair if you own converse sneakers or stan smiths, you could have gotten another point! And i think 41 points for a Frenchman is a very solid score!! :)
I got 43, but i am french. Obviously, all the questions made for americans brought me 0 pt.
My Score is 33 and I‘m German/Spanish 😂.
If someone tells you 'C'est pas possible' (It is not possible), tell them back that 'Impossible n'est pas français' (Impossible is not French).
I got 61 points
I have 49.5 (I am French). I took half a point off because I tolerate foreigners having trouble with French, but I can't stand it when the French people slaughter French language.
I’m French, I got 24 and didn’t get the bonus 😅
Hey Mam’selle I got 30 points. And yes I got the last one. I live in Montreal Quebec, and I cannot tell you how many times shop girls address me with “tu” Total Cringe :( Customers --especially older ones are always to be vouvoyez’d ….seems simple enough…and yet :( Cheers from 🇨🇦 p.s Although am Chilean, I really do love to complain…my granpa was French from Hasparren in the Pays Basque, maybe it’s genetic 🤷🏻♀️?
French and only 31
i almost never eat baguette, and in my part of France we put a lot of (salted) butter on bread, especially for breakfeast. Prefer mugs to bowls. Hate being late and dislike other being late. Drink almost no coffee at home. Etc.... Oh, and no stiletto and no sneakers either. Too bad !
Oops - I’m a 5!
As a French girl living in France : 40/50 !
Bravo! 40 seems to be a solid score for an actual french person!
250 😨
Absoluty not, yes sometime a croissant they are delicious
10 😩
i got 14 XD
You are too much!