I don't want to live here that's the problem but I was born here and I was raised by parents who could only speak in English and no my parents did not push my to learn French when I was a child/growing up.
@@thewewguy8t88 when you are born in a nation (Quebec) where the only official language are french because we are surround by 400 millions of english it's your responsability to start to learn the local language ,start to listening music or start to have interaction with the local french Quebecers. If you are not interesting of that we invite you to quit . Thats it
@@quebecforce111okay if you give me the money to move to ontraio I will leave quebec and live in Ontario today. Because otherwise I have no choice but to live here.
For me it was not my choice I was born here and raised by parents who could only speak English and believe me if I could I would leave this place today but that's not really realistic for me unless I want to be homeless. Like I don't want to be living here right now but I also don't want to be homeless.
Believe it or not, aside from having an easier immigration process than most other provinces, the general cost of living is a bit more affordable considering the prices of college/university, housing, and it has some of the best public transport cities in Canada. Learning French is definitely helpful, but there's so much bilingualism that even native Quebecers expect to speak in English before anything else. But that is slowly changing however as a larger focus is implemented to re-emphasize French over English
@@adequatequality yes and I wish that was not the case where there is more and more of an emphasis on french but maybe I might get lucky and by the time I start to truely feel the effects of that I might be able to move away from here without being homeless but it's a big and I mean big if and I need to be extremely lucky.
Because Quebec is a great province, despite the language? Montreal is awesome! And totally bilingual. I've had job where people were speaking exclusively in english, i was the one struggling and i didn't complain or thought it was a "problem". I'm not saying it's perfect for a second language english speaker, let's say from Peru, but it's totaly doable if you put some heart in it and be positive. Not a problem, a positive state of mind is stronger than any barriers you can face. This isn't a video game.
I live in Quebec City. A few days ago, I ran into a friendly-looking individual at the community mailbox and I started a little “small talk” conversation with him. I quickly realized that he was not comfortable with the French language but I resisted the idea of switching to English to speed up the flow. The conversation was indeed a little longer than expected but, not only did I appreciate his efforts to speak the language of use here in Quebec City, but I also felt that he was proud to have managed to maintain a conversation with a “local” in a language he does not master perfectly. Everyone came out a winner!
there is a guy in Texas who learned French by watching hockey on a Quebec channel on the internet, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of his French, it was great
I plan on learning by watching spongebob in french and then moving to tv shows with more complex vocabulary that I watched as a child. That way I know what they are saying from memory and can focus on the words
@@Tribuneoftheplebs If you watch a show with quebec french canadian slang, you wouldn't understand anything and it wouldn't help you. International french is the best and strangely enough, despite what i just said, quebecers are the best to do that when they speak well. Not the french from france. Many voice over for international movies and series are from Quebec actors, Speilberg realized that in the 80's. Actors know how to speak well. Subtitles are mandatory to learn a language. When you don't know a word, you open the dictionnary, simple as that.
@@Tribuneoftheplebsit’s a great idea, as a French Canadian, from Montreal, this is how I became bilingual. As a kid, I watched English shows/ movies that I had previously watched in French(translated). I had a base in English, of course, as we have English classes in school, but still, you get to learn expressions. The only problem is that some French translations used are from France and they use words that quebeckers don’t use and vice versa, but I still think it’s a great/effortless way to learn. Lots of French kids in Quebec nowadays are sooo much better in English than we were at their age because they watch TH-cam and play video games. I’m amazed by my nephews’ English. There’s slang in every region, even English ppl in Montreal use words that Anglos in the rest of Canada/US don’t use, example, we say depanneur instead of convenient store, because depanneur is the word we use in French.
I'd say this to Caleb: you can, but do you want to come and be a tourist or do you actually want to live here? If you come and live in Montreal temporarily speaking only English, for instance as an international student, you're gonna have a great time. But if you actually want to live here permanently, you're gonna have difficulties finding a qualified job in your field, and you're going to have problems interacting with the government and receiving some public services if you don't speak french.
Hey! I lived in QC city for a few years and it is almost impossible to live there without French. You would want to learn it because otherwise you will miss out a lot. What I found out is in Quebec city it can be challenging finding a circle of friends, as it is not the most open population (as compared to Montreal). It is a beautiful place though and definitely worth at least a visit. And not to mention that French is a beautiful language and not particularly hard :) Thanks for the vid!
I am from quebec city and it is the perfect city to learn french because everyone speak french here. If you visit as a tourist people speak enough english to get by. If you are not interest at all to learn french and want to live here and impose your english to the local, there are better provinces for you.
"Impose your English", not a great choice of words, many people have a hard time learning languages, I don't think anyone would try to impose one's language on others just by speaking their language in a place where another language is the de facto idiom, many expats throughout the world live like that. Ideally, for pragmatic reasons, one would master the language spoken in a certain location but it's not always easy or fast.
I am talking about people who have no intention to learn and I am not saying it is easy. If I want to live in Japan, but don't even try to learn the language because I find it too hard, then I am imposing my english to the locals... (and again, I'm not talking about tourists... ) @@valeria-militiamessalina5672
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 I dont think speaking english is an issue, but people that systematically make you do all the effort to speak their language while they dont do any effort, is not cool whatsoever. And unfortunately a lot of people can be like that.
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 some people have hard time learning languages. But apparently it doesn’t apply to Quebeckers, for whom it’s “always easy” to learn English - and to accommodate those who deliberately chose the only non-Anglophone province in Canada without intention to learn its language.
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 you have to learn that it, if you are not interesting to learn french we just don't want you in our nation (Quebec) . Thats it
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If you stay, you should learn French as it is part of the culture. If you move to Japan, you should learn Japanese. If you move to Italy, you should learn Italian. Same concept for Quebec. I don't condone the rude behaviour of some French Quebecois, but you have to understand where it's coming from.
I am not saying I don't understand it I just don't think they understand what my situation is. Like my excuse is I am too comfortable speaking English because while living here in Quebec it's all I grew up speaking and hearing since my parents could only speak English and could not speak French themselves. And school was a place where it was assumed I spoke french at home so I was not taught french very well. And if you say I should leave how exactly do I do that I have no money to live anywhere else.
@@thewewguy8t88 that's your excuse? It seems you simply want to avoid learning french. My parents were born in a spanish speaking country. They learned french here, found a job and I now speak french, english and spanish fluently. Don't blame your parents lol.
You had the advantage of your parents being able to to speak french too I did not. See the difference between you and me is I was alone in needing to realize I needed to learn French you were not you had your parents help. Truth is I don't know how you did it but it sounds to me like your parents pushed you from a really young age to try to learn French when mine did not I had to realize that on my own.@@franklinpark1963
@@thewewguy8t88 There's free french speaking course for anyone. I lived with a coloc from west island who barely speak french at first and over 4 years with 3 french speaker, some from france, well, his french is incredible. But, most of his friends are anglophone. I think you need to speak french in the end in QC. Work yourself through it, it's all i can say. Doesn't matter if you fail at first, any french will appreciate the effort but you have to mean it. I can speak and write in english and i'm french, you can do the same.
But they are moving to Canada where 60% of the population has English as their first language. How does that relate to Quebec exactly? If you move to Japan yes you should speak Japanese. if you move to Canada, you should speak English or French.
What's wrong with French? A new language is so much fun to do. Just as there are places to get fast food, to manage various personal things, there should also be a Quebecois network where people can get experience learning and speaking French. I kinda live in a foreign country where the language is really important, and I learn something new every day. So much interesting is to learn a new culture and language! Why not take part?
What is wrong is that people with a British colonial attitude who pretend to be open-minded settle here and would even learn Swahili but not French. French is easy when you want to use it for communication because we Quebeckers don't mind that anyone make mistake while trying to speak our language. No Quebecker will ever get angry for that. However, some of us become angry when you lack respect towards us.
@@9grand because not speaking the language of the country/province you live in is crazy. If I move to another country, I will be expected the language. I don't get why people are so stubborn to make people speak to you in English. It's like trying to change to place you live in just for your own sake. And also because Quebec is almost the only place we native French speaker can live our life in our native language and people not respecting that make us feel like we are living in a foreign city when never even moved.
He lives in New-Brunswick. He has opportunity to learn French before going to Québec, he should do that. I live in NB and it's hard for me to fully respect anglophones in the Gloucester county (72% francophone as of last census) that don't even attempt to learn the language.
Okay so here is my question when and how should I have taken the opportunity to learn French if I was raised and born here by parents who could only speak in English to me. And when I went to school it was assumed I spoke french at home so I did not get the chance to learn very well at school. Like people act like by the time I was 5 I should have known that I live in Quebec and that in Quebec you speak french but I will say this by the time I was 5 all I knew was English so when was I supposed to realize oh I live in Quebec I need to speak only French here.
@@thewewguy8t88 your parents should simply have moved out for you own sake. Though, as soon as you understood that you were in a majority of Francophones nothing prevented you from seeking french content and immersing yourself in the language. There is no excuses in my opinion. If I went to Japan I would make the effort to learn the language no matter how foreign it is to me, because speaking Japanese is the norm over there.
@@Alternity666 what age would you have realized that. And I wish it was as simple as you are describing. It was not. I can't tell you what age I realized how serious not knowing french was to be honest I think it was after high school look you are right I am full of excuses and I being disrespectful and insulting for not learning French and living here I kind of don't care plus I think it's just not fair to have to deal with that kind of responsibly as a kid or teenager for something that I had no control over and that is not my fault .
@@thewewguy8t88 It's difficult for me to respect that situation. I lived in eastern Montréal where not a single soul around me spoke english and yet I managed to learn the language, as proof I am currently texting with you in english. To be honest, your parents are not super brilliant to have put you in this situation knowingly (there is literally no way they didn't know what would happen if they didn't try to make you learn the language in some way, there are so many ways out there that this makes no sens to me).
@@Alternity666 yeah this is why i keep on saying i do not believe this is my fault fully. i think my parents were stupid and i do blame them for not realizing what would happen. but my parents in general made stupid choices which affect me to this day.
Living in Québec without learning French is perceived as a lack of respect by the majority of Quebecers. Most would stay polite with you. Some would become aggressive and unpleasant. But almost everyone would perceive it as a profound disrespect. If that’s what you want then fine!
Well it makes sense. You don’t go to an anglophone province and expect them to know or try to speak French to you. So good for Quebec for keeping their culture alive. Admittedly, I’ll go and probably be pissed until I can start having practical conversations in French… but that’s just the name of the game.
I can understand what you are saying but I was born here and no one seems to understand that I was born here and raised here by parents who could not speak French and could only speak English. Like it's my fault I was born and I don't have a choice but to live here right now unless you want to donate any money for me to go move to ontraio.
@@thewewguy8t88I was born and raised in the English part of Montreal, in the English school system by two immigrant Germans. I fluently write and speak all three languages, and work in French, both here in Quebec and work trips to France. Honestly, it almost takes effort to not learn French. Our classes in the English school system started in kindergarten. It is so easy to also watch movies, read books and simply try to speak with French speaking colleagues, friends, neighbours and service staff. Magically, the vast majority of Francophone Montrealers speak English, yet they only start learning it in grade 4. Moreover, my parents have meanwhile also learned to speak French. The took classes after work, and made efforts to speak whenever possible.
I am living here in quebec from last 3 years and i am speaking french now and taking to the people in french . Sometimes , I make mistakes or don’t know some words but it never resisted me from having a conversation. Surely, there are some people who are rude but there are a lot more who appreciates your efforts .
As a French-speaking Québécois, in the greater Montreal area, a unilingual English person can easily live, 80% of Quebecers speak 2 languages or more, someone who makes an effort to try to speak French to me, I will have respect and I will speak to him in English but, but it is inconceivable that after several years in Quebec, a person does not communicate in French, that is a lack of respect
Living in Quebec without learning french is a big lack of respect, and a lack of curiosity/culture. If i was to go live in germany, of course i would learn german even if most people know some english in Berlin or Munich. There are so many places in north american where people don't speak french that insisting on living only in english in Quebec is absolutely lazy and a colonizer mindset. I couldn't imagine living somewhere and be so distant from the local culture.
Okay so I ask this seriously how do I move anywhere right now without being homless I was born and raised here by parents who can only speak in English. and I want to leave quebec but I don't know how to do that without being homeless.
@@thewewguy8t88 well find a job where you want to live. And if you are unable to, stay here but learn french. If you are born here, there is no excuse to not be able to speak the local language.
Hello, Dan. This is my first comment. Hearing about your experiences in Korea makes it impossible for me, as a Korean, not to comment. You’ve hit the nail on the head-the key is the motivation to learn language and culture. Isn’t that enough? I’ve been living in Montreal for eight years now, and I often face disadvantages because my French isn’t good. It’s not easy to find a job without knowing French. When announcements are made in the subway, I don’t understand anything, so I often have to ask people in English. But if I let all these experiences stress me out, then Montreal wouldn’t be a great place to live. However, if I see them as opportunities to learn and experience new things, I think there’s no better city than Montreal. You can enjoy city life, and the cost of living isn’t that high compared to other places, right? I believe settling in Montreal was a good decision for me. He is still young, taking on the challenge of moving to Quebec City could be an exciting experience! Sorry for commenting so late. I'll make sure to visit more often in the future!
Extremely hard? lol dang! A friend of mine from Baltimore couldn't find job in his place so he moved to South Korea to teach English. There you can say it's extremely hard. MASSIVE LOT of racism, no human rights, very hard working conditions with no human rights nor dignity at work, low salary ( even smaller than teaching English in China).
Again, there's no dignity in S Korea. My friend is watched by cameras everywhere in his workplace including in the bathrooms. It's a power game for employers down there. Their goal is to have power over people and humiliate their employees. Especially foreigners. Please don't take my words for it, and check youtube.
Bonjour Dan. I love your content and find it really helpful. When you say that you speak French, what is your level (more or less)? I test at B1 but really only speak at A2. Is this good enough to get by in Montreal? In Quebec? I plan on continuing to study French, but am getting impatient to be there. Thank you!
I don't know, because I haven't been studying French in an academic setting. Maybe I'll make a video only in French and the comments can tell me what my level seems to be 🤣
@@thoughtsontravelandlifeOr if you'd like, I could evaluate your French and we could record it for your channel 👀 I'm a Montreal-based French second language teacher and I teach online to people like yourself who moved to Quebec. Write me a message if that sounds like a cool video idea :)
Je comprends qu'apprendre le français représente un effort certain pour quelqu'un dont ce n'est pas la langue maternelle, mais que pensez-vous que les francophones au Canada doivent faire depuis toujours ? Vous croyez que ça n'a pas demandé un effort particulier pour eux d'apprendre une langue qui leur était tout aussi étrangère que le français l'est pour vous? Beaucoup de gens au Québec parle non seulement deux langues, mais il n'est pas rare de rencontrer des polyglottes qui parlent plus de trois langues. Quand on est moindrement intéressé à voyager, il me semble évident que le fait de pouvoir communiquer à un niveau correct dans quelques langues est un avantage indéniable. Le français et l'espagnol sont probablement en dehors de l'anglais les deux langues qui vont ouvrir le plus de porte au niveau international. C'est vraiment un "no-brainer".
It is nice Dan that you actually know that by not being able to read in French you might miss out on rules and regulations or from a more entertaining point of view you might end up missing out on the activities and cultural life of your borough. I wish you the best to be able to pick up the French language quickly as it will help you make the most of your summer by deciphering all those flyers that you have been inundated with.
Si quelqu'un unilinguement anglophone, hispanophone, lusophone, russophone ou sinophone veut vivre/travailler/étudier au Québec, il faut se franciser/bilinguiser. Je suis anglophone et le français est ma quatrième langue, mais le fardeau d'être bilingue est sur mes épaules pas la majorité. Les anglophones qui sont vraiment bilingues bénéficient économiquement et culturellement. Les anglophones unilingues ne devraient venir que pour apprendre le français, si non, vous êtes pas les bienvenus et vous ne trouverez pas un emploi. Si Caleb veut faire une totale immersion française à Québec, il deviendrait bilingue beaucoup plus vite qu'à Montréal où tout le monde s'anglicise en écoutant un accent. Ce qui est au-delà de désolant/décevant est qu'un néo-brunswickois, la seule province bilíngue au Canada, n'est pas totalement bilingue. La seule façon de sauver la langue française au Québec et surtout à Montréal est de rendre la vie anglophone unilingue impossible. Un anglophone bilingue ou multilingue, comme moi, on n'est pas touché par les politiques linguistiques parce que l'on parle le français. Je suis montréalais depuis 17 ans, je ne connais aucun francophone qui n'est pas bilingue. Mon premier landlord ne pouvait pas parler l'anglais mais était trilíngue l'espagnol et l'italien. Il était italo-québécois de Québec et a voyagé à Cuba et Mexique. J'étais un étudiant à UdeM, une université francophone remplie des étudiants polyglottes. Moi-je n'ai aucune tolérance pour la francophobie/québécophobie des anglophones unilingues qui profitent du Québec. De vivre au Québec sans apprendre le français, c'est la francophobie. Mais, si un anglophone vient ici et apprend le français ça c'est une bonne chose. Il nous faut faire franciser les institutions d'enseignement dont les Cégeps et universités McGill, Concordia et Lévesque.
Voilà un anglophone ouvert d'esprit, qui a compris l'importance des langues, surtout celle de la majorité, le français, pour une meilleure intégration, tout à son honneur et bonheur. J'ai fait pareil, quand j'ai vécu à Toronto et Ottawa, où l'anglais domine.
Monsieur, vous me touchez profondément. Merci du fond du coeur. Merci de faire partie de notre pays, de notre peuple. Nous sommes honorés de vous avoir!
Wherever you choose to live it's always best to try and learn the local language. Otherwise your life will be very limited and you'll find (as I have often witnessed) that you can become overly dependent on bilingual people to help you with simple day-to-day tasks. That's not good for you and, eventually, becomes tiresome for them.
I did not chose to live here I was born here. And even when I try to explain to people why I can't speak French no one still understands. And the reason I still live here is because it's better then being homeless.
Root cause of the language problems is that Québec doesn't exist internationally. This create a situation where people want to move to canada, realize Toronto and Vancouver are overpriced and shitty places to live as a young adult, go to Quebec since they have that option and it's still "canada" in their heads, end up being forced to learn french because demographics and end up resenting the french language and the quebecois people.
Try to imagine being born here and being raised by parents who can only speak in English and your parents being the people you interact with the most for at least until you go to school.
@@thewewguy8t88 you have to learn french ,in respect of the local. If you are not nterested we invite you to go to an another province where english are predominant.
You are right on Dan. Quebec City is deeply nationalist and French is very commonly spoken. It’s must easier to get by in Montreal without French. I’m not a fan of the current provincial government and I feel for friend’s kids who want to go to McGill and Concordia but doubt they will be able to manage the new language requirements. I hope the lawsuits by the universities are successful. I love Quebec and especially Montreal but the government is somewhat xenophobic. Great response to Caleb. I wish him well!!
Vos propos concernant le gouvernement québécois révèlent votre propre xénophobie envers les Québécois francophones nationalistes qui ont élu ce gouvernement.
Yes but I did not chose to live here without speaking French I was born here and raised by parents who could only speak in English so by the time I was 4 or 5 I only knew how to speak English.
I live in a small town in Quebec and I don't know any French. There is a school in this town where you can learn in English (if you have small kids). The workers in shops and gas stations do speak English. So, I am ok for now. I don't know what will happen if I have to go to the hospital. Government documents are in French but I get them translated through Google. My maintenance person does not know much English and I use the Google app to interpret our conversations.
I once, long ago, visited Peru and Bolivia as a tourist. Prior to my departure I spent several months learning spanish and my spanish was good enough to get by and interact with the locals. At one point I had food poisoning and ended up at the hospital. Needless to say it was very difficult to explain what I had. You mention you LIVE in a small town. This is different from a brief visit. If this is the case I strongly suggest you should learn french. Not only is it going to make life easier for day to day life but also in case of emergency. As an added big bonus learning french will enable you to have a better experience of Québec and make friends.
All I know is many years from now (2064) I'd like to retire in Quebec (specifically Val-des-Sources). That way I don't have to worry about the matter of a job if I have a good enough pension.
Québec City is FRENCH, Montreal is bilingual. Gatineau is Bilingual... But anything outside of that you will need to learn French pretty fast to connect with people.
just saying i live in gatineau with my wife as the principal applicant in our immigrant application wayback. My wife has the basic level but some accents are too fast to catch. I understand i have to learn french at a basic level unfortunately i cannot do a full time job while learning french at the same time since i’m just an average person but i tried to learn french words but listening in sentences gets me lost easily. The reality Gatineau is not bilingual it’s a miracle already for me if someone is friendly enough and speaks english back to me. Even in taking a bus some drivers don’t want to talk back in english or going to the clinics or going to do my blood tests, I feel nervous during my first few years. Yes i understand one day i need to enroll myself in basic french class but my priority for now is to find my footing to build an acceptable financial security like incase i get sick that can cover that… ✌️
/waves hi from Montreal suburb I get why there is La Loi 101. It dates quite far back, the reason. I think to really appreciate the culture of Quebec and enjoy everything this province has to offer, learning French to be able to get by and understand a bit is something I highly encourage. For a lot of jobs it's necessary too. But socially, even with an accent, Quebecquers qill appreciate the effort to learn the language. Many folks are bitter and even hostile towards me when I talk in English, especially on June 24th, and then I counter them in French lol So there will be a mix of feelings from different people, so anyone wanting to move here should be forewarned.
Have you ever gotten looks from people when you try to speak English to them though cuz that had happened to me more then once cuz I hate interacting with people unless I absolutely have too.
@user-vy7yf2wo7k but for us french Quebecers it's a lack of respect. we invite you to learn french and if you are not interested we are not interested to you continue to live in our nation (Quebec)
@@Ken-g1x4t and no Montreal ar 65% francophone . But the english growing rapidly and it's one of the reason we make all our possible to pass law to protect the language. You are not supposed to using english for work . We have a law in Quebec who said the language for work are french obligatory. If you go live in Germany you have to learn German, in Italia you learn Italian in Quebec we have only one official language and it's not english. If you want continue to live here and have the respect of the majority french Quebecers we invite you to learn the local language. If you are not interested we invite you to quit . It's simple like that. Your comment make me so frustrating against the english community of Quebec who like people like you don't want learn french. For me it's a big lack of respect
C'est étrange de vouloir venir vivre dans un pays sans parler la langue, ce qui m'attire dans un pays c'est découvrir la culture les gens avec qui j'ai envie d'échanger autrement il faut rester chez soi.
...Ou aller s'établir dans une province ou un territoire anglophone (9 + 3), qui ne lui posera aucun problème d'intégration. Par contre, il devra se priver de ce qui fait le charme du Québec, soit sa langue et sa culture unique en français.
If you want to learn french, share our culture and lifestyle, you're welcome If you don't want, then it's fine as tourist but I don't want anglos as my manager nor boss We're many bilinguals, somehow we ALWAYS have to adapt to anglos We don't want people to live on our lands that doesn't LOVE what we are nor can have some HUMILITY in front of our traditions and culture
Okay well I was born here and my parents raised me while only being able to speak in English. I know as a child I was somehow expected to learn French but I did not. Like I said all my interactions were in English until around 4 or 5 when I started school and when I did it was assumed you spoke french at home which I obviously did not. Like maybe I could have taken school more seriously but when you have teachers who assume you speak french at home and even downright get annoyed at you for not speaking French and kids who make fun of you and bully you for not speaking French it's like would you have really sundenlly realized at 5 years old oh I need to learn French despite the fact no one seems to be helping you learn and just getting annoyed and mad at you that you don't know french.
@@thewewguy8t88 Cool, so you didn't integrated whatsoever to the Quebec society, then you can just live in Ontario There are countless of resources online to learn french, you're lazy and unwilling to do it. Culture + Tradition + Language == People + Nation It is not that complicated If you don't want to be part of it, then go where you fit. That's fine, but you're not a Quebecer nor in soul nor in culture nor mixing with its people. The world cannot constantly adapt to all anglos and the world is currently changing rapidly so... you might start thinking where you belong.
@@dranon0o how am i supposed to go live in ontrario without being homless right now. like the only reason i am staying here right now is because its better then being homless but sometimes there are moments where living as a homless bum does sound like a better life then me living here.
I'm bilingual, speak both French and English. 20+ years ago, if you went to Quebec city, you would've heard mostly French. To my surprise, the last time I went, I heard English everywhere so go, and enjoy.
Im anglo, have lived in Montreal 50 years. I can say that there are definitely anglos in Montreal who will only learn enough to get by (cannot read French or write) because after living as an anglo they have no need for it. They can file taxes, see a doctor, ask directions in Montreal, go to a restaurant in Tremblant, and that's all they care about. They dont mix with francophones much, unless they can speak in English with them (which is possible in Montreal). Most importantly, because their language of work is English, they have no reason to learn French. However, if these same people have to compete for an entry-level job as 20 somethings, it will be a different story, because there are more francophones who can speak English well enough for a job that requires a little bit of English, like working retail.
oh dear oh dear i for one is an example living in gatineau but cant speak in french sentences. i tried to learn words but making it in sentences is another level. I hope locals would consider talking to us non native F. speakers to speak slowly specially the accents can get fast and we cannot catch it anymore 😭 but idk. Someday when i feel my emergency finances are quite acceptable level then maybe i have to enroll to a basic class…
As a German, speaking a very small variety of German, wanting to visit Qebec, the endless comments I see about people confused abut the French situation over there is perplexing. People who imigrate here in Germany cannot function if they just speak English. And in my hometown we do not even speak standard German but I never hear about foreigners complaining about that. What makes Mpntreal, settled by French people, different? Plattdüütsch is not even considered an official tongue in Germany and Spain has a whole section that speaks Catalan. What makes non-Quebecers that jealous about French?
Oh boy! It like going to Greece, Japan or China and expect everyone to speak English or not using their native language! It likes other provinces are not making it hard for French speaking...even if Canada is bilingual. Quebec are 57% bilingual. Only regions are not fluent but in only rare cases the citizen will not help you at all. Learning another language is scientifically proven to help to be smarter. So smart up and open your mind!!
All overthinking… … I lived in Japan without speaking Japanese. You can live anywhere in the world without the local language. You’ll just miss a lot of good opportunities and cool connections. But alone, 23yrs old, you’re ok with english and you’ll learn so fast if you dont stick with english soeakers. Thats an opportunity… not a liability. My only concerns… not sure where you’re from but Quebec city is small. Great for a week-end, but you’ve seen it all rather quickly.
Yes this is why I hate living here but I was born here and I can't live anywhere else without being homless and I am sick and tired of people telling me too you then you have no choice but to learn French.
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He heard The most beautiful women of Canada are in Québec (in fact they are in Montréal)
@dranon0o how about you leave? And I don't mean the province, I mean go to France. This is my home I'm not changing because the Quebec government hates non French ppl
I am also very curry Caleb is choosing Quebec City versus Montreal! I get that move! Quebec City is gorgeous but it’s a lot more hostile towards ppl without the ability to speak French.
A lot more hostile? Yes, absolutely! People will throw rocks at you there! Quebec City is notorious for its unhinged hostility. Come on! You could say it will be more difficult for you to communicate with them if you cannot speak french but to say ''a lot more hostile'' is a sign of ignorance or bigotry. Believe me, Quebec City sees millions of tourists each year and most of them go back home without scars.
I am an American so I don’t quite understand the context of the terms Anglophone and Francophone. So when I hear someone say I’m an Anglophone and I’m thinking of moving to Montreal or Quebec will it be hard for me…. as Canadians, what does that mean to you? Does it mean someone that only speaks English and plans to move to Quebec province and never learn French? Or is it an English-speaking person who’s trying to learn French and when he gets to Quebec plans to continue to study French and speak French in public, etc.? Or something else? If you’re from an English-speaking country or part of Canada and you study French, then move to Quebec and continue to study it and really care about learning the language out of respect for Quebecers, won’t they be happy to see you’re making the effort? Or will they still reject you for not just being a native of Quebec?
*Michael,* *"Anglophone" simply means "someone whose mother tongue is English". "Francophone" simply means "someone whose mother tongue is French". "Allophone" simply means "someone whose mother tongue is any other language in Canada"., except "First Nations" who are often called "Autochtones" in French Canada.* *As for your question “If you're from an English-speaking country or part of Canada and you study French, then move to Québec and continue to study it and really care about learning the language out of respect for Québécois, won't they be happy to see you're making the effort?”, the most general answer is that you'll be considered one of us as long as you make the effort to speak French, even if you make mistakes with words or pronunciation. As soon as your willingness to speak French is detected, you prove that you respect Francophones, and you demonstrate this by your effort to integrate well into Quebec society.* 👍
Sorry I really like to write in franch but i didn’t born in France or go to school in France that why I can only speak franch because it’s been ten years in Paris now so now I am going on this 17 may to work in Quebec,, but I love France so much
I wish Canadians would embrasse its french heritage more , as opposed to wrangling with it in 2023 . The beautiful language and heritage add a richness to Canada , and not benefited by Anglos trying to appear superior . I am appalled by the lack of respect or ignorance by many anglos when visiting Quebec - in their lack of attempting the French language . Much of the British occupation of the New France treated the French very poorly , including the banishment of the Acadians . Nothing to be proud of .
Quebec makes it hard for non French speakers. I've received alot of hate and discrimination from French speakers, even in my own family. That's the problem, if they accept English and make it easy for English, I would be willing to become fluent in French. Simply driving in Quebec is challenging if you don't know French I get important mail in French which I can't read so I ignore. I could be breaking the law but don't even know it. By accepting and embracing both sides it allows for French to be spread across Canada.
Not going to argue, but just wanted to point out an interesting fact which is in English part of Canada you see all the official signs, voice instructions etc in both English and French whereas in Quebec in 90% of cases it’s French only, so I am not sure of which side respects the second national language more.
@@CountryLifestyle2023Totally false. It the other way around. French speaking speak English as soon as a poor ignorant English speaking cannot speak French. So they never learn. That is the result of colonial domination for so many years…
God this video is infuriating. This question wouldn't ever been asked anywhere in world. Can i live in Flemish Belgium with out learning the language of the local? Of course not. Can i live in Brazil with out learning the local language? Of course not. But hey, mind you its ok for people to move in Quebec and be like "fuck it, i dont care about french." Beccause meh "Canada" but do you truly think a french Canadian can move to Edmonton and be like "i dont want to learn english." Mind blowing that people think its ok. In rome you do like romans do.
My situation is a bit unique and I wish at the very least people would stop blaming me with out understanding it's my parents fault I was born here I did not choose to be born here now is it my fault for staying yes only because staying here is slightly better then being homless on the streets. But believe me there are some days I do consider being homless and living somewhere else where people speak English.
Message to Caleb; if you’re thinking about working in Quebec City or Lévis; get a class 1 drivers licence; drive a truck. French not required. Otherwise; if you’re in need of learning; there’s a program that gives you free classes the equivalent of 15 years of school in the space of three years; called; “la francisation et intégration”. My girlfriend from Toronto made the move; she understands the language but has difficulty speaking it; but she gets her message across.
IMO, people who act like the French police (on the internet of all places) are those who don't speak English very well (and have no real interest in learning it). Nowadays, specifically in the province of Quebec, if you want a decent job at a decent company, you need to speak English. It's a GLOBAL language, and those who refuse to understand that are just shooting themselves in the foot. Unless you want to work for the provincial government or French education. Otherwise, you need both French and English. I work for large company, spread across the globe. I'm located in Montreal and I'll be honest... most of my colleagues speak a MINIMUM of 3 languages. Some 4. These days, due to the internet, video games and such, many younger people in small municipalities end up understanding/speaking English on their own. We watch English content, be it movies and TV and music. They might have heavy accents, but really... when you learn a foreign language, an accent is pretty much a given.
@Dan Vineberg Quebec city is indeed more french and more nationalist than Montreal MOSTLY because its people born in the province with less day to day interactions with english.. BUT Quebec City is a big city and do have more tourists than suburbs where those nationalists really come in.. It is also less expensive to live in Quebec city and the english language has really been expanding, I'd say from when the social medias started to pop; it really opened a door for us (French Canadians) to explore english without really searching for it or even trying to learn it so even French Canadians or Quebecois, really have more english in their lives without them realizing it or actively searching for it and it made nationalists def start to reconsider their views on how we should live. Learning more language or THE most used language in the world is a plus not a downside and people are realizing that more and more. The current province government is kind of nationalist but i prefer to say that it's not the reason why it got elected. The more nationalist party (Parti Québécois) has a hard time getting votes from people who you would think they would vote for them. And theres the federal Party (Bloc Quebecois) which will probably never get elected ever again but is there to put pressure on the federal government for our province which can be good in a situation where the federal government really is losing it (not saying that it is right now.. hell i dont know anymore.. even though its a trend but I would certainly try to vote Bloc or the opposition party to make sure Pierre Poilièvre never gets majority because I don't like the man and his views at all) but usually they just put pressure to isolate us from the rest of the world in really subtle ways (which is what some people want but it isnt a popular opinion these days) This basically explain my point of view of Quebec right now.. we do have an identity but we don't even know what it is because the old us is not us but nobody else in the world would have conversations the way we do with each other so we are somewhat nationalists whether we want the political side or not. (I would like to precise that it does not make outsiders completely unwelcomed) hell we are probably the place in all Americas where bilinguals are everywhere we have also a good amount of immigrants 1rst or 2nd or 3rd generation.
I know you speak english in Montreal but we invite you to learn the local language (french) who are the only official language in Quebec. If all people like you moving to Montreal or in all the Quebec and are not interesting to learn the language it's simple we dont want you. We make all our possible to protect our culture and language. If you move in Italia you have to learn Italian, in Germany you have to speak German, in Russia you have to learn Russian in Quebec you have to learn French. . It's simple like that . If you don't want we kick you out . Thats it
I think it's good to remember what René Levesques used to call the Rhodesian complex... It can be summaries as ... Why do I need to learn French to live in Québec... since I can live very comfortably inside a rich English minority in Montreal without having to learn this native language spoken by just a small minority... minority surrounded by 400 million English... if you feel they are just some kind of funny lost tribe not worth integrating or simply sharing space with them... Then you do follow in this nice Rhodesian attitude... but don't be surprised, if some of these tribal natives do fight to keep their culture and language alive...doing so for the last 350 years...
This will sound rude but, that was a stupid question. Would you go live in the UK without learning English? Go live in Germany, Italy, Japan, or anywhere for that matter, without having the intention of learning the local language? That is massive disrespect.
Okay I was born here I did not chose to live here and I don't want to live here. But right now I have no choice but to live here unless I want be homeless living on the streets in Ontario.
@@thewewguy8t88bruh, u actually spend your time replying every comment that explains why people should learn french when they come to Quebec, many migrants who were born in poor countries are willing to learn new languages to have a better life when they migrate in new countries, you should be grateful to be born in a nation like canada, i've seen many migrants risking their lives to have a chance to live in canada or usa and they adapt new cultures by learning new languages, ur just a white privileged person 😂, maybe if u spent more time learning french, ur life would have been better now
I dont want to be living here so is there anyone here who can tell me what to do to move somewhere else without becoming homless and the reason i don't speak french is because i was born raised here by parents who could only speak English.
The United States is a poor choice for language comparisons we have no official language and you will meet people all over the country who know little to no English in the country, especially in major cities where large populations settle together and have virtually no need to learn English.
Many people spend their whole life in Montreal with zero french knowledge….Air Canada’s president , even with a french name and being born in Montreal, said it himself « I lived my whole life in Montreal without knowing french ». I was born in the West Island and was fluent in both languages at 5….my childhood buddies still living in Montreal still don’t speak French 60 years later and made a good living. Get a life man, I have many many English quebeckers as friends and coworkers and I know my stuff…you are just ranting. The hate media in English Canada is pretty efficient as I can see.
Our culture is in danger and we don't want people to move here without learning enough of our language to be able to be functional. This is as simple as that. Canada are the one making things difficult for us, not Quebec making it difficult to English people. Quebec city is not that nationalist by the way
Yeah, honestly I agree 😆 .... could have used a coffee before this one, not sure why I'm speaking so slowly. Might have to make a new video on this topic. But for now it will stay up.
The younger generation are more fluent in english because of web than the older generation. That's great for restaurants and retail stores having bilingual services. But the employers/administration are usually older generation which would make it harder to hire a anglophones especially since most clients are francophones. But Montreal has way more anglophones historically so it's easier for anglophone to find employment in Montreal.
You mean , educated people ( not age ) speak english and many other languages . Quebeckers work all over the world . I dont know where you are from but you comments show your ignorance .
Hi. I'm Korean. I'm learning English and enjoying good oversea' atmosphere on your channel lately. I just found out you had taught English in South Korea. I know foreigners in Korea is not easy to fit in with the culture and people. I think culture system should be open to people who don't speak their own language. I think I can say the same for Quebec. Thank you. Peace!
You comments show your ignorance about the history of Canada and the culture . French and english are both official languages of Canada .English language is not a superior language to the french language . The British occupation of the New France treated the French very poorly , including the banishment of the Acadians( deportation of the french and families) . French canadians were treated as a second class citizens , keeping them with basic jobs and poor . A group of anglophones burnt down the Canadian parliament when Montreal was the capital of Canada. The Queen moved the capital to Ottawa . Nothing to be proud of . Quebec is the only province in Canada where people are bilingual( french and english ) . The rest of Canada is very discriminatory towards the french language , cutting funds to french schools in Ontario and BC. . I cannot speak french in Toronto , nor in Vancouver or in Alberta or any other provinces . On the other end , anglophones can live all their life in english in Quebec from kindergarden to best CAnadian Universities , work , have a family , best night life and sens of communities ..... All Canadians should speak both official languages of Canada , not only in Quebec . So your comment is for english canada from coast to coast to coast ...not Quebec
@@jeanbolduc5818I guess I made a mistake. I understood your comment very well. Eventhough I've never been to Quebec, I think I judged too easy about that matter. I hope I go to Quebec someday and talk with people and feel the culture. 😊
You're so ignorant and naive it's sad and incredible! A nation is its people, if QC don't want to have people that don't care about us, our language, our culture and our traditions, then bye bye go back! If you have love and humility to go into a foreign country THEN you should be accepted If you go there with disrespect then don't expect to be respected in return You can come as a tourist no problem but living in a foreign country without learning the language, the culture and traditions? wtf is wrong with you
Im 50 , born raised and living in Montréal for all my life. I can prove to anyone that Québec is a 2 language province. That being said, If you move to a latin country, will you learn the basic spanish ? Of course you will. But people will understand you in english as well. But in Québec, the ignorants hate hearing english because they can't speak it, thats ignorants. But a majority of buissness on the island speak english. And Montréal is rich in english sectors and poor in french sectors. The french speaking laws are not for everyone, for example the orthodox jewish community in Outremont dont have to speak french and don't have to send their kids to school. The westmount of Montréal is 85% rich and millionnaire all english, then the Hochelaga sector french and poor, North is mainly black, latino, french,and poor. I speak 3 languages, i hate politics that divide, and i hate any person wanting to seperate a beautiful country. Québec is french and ignorant.
When I was growing up and living in Montreal until the late 1960's. We were English and didn't speak French as there was No need for it. We did have French neighbors who spoke English as well. Would not want to live there now. Seems they are trying desperately to save the French language. Not going to happen as it will only divide them from the rest of Canada and many parts of the world.
Perfect example of a racist Anglo-Saxon supremacist! Stay where you are, Quebec can very well do without you and your gang of contemptuous philistines.
Quebec has lived in French for 400 years and does it very well, even economically, since more than 65% of its products and services are exported to the United States, Europe and China. However, the massive arrival of immigrants, all categories combined, imposed by Ottawa in recent years to the detriment of the province's reception capacity, is not without harmful consequences, as we know. Quebecers care deeply about their language and culture, which justifies the linguistic laws adopted since the 1960s for their maintenance and protection. On this subject, the Rest of Canada (ROC) is already divided and it has been demonstrated that an independent Quebec is viable. Quebec's GDP/inhabitant is even higher than that of France, a country of 63 million inhabitants. Quebec's GDP/inhabitant is $42,804 USD ($58,642 CAD), compared to $40,886 USD for France, in 2023. Quebecers are aware of the world in which they live. Pragmatic, they are the most bilingual of Canadian citizens (46.4% of Quebecers are bilingual, compared to 9.5% in the ROC, according to the 2021 census) and submit to the requirements of the international markets with which they do business.
@@toughcookie128 The independence of Quebec is once again in the news. Although the Parti Québécois is favored by the entire electorate, remaining at the top of the polls (despite its five elected deputies/125 in 2022). If the trend continues, it could form a majority government in 2026. In this case, the PQ has promised to hold a referendum on sovereignty during its mandate. It's my dearest hope, During the 1995 referendum, Quebec had 7.219 million inhabitants; it now has more than 9 million, thanks to mass immigration imposed by Justin Trudeau's government in recent years. If, as in 1995 refendum, 60% of French speakers remain in favor of the independence of Quebec, this is not the case for the majority of English and allophone traditionally federalists, who are increasingly numerous in the province and concentrated especially in Montreal. metropolitan area (4.5 million inhabitants). In my opinion, it will be very difficult for Quebec to become an independent and prosperous country, even if it has all the assets to get there. However, I do not despair, long live a free Quebec and Alberta (if that is its wish).
The thing is that's partly why I had a lot of trouble learning French as a kid. I was also born and raised here and most of my interactions where with people who could speak English to me and I more less avoided people who could speak only French. My parents also could not speak french themselves.
Quebec City is my favourite city in Canada. Montreal’s cool too, but it’s to big for my preference, but hey that’s why we live in such an interesting world. It seems to me that like 10% of the people are English and over half can speak it. However, like everyone speaks French, all most. Lol
It's more like: why do you want to live here if you have no intention to learn French.
I don't want to live here that's the problem but I was born here and I was raised by parents who could only speak in English and no my parents did not push my to learn French when I was a child/growing up.
@@thewewguy8t88just because they don’t speak it but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to learn. As an Anglo Montrealer I see this a lot.
@@thewewguy8t88 when you are born in a nation (Quebec) where the only official language are french because we are surround by 400 millions of english it's your responsability to start to learn the local language ,start to listening music or start to have interaction with the local french Quebecers. If you are not interesting of that we invite you to quit . Thats it
I want to quit but I can't not without being homless@@quebecforce111
@@quebecforce111okay if you give me the money to move to ontraio I will leave quebec and live in Ontario today. Because otherwise I have no choice but to live here.
Why people who refuse to learn French choose Québec instead of any of the other English-speaking provinces is beyond me.
For me it was not my choice I was born here and raised by parents who could only speak English and believe me if I could I would leave this place today but that's not really realistic for me unless I want to be homeless. Like I don't want to be living here right now but I also don't want to be homeless.
Believe it or not, aside from having an easier immigration process than most other provinces, the general cost of living is a bit more affordable considering the prices of college/university, housing, and it has some of the best public transport cities in Canada. Learning French is definitely helpful, but there's so much bilingualism that even native Quebecers expect to speak in English before anything else. But that is slowly changing however as a larger focus is implemented to re-emphasize French over English
@@adequatequality yes and I wish that was not the case where there is more and more of an emphasis on french but maybe I might get lucky and by the time I start to truely feel the effects of that I might be able to move away from here without being homeless but it's a big and I mean big if and I need to be extremely lucky.
Because Quebec is a great province, despite the language? Montreal is awesome! And totally bilingual. I've had job where people were speaking exclusively in english, i was the one struggling and i didn't complain or thought it was a "problem". I'm not saying it's perfect for a second language english speaker, let's say from Peru, but it's totaly doable if you put some heart in it and be positive. Not a problem, a positive state of mind is stronger than any barriers you can face. This isn't a video game.
I don't get it either, if I was to move in a German speaking country, I would definitely learn to communicate in German. It's a no brainer.
I live in Quebec City. A few days ago, I ran into a friendly-looking individual at the community mailbox and I started a little “small talk” conversation with him.
I quickly realized that he was not comfortable with the French language but I resisted the idea of switching to English to speed up the flow.
The conversation was indeed a little longer than expected but, not only did I appreciate his efforts to speak the language of use here in Quebec City, but I also felt that he was proud to have managed to maintain a conversation with a “local” in a language he does not master perfectly.
Everyone came out a winner!
there is a guy in Texas who learned French by watching hockey on a Quebec channel on the internet, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of his French, it was great
Oh where I can see that?
i learned english while watching ST The next gen with subtitles.
I plan on learning by watching spongebob in french and then moving to tv shows with more complex vocabulary that I watched as a child. That way I know what they are saying from memory and can focus on the words
@@Tribuneoftheplebs If you watch a show with quebec french canadian slang, you wouldn't understand anything and it wouldn't help you. International french is the best and strangely enough, despite what i just said, quebecers are the best to do that when they speak well. Not the french from france. Many voice over for international movies and series are from Quebec actors, Speilberg realized that in the 80's. Actors know how to speak well. Subtitles are mandatory to learn a language. When you don't know a word, you open the dictionnary, simple as that.
@@Tribuneoftheplebsit’s a great idea, as a French Canadian, from Montreal, this is how I became bilingual. As a kid, I watched English shows/ movies that I had previously watched in French(translated).
I had a base in English, of course, as we have English classes in school, but still, you get to learn expressions.
The only problem is that some French translations used are from France and they use words that quebeckers don’t use and vice versa, but I still think it’s a great/effortless way to learn.
Lots of French kids in Quebec nowadays are sooo much better in English than we were at their age because they watch TH-cam and play video games. I’m amazed by my nephews’ English.
There’s slang in every region, even English ppl in Montreal use words that Anglos in the rest of Canada/US don’t use, example, we say depanneur instead of convenient store, because depanneur is the word we use in French.
I'd say this to Caleb: you can, but do you want to come and be a tourist or do you actually want to live here? If you come and live in Montreal temporarily speaking only English, for instance as an international student, you're gonna have a great time. But if you actually want to live here permanently, you're gonna have difficulties finding a qualified job in your field, and you're going to have problems interacting with the government and receiving some public services if you don't speak french.
Hey! I lived in QC city for a few years and it is almost impossible to live there without French. You would want to learn it because otherwise you will miss out a lot. What I found out is in Quebec city it can be challenging finding a circle of friends, as it is not the most open population (as compared to Montreal). It is a beautiful place though and definitely worth at least a visit. And not to mention that French is a beautiful language and not particularly hard :) Thanks for the vid!
Toronto and Vancouver are the worst cities with no sense of community and no identity . You could fall on the street and nobody will help you .
Outside of Montréal and a handful of places in Quebec, it is nearly impossible to live here without speaking French.
Around Ottawa it's possible
@@CountryLifestyle2023 Ottawa is in Ontario....by the way
@@patrickbergeron332 I didn't say Ottawa, I said around Ottawa. Gatineau is just across a bridge from Ottawa, and guess what.... it's a city in Quebec
Good learn the language like I did as an immigrant I even learned yours English
@@lockhart1895 shouldn't be forced too learn it
I am from quebec city and it is the perfect city to learn french because everyone speak french here. If you visit as a tourist people speak enough english to get by. If you are not interest at all to learn french and want to live here and impose your english to the local, there are better provinces for you.
"Impose your English", not a great choice of words, many people have a hard time learning languages, I don't think anyone would try to impose one's language on others just by speaking their language in a place where another language is the de facto idiom, many expats throughout the world live like that. Ideally, for pragmatic reasons, one would master the language spoken in a certain location but it's not always easy or fast.
I am talking about people who have no intention to learn and I am not saying it is easy. If I want to live in Japan, but don't even try to learn the language because I find it too hard, then I am imposing my english to the locals... (and again, I'm not talking about tourists... ) @@valeria-militiamessalina5672
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 I dont think speaking english is an issue, but people that systematically make you do all the effort to speak their language while they dont do any effort, is not cool whatsoever. And unfortunately a lot of people can be like that.
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 some people have hard time learning languages. But apparently it doesn’t apply to Quebeckers, for whom it’s “always easy” to learn English - and to accommodate those who deliberately chose the only non-Anglophone province in Canada without intention to learn its language.
@@valeria-militiamessalina5672 you have to learn that it, if you are not interesting to learn french we just don't want you in our nation (Quebec) . Thats it
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. If you stay, you should learn French as it is part of the culture. If you move to Japan, you should learn Japanese. If you move to Italy, you should learn Italian. Same concept for Quebec. I don't condone the rude behaviour of some French Quebecois, but you have to understand where it's coming from.
I am not saying I don't understand it I just don't think they understand what my situation is. Like my excuse is I am too comfortable speaking English because while living here in Quebec it's all I grew up speaking and hearing since my parents could only speak English and could not speak French themselves. And school was a place where it was assumed I spoke french at home so I was not taught french very well. And if you say I should leave how exactly do I do that I have no money to live anywhere else.
@@thewewguy8t88 that's your excuse? It seems you simply want to avoid learning french. My parents were born in a spanish speaking country. They learned french here, found a job and I now speak french, english and spanish fluently. Don't blame your parents lol.
You had the advantage of your parents being able to to speak french too I did not. See the difference between you and me is I was alone in needing to realize I needed to learn French you were not you had your parents help. Truth is I don't know how you did it but it sounds to me like your parents pushed you from a really young age to try to learn French when mine did not I had to realize that on my own.@@franklinpark1963
@@thewewguy8t88 There's free french speaking course for anyone. I lived with a coloc from west island who barely speak french at first and over 4 years with 3 french speaker, some from france, well, his french is incredible. But, most of his friends are anglophone. I think you need to speak french in the end in QC. Work yourself through it, it's all i can say. Doesn't matter if you fail at first, any french will appreciate the effort but you have to mean it. I can speak and write in english and i'm french, you can do the same.
But they are moving to Canada where 60% of the population has English as their first language. How does that relate to Quebec exactly? If you move to Japan yes you should speak Japanese. if you move to Canada, you should speak English or French.
What's wrong with French? A new language is so much fun to do.
Just as there are places to get fast food, to manage various personal things, there should also be a Quebecois network where people can get experience learning and speaking French.
I kinda live in a foreign country where the language is really important, and I learn something new every day.
So much interesting is to learn a new culture and language!
Why not take part?
What is wrong not to learn french in a french speaking society ? That would be a better question
What is wrong is that people with a British colonial attitude who pretend to be open-minded settle here and would even learn Swahili but not French.
French is easy when you want to use it for communication because we Quebeckers don't mind that anyone make mistake while trying to speak our language.
No Quebecker will ever get angry for that. However, some of us become angry when you lack respect towards us.
@@9grand because not speaking the language of the country/province you live in is crazy. If I move to another country, I will be expected the language. I don't get why people are so stubborn to make people speak to you in English. It's like trying to change to place you live in just for your own sake. And also because Quebec is almost the only place we native French speaker can live our life in our native language and people not respecting that make us feel like we are living in a foreign city when never even moved.
@@9grand wow, le champion. a stupid squarehead at is peak
He lives in New-Brunswick. He has opportunity to learn French before going to Québec, he should do that. I live in NB and it's hard for me to fully respect anglophones in the Gloucester county (72% francophone as of last census) that don't even attempt to learn the language.
Okay so here is my question when and how should I have taken the opportunity to learn French if I was raised and born here by parents who could only speak in English to me. And when I went to school it was assumed I spoke french at home so I did not get the chance to learn very well at school. Like people act like by the time I was 5 I should have known that I live in Quebec and that in Quebec you speak french but I will say this by the time I was 5 all I knew was English so when was I supposed to realize oh I live in Quebec I need to speak only French here.
@@thewewguy8t88 your parents should simply have moved out for you own sake. Though, as soon as you understood that you were in a majority of Francophones nothing prevented you from seeking french content and immersing yourself in the language. There is no excuses in my opinion. If I went to Japan I would make the effort to learn the language no matter how foreign it is to me, because speaking Japanese is the norm over there.
@@Alternity666 what age would you have realized that. And I wish it was as simple as you are describing. It was not. I can't tell you what age I realized how serious not knowing french was to be honest I think it was after high school look you are right I am full of excuses and I being disrespectful and insulting for not learning French and living here I kind of don't care plus I think it's just not fair to have to deal with that kind of responsibly as a kid or teenager for something that I had no control over and that is not my fault .
@@thewewguy8t88 It's difficult for me to respect that situation. I lived in eastern Montréal where not a single soul around me spoke english and yet I managed to learn the language, as proof I am currently texting with you in english.
To be honest, your parents are not super brilliant to have put you in this situation knowingly (there is literally no way they didn't know what would happen if they didn't try to make you learn the language in some way, there are so many ways out there that this makes no sens to me).
@@Alternity666 yeah this is why i keep on saying i do not believe this is my fault fully. i think my parents were stupid and i do blame them for not realizing what would happen. but my parents in general made stupid choices which affect me to this day.
Living in Québec without learning French is perceived as a lack of respect by the majority of Quebecers. Most would stay polite with you. Some would become aggressive and unpleasant.
But almost everyone would perceive it as a profound disrespect.
If that’s what you want then fine!
Exactly
Most people don't really care what Quebecois think of them. If Quebecois want to go around feeling bitter all the time that's up to Quebecois.
@@DonaldMains same as what English will feel when we leave. When will you understand that cooperating is the solution?
@@DonaldMains well, if one lives in a province and despises the majority of its population, then I have no comments.
@@ventdelamerwho said anybody despises anyone? Are you sure you are on the correct thread?
Well it makes sense. You don’t go to an anglophone province and expect them to know or try to speak French to you.
So good for Quebec for keeping their culture alive. Admittedly, I’ll go and probably be pissed until I can start having practical conversations in French… but that’s just the name of the game.
I can understand what you are saying but I was born here and no one seems to understand that I was born here and raised here by parents who could not speak French and could only speak English. Like it's my fault I was born and I don't have a choice but to live here right now unless you want to donate any money for me to go move to ontraio.
@@thewewguy8t88I was born and raised in the English part of Montreal, in the English school system by two immigrant Germans. I fluently write and speak all three languages, and work in French, both here in Quebec and work trips to France. Honestly, it almost takes effort to not learn French. Our classes in the English school system started in kindergarten. It is so easy to also watch movies, read books and simply try to speak with French speaking colleagues, friends, neighbours and service staff. Magically, the vast majority of Francophone Montrealers speak English, yet they only start learning it in grade 4. Moreover, my parents have meanwhile also learned to speak French. The took classes after work, and made efforts to speak whenever possible.
I am living here in quebec from last 3 years and i am speaking french now and taking to the people in french . Sometimes , I make mistakes or don’t know some words but it never resisted me from having a conversation. Surely, there are some people who are rude but there are a lot more who appreciates your efforts .
To be honest, I dont like anglophone only speaking English in Quebec and on the other side of the coin I LOVE IT when they do learn French
You should
@@javiervega1065 i should ?
@@guillaumebouthillette6999 yes
As a French-speaking Québécois, in the greater Montreal area, a unilingual English person can easily live, 80% of Quebecers speak 2 languages or more, someone who makes an effort to try to speak French to me, I will have respect and I will speak to him in English but, but it is inconceivable that after several years in Quebec, a person does not communicate in French, that is a lack of respect
You should separate then see how it works out for you
@@javiervega1065 where you from?
@@javiervega1065 you know that an independent Quebec would be viable, I cannot say the same thing about the other provinces, Canada needs us,
Living in Quebec without learning french is a big lack of respect, and a lack of curiosity/culture. If i was to go live in germany, of course i would learn german even if most people know some english in Berlin or Munich. There are so many places in north american where people don't speak french that insisting on living only in english in Quebec is absolutely lazy and a colonizer mindset.
I couldn't imagine living somewhere and be so distant from the local culture.
Okay so I ask this seriously how do I move anywhere right now without being homless I was born and raised here by parents who can only speak in English. and I want to leave quebec but I don't know how to do that without being homeless.
@@thewewguy8t88 why would you be homeless if you were to move elsewhere?
@@babines42 um I have no money and no job anywhere else so how could I afford to live anywhere.
@@thewewguy8t88 well find a job where you want to live. And if you are unable to, stay here but learn french. If you are born here, there is no excuse to not be able to speak the local language.
@@babines42 so if i am unable to find a job anywhere else i have no choice but to learn french then.
Just learning basic phrases will earn you the respect of the locals and they will cut you a lot of slack. It will also enhance your experience
I live in Toronto, and I’m always perplexed when people move here and speak no English 🤷🏾♂️ it just makes sense.
Hello, Dan. This is my first comment. Hearing about your experiences in Korea makes it impossible for me, as a Korean, not to comment. You’ve hit the nail on the head-the key is the motivation to learn language and culture. Isn’t that enough?
I’ve been living in Montreal for eight years now, and I often face disadvantages because my French isn’t good. It’s not easy to find a job without knowing French. When announcements are made in the subway, I don’t understand anything, so I often have to ask people in English. But if I let all these experiences stress me out, then Montreal wouldn’t be a great place to live. However, if I see them as opportunities to learn and experience new things, I think there’s no better city than Montreal. You can enjoy city life, and the cost of living isn’t that high compared to other places, right? I believe settling in Montreal was a good decision for me.
He is still young, taking on the challenge of moving to Quebec City could be an exciting experience!
Sorry for commenting so late. I'll make sure to visit more often in the future!
Extremely hard? lol dang! A friend of mine from Baltimore couldn't find job in his place so he moved to South Korea to teach English. There you can say it's extremely hard. MASSIVE LOT of racism, no human rights, very hard working conditions with no human rights nor dignity at work, low salary ( even smaller than teaching English in China).
Again, there's no dignity in S Korea. My friend is watched by cameras everywhere in his workplace including in the bathrooms. It's a power game for employers down there. Their goal is to have power over people and humiliate their employees. Especially foreigners. Please don't take my words for it, and check youtube.
Btw Quebec City is really beautiful there is a small Anglo community but learning French would be a good idea.
Bonjour Dan. I love your content and find it really helpful. When you say that you speak French, what is your level (more or less)? I test at B1 but really only speak at A2. Is this good enough to get by in Montreal? In Quebec? I plan on continuing to study French, but am getting impatient to be there. Thank you!
I don't know, because I haven't been studying French in an academic setting. Maybe I'll make a video only in French and the comments can tell me what my level seems to be 🤣
@@thoughtsontravelandlife bonne idée!
@@thoughtsontravelandlifeOr if you'd like, I could evaluate your French and we could record it for your channel 👀 I'm a Montreal-based French second language teacher and I teach online to people like yourself who moved to Quebec. Write me a message if that sounds like a cool video idea :)
Je comprends qu'apprendre le français représente un effort certain pour quelqu'un dont ce n'est pas la langue maternelle, mais que pensez-vous que les francophones au Canada doivent faire depuis toujours ? Vous croyez que ça n'a pas demandé un effort particulier pour eux d'apprendre une langue qui leur était tout aussi étrangère que le français l'est pour vous?
Beaucoup de gens au Québec parle non seulement deux langues, mais il n'est pas rare de rencontrer des polyglottes qui parlent plus de trois langues. Quand on est moindrement intéressé à voyager, il me semble évident que le fait de pouvoir communiquer à un niveau correct dans quelques langues est un avantage indéniable.
Le français et l'espagnol sont probablement en dehors de l'anglais les deux langues qui vont ouvrir le plus de porte au niveau international. C'est vraiment un "no-brainer".
It is nice Dan that you actually know that by not being able to read in French you might miss out on rules and regulations or from a more entertaining point of view you might end up missing out on the activities and cultural life of your borough. I wish you the best to be able to pick up the French language quickly as it will help you make the most of your summer by deciphering all those flyers that you have been inundated with.
Si quelqu'un unilinguement anglophone, hispanophone, lusophone, russophone ou sinophone veut vivre/travailler/étudier au Québec, il faut se franciser/bilinguiser. Je suis anglophone et le français est ma quatrième langue, mais le fardeau d'être bilingue est sur mes épaules pas la majorité. Les anglophones qui sont vraiment bilingues bénéficient économiquement et culturellement. Les anglophones unilingues ne devraient venir que pour apprendre le français, si non, vous êtes pas les bienvenus et vous ne trouverez pas un emploi. Si Caleb veut faire une totale immersion française à Québec, il deviendrait bilingue beaucoup plus vite qu'à Montréal où tout le monde s'anglicise en écoutant un accent. Ce qui est au-delà de désolant/décevant est qu'un néo-brunswickois, la seule province bilíngue au Canada, n'est pas totalement bilingue. La seule façon de sauver la langue française au Québec et surtout à Montréal est de rendre la vie anglophone unilingue impossible. Un anglophone bilingue ou multilingue, comme moi, on n'est pas touché par les politiques linguistiques parce que l'on parle le français. Je suis montréalais depuis 17 ans, je ne connais aucun francophone qui n'est pas bilingue. Mon premier landlord ne pouvait pas parler l'anglais mais était trilíngue l'espagnol et l'italien. Il était italo-québécois de Québec et a voyagé à Cuba et Mexique. J'étais un étudiant à UdeM, une université francophone remplie des étudiants polyglottes. Moi-je n'ai aucune tolérance pour la francophobie/québécophobie des anglophones unilingues qui profitent du Québec. De vivre au Québec sans apprendre le français, c'est la francophobie. Mais, si un anglophone vient ici et apprend le français ça c'est une bonne chose. Il nous faut faire franciser les institutions d'enseignement dont les Cégeps et universités McGill, Concordia et Lévesque.
Merci énormément pour votre commentaire précieux et nécessaire.
Voilà un anglophone ouvert d'esprit, qui a compris l'importance des langues, surtout celle de la majorité, le français, pour une meilleure intégration, tout à son honneur et bonheur. J'ai fait pareil, quand j'ai vécu à Toronto et Ottawa, où l'anglais domine.
Monsieur, vous me touchez profondément. Merci du fond du coeur. Merci de faire partie de notre pays, de notre peuple.
Nous sommes honorés de vous avoir!
Je trouve qu'il s'exprime très bien en français
Merci de tout coeur pour votre commentaire!
Wherever you choose to live it's always best to try and learn the local language. Otherwise your life will be very limited and you'll find (as I have often witnessed) that you can become overly dependent on bilingual people to help you with simple day-to-day tasks. That's not good for you and, eventually, becomes tiresome for them.
I did not chose to live here I was born here. And even when I try to explain to people why I can't speak French no one still understands. And the reason I still live here is because it's better then being homeless.
Root cause of the language problems is that Québec doesn't exist internationally. This create a situation where people want to move to canada, realize Toronto and Vancouver are overpriced and shitty places to live as a young adult, go to Quebec since they have that option and it's still "canada" in their heads, end up being forced to learn french because demographics and end up resenting the french language and the quebecois people.
Try to imagine being born here and being raised by parents who can only speak in English and your parents being the people you interact with the most for at least until you go to school.
@@thewewguy8t88 Mes condoléances, j'espère que tu te sens tout de même chez toi malgré tout!
@@lot3oo I don't but thanks for your understanding most people just blame me for not learning French as a kid.
@@thewewguy8t88 you have to learn french ,in respect of the local. If you are not nterested we invite you to go to an another province where english are predominant.
You're weak
Really interesting video Dan! Thanks so much! 🙂
You are right on Dan. Quebec City is deeply nationalist and French is very commonly spoken. It’s must easier to get by in Montreal without French. I’m not a fan of the current provincial government and I feel for friend’s kids who want to go to McGill and Concordia but doubt they will be able to manage the new language requirements. I hope the lawsuits by the universities are successful. I love Quebec and especially Montreal but the government is somewhat xenophobic. Great response to Caleb. I wish him well!!
Vos propos concernant le gouvernement québécois révèlent votre propre xénophobie envers les Québécois francophones nationalistes qui ont élu ce gouvernement.
Choosing to go to Québec without speaking french is like going to Iowa without speaking english: a social suicide.
Yes but I did not chose to live here without speaking French I was born here and raised by parents who could only speak in English so by the time I was 4 or 5 I only knew how to speak English.
I live in a small town in Quebec and I don't know any French. There is a school in this town where you can learn in English (if you have small kids). The workers in shops and gas stations do speak English. So, I am ok for now. I don't know what will happen if I have to go to the hospital. Government documents are in French but I get them translated through Google. My maintenance person does not know much English and I use the Google app to interpret our conversations.
I once, long ago, visited Peru and Bolivia as a tourist. Prior to my departure I spent several months learning spanish and my spanish was good enough to get by and interact with the locals. At one point I had food poisoning and ended up at the hospital. Needless to say it was very difficult to explain what I had. You mention you LIVE in a small town. This is different from a brief visit. If this is the case I strongly suggest you should learn french. Not only is it going to make life easier for day to day life but also in case of emergency. As an added big bonus learning french will enable you to have a better experience of Québec and make friends.
All I know is many years from now (2064) I'd like to retire in Quebec (specifically Val-des-Sources). That way I don't have to worry about the matter of a job if I have a good enough pension.
Greetings from Montreal , I just found your channel. Latino here who love to speak English in mtl 😅
Québec City is FRENCH, Montreal is bilingual. Gatineau is Bilingual... But anything outside of that you will need to learn French pretty fast to connect with people.
just saying i live in gatineau with my wife as the principal applicant in our immigrant application wayback. My wife has the basic level but some accents are too fast to catch. I understand i have to learn french at a basic level unfortunately i cannot do a full time job while learning french at the same time since i’m just an average person but i tried to learn french words but listening in sentences gets me lost easily. The reality Gatineau is not bilingual it’s a miracle already for me if someone is friendly enough and speaks english back to me. Even in taking a bus some drivers don’t want to talk back in english or going to the clinics or going to do my blood tests, I feel nervous during my first few years. Yes i understand one day i need to enroll myself in basic french class but my priority for now is to find my footing to build an acceptable financial security like incase i get sick that can cover that… ✌️
I mean, that's not true. Montréal is francophone and only bilingual to accommodate lazy unilingual anglos
/waves hi from Montreal suburb
I get why there is La Loi 101. It dates quite far back, the reason. I think to really appreciate the culture of Quebec and enjoy everything this province has to offer, learning French to be able to get by and understand a bit is something I highly encourage. For a lot of jobs it's necessary too. But socially, even with an accent, Quebecquers qill appreciate the effort to learn the language. Many folks are bitter and even hostile towards me when I talk in English, especially on June 24th, and then I counter them in French lol So there will be a mix of feelings from different people, so anyone wanting to move here should be forewarned.
Ive been living/working in montreal for 10 years (i speak no french) ive had zero issues. A place is more than a language.
Have you ever gotten looks from people when you try to speak English to them though cuz that had happened to me more then once cuz I hate interacting with people unless I absolutely have too.
@@thewewguy8t88 not really. People might have you believe differently.. but montreal is 99% English-speaking
@@Ken-g1x4t really cuz I have gotten some looks sometimes when interacting with people in English lol
@user-vy7yf2wo7k but for us french Quebecers it's a lack of respect. we invite you to learn french and if you are not interested we are not interested to you continue to live in our nation (Quebec)
@@Ken-g1x4t and no Montreal ar 65% francophone . But the english growing rapidly and it's one of the reason we make all our possible to pass law to protect the language. You are not supposed to using english for work . We have a law in Quebec who said the language for work are french obligatory. If you go live in Germany you have to learn German, in Italia you learn Italian in Quebec we have only one official language and it's not english. If you want continue to live here and have the respect of the majority french Quebecers we invite you to learn the local language. If you are not interested we invite you to quit . It's simple like that. Your comment make me so frustrating against the english community of Quebec who like people like you don't want learn french. For me it's a big lack of respect
C'est étrange de vouloir venir vivre dans un pays sans parler la langue, ce qui m'attire dans un pays c'est découvrir la culture les gens avec qui j'ai envie d'échanger autrement il faut rester chez soi.
...Ou aller s'établir dans une province ou un territoire anglophone (9 + 3), qui ne lui posera aucun problème d'intégration. Par contre, il devra se priver de ce qui fait le charme du Québec, soit sa langue et sa culture unique en français.
Incroyable n'est-ce pas?
If you want to learn french, share our culture and lifestyle, you're welcome
If you don't want, then it's fine as tourist but I don't want anglos as my manager nor boss
We're many bilinguals, somehow we ALWAYS have to adapt to anglos
We don't want people to live on our lands that doesn't LOVE what we are nor can have some HUMILITY in front of our traditions and culture
Okay well I was born here and my parents raised me while only being able to speak in English. I know as a child I was somehow expected to learn French but I did not. Like I said all my interactions were in English until around 4 or 5 when I started school and when I did it was assumed you spoke french at home which I obviously did not. Like maybe I could have taken school more seriously but when you have teachers who assume you speak french at home and even downright get annoyed at you for not speaking French and kids who make fun of you and bully you for not speaking French it's like would you have really sundenlly realized at 5 years old oh I need to learn French despite the fact no one seems to be helping you learn and just getting annoyed and mad at you that you don't know french.
@@thewewguy8t88 Cool, so you didn't integrated whatsoever to the Quebec society, then you can just live in Ontario
There are countless of resources online to learn french, you're lazy and unwilling to do it.
Culture + Tradition + Language == People + Nation
It is not that complicated
If you don't want to be part of it, then go where you fit. That's fine, but you're not a Quebecer nor in soul nor in culture nor mixing with its people.
The world cannot constantly adapt to all anglos and the world is currently changing rapidly so... you might start thinking where you belong.
@@dranon0o how am i supposed to go live in ontrario without being homless right now. like the only reason i am staying here right now is because its better then being homless but sometimes there are moments where living as a homless bum does sound like a better life then me living here.
Yes with only minor inconvenience-Montreal, Gatineau
Yes but with some diffculty- Sherbrooke, Quebec City
No- The Rest of Quebec
Outside of the touristic area in Quebec city, it might be difficult to communicate.
I'm bilingual, speak both French and English. 20+ years ago, if you went to Quebec city, you would've heard mostly French. To my surprise, the last time I went, I heard English everywhere so go, and enjoy.
Hello,
Thank you for the video.
How did you get the magazine? How do I subscribe to it?
Im anglo, have lived in Montreal 50 years. I can say that there are definitely anglos in Montreal who will only learn enough to get by (cannot read French or write) because after living as an anglo they have no need for it. They can file taxes, see a doctor, ask directions in Montreal, go to a restaurant in Tremblant, and that's all they care about. They dont mix with francophones much, unless they can speak in English with them (which is possible in Montreal). Most importantly, because their language of work is English, they have no reason to learn French. However, if these same people have to compete for an entry-level job as 20 somethings, it will be a different story, because there are more francophones who can speak English well enough for a job that requires a little bit of English, like working retail.
oh dear oh dear i for one is an example living in gatineau but cant speak in french sentences. i tried to learn words but making it in sentences is another level. I hope locals would consider talking to us non native F. speakers to speak slowly specially the accents can get fast and we cannot catch it anymore 😭 but idk. Someday when i feel my emergency finances are quite acceptable level then maybe i have to enroll to a basic class…
As a German, speaking a very small variety of German, wanting to visit Qebec, the endless comments I see about people confused abut the French situation over there is perplexing. People who imigrate here in Germany cannot function if they just speak English. And in my hometown we do not even speak standard German but I never hear about foreigners complaining about that. What makes Mpntreal, settled by French people, different? Plattdüütsch is not even considered an official tongue in Germany and Spain has a whole section that speaks Catalan. What makes non-Quebecers that jealous about French?
You can live in Montreal without ever learning French, but you will be missing out.
At least make an effort.
Oh boy! It like going to Greece, Japan or China and expect everyone to speak English or not using their native language! It likes other provinces are not making it hard for French speaking...even if Canada is bilingual. Quebec are 57% bilingual. Only regions are not fluent but in only rare cases the citizen will not help you at all. Learning another language is scientifically proven to help to be smarter. So smart up and open your mind!!
Learn the basic french before going to Quebec city if you really want to stay there a couple of years
All overthinking…
… I lived in Japan without speaking Japanese. You can live anywhere in the world without the local language. You’ll just miss a lot of good opportunities and cool connections.
But alone, 23yrs old, you’re ok with english and you’ll learn so fast if you dont stick with english soeakers.
Thats an opportunity… not a liability.
My only concerns… not sure where you’re from but Quebec city is small. Great for a week-end, but you’ve seen it all rather quickly.
Yes this is why I hate living here but I was born here and I can't live anywhere else without being homless and I am sick and tired of people telling me too you then you have no choice but to learn French.
He heard The most beautiful women of Canada are in Québec (in fact they are in Montréal)
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
I live in Quebec and dont know French, but its a very bilingual area. Yet still find challenges due to not knowing French.
Then leave
@dranon0o how about you leave?
And I don't mean the province, I mean go to France.
This is my home I'm not changing because the Quebec government hates non French ppl
@@dranon0oI want too can you give me money to move somewhere else please :)
I am also very curry Caleb is choosing Quebec City versus Montreal! I get that move! Quebec City is gorgeous but it’s a lot more hostile towards ppl without the ability to speak French.
A lot more hostile? Yes, absolutely! People will throw rocks at you there! Quebec City is notorious for its unhinged hostility. Come on! You could say it will be more difficult for you to communicate with them if you cannot speak french but to say ''a lot more hostile'' is a sign of ignorance or bigotry. Believe me, Quebec City sees millions of tourists each year and most of them go back home without scars.
I am an American so I don’t quite understand the context of the terms Anglophone and Francophone. So when I hear someone say I’m an Anglophone and I’m thinking of moving to Montreal or Quebec will it be hard for me…. as Canadians, what does that mean to you? Does it mean someone that only speaks English and plans to move to Quebec province and never learn French? Or is it an English-speaking person who’s trying to learn French and when he gets to Quebec plans to continue to study French and speak French in public, etc.? Or something else? If you’re from an English-speaking country or part of Canada and you study French, then move to Quebec and continue to study it and really care about learning the language out of respect for Quebecers, won’t they be happy to see you’re making the effort? Or will they still reject you for not just being a native of Quebec?
*Michael,*
*"Anglophone" simply means "someone whose mother tongue is English". "Francophone" simply means "someone whose mother tongue is French". "Allophone" simply means "someone whose mother tongue is any other language in Canada"., except "First Nations" who are often called "Autochtones" in French Canada.*
*As for your question “If you're from an English-speaking country or part of Canada and you study French, then move to Québec and continue to study it and really care about learning the language out of respect for Québécois, won't they be happy to see you're making the effort?”, the most general answer is that you'll be considered one of us as long as you make the effort to speak French, even if you make mistakes with words or pronunciation. As soon as your willingness to speak French is detected, you prove that you respect Francophones, and you demonstrate this by your effort to integrate well into Quebec society.* 👍
The Govt is not making hard to Allophones . Just to people living in Québec who do not make the effort to learn french .
QC I like so much and I speak franch n English so I hope and so excited to move from Paris
Pourquoi ne pas commenter en français, en tant que Parisien, surtout si tu viens t'installer au Québec ? Bienvenu au Québec !
Sorry I really like to write in franch but i didn’t born in France or go to school in France that why I can only speak franch because it’s been ten years in Paris now so now I am going on this 17 may to work in Quebec,, but I love France so much
Just learn the language.
How about no
@@javiervega1065 How about go
They move to Quebec so that they can move somewhere else for the most part. It is a jumping off point sadly.
Honestly in Montreal you don’t need any French. Quebec City is another story
I wish Canadians would embrasse its french heritage more , as opposed to wrangling with it in 2023 . The beautiful language and heritage add a richness to Canada , and not benefited by Anglos trying to appear superior . I am appalled by the lack of respect or ignorance by many anglos when visiting Quebec - in their lack of attempting the French language . Much of the British occupation of the New France treated the French very poorly , including the banishment of the Acadians . Nothing to be proud of .
French sucks
Quebec makes it hard for non French speakers.
I've received alot of hate and discrimination from French speakers, even in my own family.
That's the problem, if they accept English and make it easy for English, I would be willing to become fluent in French. Simply driving in Quebec is challenging if you don't know French
I get important mail in French which I can't read so I ignore. I could be breaking the law but don't even know it.
By accepting and embracing both sides it allows for French to be spread across Canada.
Not going to argue, but just wanted to point out an interesting fact which is in English part of Canada you see all the official signs, voice instructions etc in both English and French whereas in Quebec in 90% of cases it’s French only, so I am not sure of which side respects the second national language more.
@@and1597Totally false!
@@CountryLifestyle2023Totally false. It the other way around. French speaking speak English as soon as a poor ignorant English speaking cannot speak French. So they never learn. That is the result of colonial domination for so many years…
God this video is infuriating. This question wouldn't ever been asked anywhere in world. Can i live in Flemish Belgium with out learning the language of the local? Of course not. Can i live in Brazil with out learning the local language? Of course not. But hey, mind you its ok for people to move in Quebec and be like "fuck it, i dont care about french." Beccause meh "Canada" but do you truly think a french Canadian can move to Edmonton and be like "i dont want to learn english." Mind blowing that people think its ok. In rome you do like romans do.
My situation is a bit unique and I wish at the very least people would stop blaming me with out understanding it's my parents fault I was born here I did not choose to be born here now is it my fault for staying yes only because staying here is slightly better then being homless on the streets. But believe me there are some days I do consider being homless and living somewhere else where people speak English.
Message to Caleb; if you’re thinking about working in Quebec City or Lévis; get a class 1 drivers licence; drive a truck. French not required. Otherwise; if you’re in need of learning; there’s a program that gives you free classes the equivalent of 15 years of school in the space of three years; called; “la francisation et intégration”.
My girlfriend from Toronto made the move; she understands the language but has difficulty speaking it; but she gets her message across.
IMO, people who act like the French police (on the internet of all places) are those who don't speak English very well (and have no real interest in learning it). Nowadays, specifically in the province of Quebec, if you want a decent job at a decent company, you need to speak English. It's a GLOBAL language, and those who refuse to understand that are just shooting themselves in the foot. Unless you want to work for the provincial government or French education. Otherwise, you need both French and English. I work for large company, spread across the globe. I'm located in Montreal and I'll be honest... most of my colleagues speak a MINIMUM of 3 languages. Some 4. These days, due to the internet, video games and such, many younger people in small municipalities end up understanding/speaking English on their own. We watch English content, be it movies and TV and music. They might have heavy accents, but really... when you learn a foreign language, an accent is pretty much a given.
@Dan Vineberg Quebec city is indeed more french and more nationalist than Montreal MOSTLY because its people born in the province with less day to day interactions with english.. BUT Quebec City is a big city and do have more tourists than suburbs where those nationalists really come in.. It is also less expensive to live in Quebec city and the english language has really been expanding, I'd say from when the social medias started to pop; it really opened a door for us (French Canadians) to explore english without really searching for it or even trying to learn it so even French Canadians or Quebecois, really have more english in their lives without them realizing it or actively searching for it and it made nationalists def start to reconsider their views on how we should live. Learning more language or THE most used language in the world is a plus not a downside and people are realizing that more and more.
The current province government is kind of nationalist but i prefer to say that it's not the reason why it got elected. The more nationalist party (Parti Québécois) has a hard time getting votes from people who you would think they would vote for them. And theres the federal Party (Bloc Quebecois) which will probably never get elected ever again but is there to put pressure on the federal government for our province which can be good in a situation where the federal government really is losing it (not saying that it is right now.. hell i dont know anymore.. even though its a trend but I would certainly try to vote Bloc or the opposition party to make sure Pierre Poilièvre never gets majority because I don't like the man and his views at all) but usually they just put pressure to isolate us from the rest of the world in really subtle ways (which is what some people want but it isnt a popular opinion these days)
This basically explain my point of view of Quebec right now.. we do have an identity but we don't even know what it is because the old us is not us but nobody else in the world would have conversations the way we do with each other so we are somewhat nationalists whether we want the political side or not. (I would like to precise that it does not make outsiders completely unwelcomed) hell we are probably the place in all Americas where bilinguals are everywhere we have also a good amount of immigrants 1rst or 2nd or 3rd generation.
Have you done a video about Gatineau? I am moving there soon and i think its an interesting case bordering Ottawa and Ontario
I know you speak english in Montreal but we invite you to learn the local language (french) who are the only official language in Quebec. If all people like you moving to Montreal or in all the Quebec and are not interesting to learn the language it's simple we dont want you. We make all our possible to protect our culture and language. If you move in Italia you have to learn Italian, in Germany you have to speak German, in Russia you have to learn Russian in Quebec you have to learn French. . It's simple like that . If you don't want we kick you out . Thats it
Please remember that english language have 40% french roots. Thanks to William the conqueror.
English speaking people live where the want. Francois Legault claims his people dream about that advantage.
I think it's good to remember what René Levesques used to call the Rhodesian complex... It can be summaries as ... Why do I need to learn French to live in Québec... since I can live very comfortably inside a rich English minority in Montreal without having to learn this native language spoken by just a small minority... minority surrounded by 400 million English... if you feel they are just some kind of funny lost tribe not worth integrating or simply sharing space with them... Then you do follow in this nice Rhodesian attitude... but don't be surprised, if some of these tribal natives do fight to keep their culture and language alive...doing so for the last 350 years...
This will sound rude but, that was a stupid question. Would you go live in the UK without learning English? Go live in Germany, Italy, Japan, or anywhere for that matter, without having the intention of learning the local language? That is massive disrespect.
Okay I was born here I did not chose to live here and I don't want to live here. But right now I have no choice but to live here unless I want be homeless living on the streets in Ontario.
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Yeaaa. You're not the only one with issues...
@@JustMe-el7bf so what its my fault i was born here?
@@thewewguy8t88bruh, u actually spend your time replying every comment that explains why people should learn french when they come to Quebec, many migrants who were born in poor countries are willing to learn new languages to have a better life when they migrate in new countries, you should be grateful to be born in a nation like canada, i've seen many migrants risking their lives to have a chance to live in canada or usa and they adapt new cultures by learning new languages, ur just a white privileged person 😂, maybe if u spent more time learning french, ur life would have been better now
I dont want to be living here so is there anyone here who can tell me what to do to move somewhere else without becoming homless and the reason i don't speak french is because i was born raised here by parents who could only speak English.
The United States is a poor choice for language comparisons we have no official language and you will meet people all over the country who know little to no English in the country, especially in major cities where large populations settle together and have virtually no need to learn English.
Can't go to quebec city and not speak French lol good luck with that one
Many people spend their whole life in Montreal with zero french knowledge….Air Canada’s president , even with a french name and being born in Montreal, said it himself « I lived my whole life in Montreal without knowing french ». I was born in the West Island and was fluent in both languages at 5….my childhood buddies still living in Montreal still don’t speak French 60 years later and made a good living. Get a life man, I have many many English quebeckers as friends and coworkers and I know my stuff…you are just ranting. The hate media in English Canada is pretty efficient as I can see.
Just learn French dude (it’s great) … there’s too much waffle in this post.
Our culture is in danger and we don't want people to move here without learning enough of our language to be able to be functional. This is as simple as that. Canada are the one making things difficult for us, not Quebec making it difficult to English people. Quebec city is not that nationalist by the way
This guy is far too long-winded and so slow to get his thoughts out. Interesting information but could have easily been said in half the time.
Yeah, honestly I agree 😆 .... could have used a coffee before this one, not sure why I'm speaking so slowly. Might have to make a new video on this topic. But for now it will stay up.
Dan Vineberg I love you!!!!
The younger generation are more fluent in english because of web than the older generation. That's great for restaurants and retail stores having bilingual services. But the employers/administration are usually older generation which would make it harder to hire a anglophones especially since most clients are francophones. But Montreal has way more anglophones historically so it's easier for anglophone to find employment in Montreal.
You mean , educated people ( not age ) speak english and many other languages . Quebeckers work all over the world . I dont know where you are from but you comments show your ignorance .
Specifically for low-paid jobs and as cheap labor, exploited by an English-speaking employer, only interested in the profit of his company.
Si tu veux rester pogner à Montréal, ben sur que tu peux survivre avec juste de l'anglais. Mais sache que tu me fais chier.
Hi. I'm Korean. I'm learning English and enjoying good oversea' atmosphere on your channel lately. I just found out you had taught English in South Korea. I know foreigners in Korea is not easy to fit in with the culture and people. I think culture system should be open to people who don't speak their own language. I think I can say the same for Quebec. Thank you. Peace!
You comments show your ignorance about the history of Canada and the culture . French and english are both official languages of Canada .English language is not a superior language to the french language . The British occupation of the New France treated the French very poorly , including the banishment of the Acadians( deportation of the french and families) . French canadians were treated as a second class citizens , keeping them with basic jobs and poor . A group of anglophones burnt down the Canadian parliament when Montreal was the capital of Canada. The Queen moved the capital to Ottawa . Nothing to be proud of . Quebec is the only province in Canada where people are bilingual( french and english ) . The rest of Canada is very discriminatory towards the french language , cutting funds to french schools in Ontario and BC. . I cannot speak french in Toronto , nor in Vancouver or in Alberta or any other provinces . On the other end , anglophones can live all their life in english in Quebec from kindergarden to best CAnadian Universities , work , have a family , best night life and sens of communities ..... All Canadians should speak both official languages of Canada , not only in Quebec . So your comment is for english canada from coast to coast to coast ...not Quebec
@@jeanbolduc5818I guess I made a mistake. I understood your comment very well. Eventhough I've never been to Quebec, I think I judged too easy about that matter. I hope I go to Quebec someday and talk with people and feel the culture. 😊
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You're so ignorant and naive it's sad and incredible!
A nation is its people, if QC don't want to have people that don't care about us, our language, our culture and our traditions, then bye bye go back!
If you have love and humility to go into a foreign country THEN you should be accepted
If you go there with disrespect then don't expect to be respected in return
You can come as a tourist no problem but living in a foreign country without learning the language, the culture and traditions? wtf is wrong with you
You can move to Montreal without speaking French tbh.
Some ethno-nationalist Quebecois will cope and seethe about it but there's nothing they can do.
French only in a bi-lingual country.
Yes, it makes sense.....
Thats why all the money, and business went to toronto.
Anglais de marde retourne en Ontario
Im 50 , born raised and living in Montréal for all my life.
I can prove to anyone that Québec is a 2 language province.
That being said, If you move to a latin country, will you learn the basic spanish ?
Of course you will.
But people will understand you in english as well.
But in Québec, the ignorants hate hearing english because they can't speak it, thats ignorants.
But a majority of buissness on the island speak english. And Montréal is rich in english sectors and poor in french sectors.
The french speaking laws are not for everyone, for example the orthodox jewish community in Outremont dont have to speak french and don't have to send their kids to school. The westmount of Montréal is 85% rich and millionnaire all english, then the Hochelaga sector french and poor, North is mainly black, latino, french,and poor.
I speak 3 languages, i hate politics that divide, and i hate any person wanting to seperate a beautiful country.
Québec is french and ignorant.
Damn that was a dumb take
When I was growing up and living in Montreal until the late 1960's. We were English and didn't speak French as there was No need for it. We did have French neighbors who spoke English as well. Would not want to live there now. Seems they are trying desperately to save the French language. Not going to happen as it will only divide them from the rest of Canada and many parts of the world.
Perfect example of a racist Anglo-Saxon supremacist! Stay where you are, Quebec can very well do without you and your gang of contemptuous philistines.
Québec will go its own way as Alberta will in a few years
Quebec has lived in French for 400 years and does it very well, even economically, since more than 65% of its products and services are exported to the United States, Europe and China. However, the massive arrival of immigrants, all categories combined, imposed by Ottawa in recent years to the detriment of the province's reception capacity, is not without harmful consequences, as we know.
Quebecers care deeply about their language and culture, which justifies the linguistic laws adopted since the 1960s for their maintenance and protection. On this subject, the Rest of Canada (ROC) is already divided and it has been demonstrated that an independent Quebec is viable. Quebec's GDP/inhabitant is even higher than that of France, a country of 63 million inhabitants. Quebec's GDP/inhabitant is $42,804 USD ($58,642 CAD), compared to $40,886 USD for France, in 2023. Quebecers are aware of the world in which they live. Pragmatic, they are the most bilingual of Canadian citizens (46.4% of Quebecers are bilingual, compared to 9.5% in the ROC, according to the 2021 census) and submit to the requirements of the international markets with which they do business.
@@toughcookie128 The independence of Quebec is once again in the news. Although the Parti Québécois is favored by the entire electorate, remaining at the top of the polls (despite its five elected deputies/125 in 2022). If the trend continues, it could form a majority government in 2026. In this case, the PQ has promised to hold a referendum on sovereignty during its mandate. It's my dearest hope,
During the 1995 referendum, Quebec had 7.219 million inhabitants; it now has more than 9 million, thanks to mass immigration imposed by Justin Trudeau's government in recent years. If, as in 1995 refendum, 60% of French speakers remain in favor of the independence of Quebec, this is not the case for the majority of English and allophone traditionally federalists, who are increasingly numerous in the province and concentrated especially in Montreal. metropolitan area (4.5 million inhabitants). In my opinion, it will be very difficult for Quebec to become an independent and prosperous country, even if it has all the assets to get there. However, I do not despair, long live a free Quebec and Alberta (if that is its wish).
The thing is that's partly why I had a lot of trouble learning French as a kid. I was also born and raised here and most of my interactions where with people who could speak English to me and I more less avoided people who could speak only French. My parents also could not speak french themselves.
Don't come please!
as a francophone, I've had enough and our energy towards the invasion will get more ugly.
Let it be known
Quebec City is my favourite city in Canada. Montreal’s cool too, but it’s to big for my preference, but hey that’s why we live in such an interesting world. It seems to me that like 10% of the people are English and over half can speak it. However, like everyone speaks French, all most. Lol
To be honest, I dont like anglophone only speaking English in Quebec and on the other side of the coin I LOVE IT when they do learn French
Honestly in Montreal you don’t need any French. Quebec City is another story