Sentences with phrase «spoke french»
He loved French culture; he'd been to Europe, spoke French and was unique in having gone on the grand tour with his banker father before World War II.
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We still spoke French at home till I was about four.
We spoke French exclusively at home.
But I'm sure they were equally frustrated that I spoke no French.
As of 2010 [update], 90.31 % of residents age 5 and older spoke English at home as a primary language, while 4.84 % spoke Spanish, 1.87 % Vietnamese, and 1.05 % spoke French.
That he spoke French with the accent of a Parisian from a well - heeled arrondissement.
When the United States Spoke French By François Furstenberg Penguin • $ 20 • ISBN 9780143127451 While you're celebrating the U.S.A.'s 239th birthday, take a look back at the early years of the young republic, when five prominent Frenchmen settled in Philadelphia and became active participants in the life of the city and the new nation.
Grandmère was from Charleston, South Carolina, but her mother's family had been from Baton Rouge, where they spoke French.
He proudly told us that he spoke French, Spanish, and English in addition to his home language of Vietnamese.
On arriving in the United States, she spoke French and...
In fact, later on Dirac apparently told a reporter, a reporter noted, that Dirac as a young boy felt that men spoke French and women spoke English.
By this account, the book is about several thousand knights and about a hundred barons and earls who spoke French.
-- Ester «I thought you spoke French.»
They only spoke French, and there were a few vegetables that we didn't know the French names for at the time and had to guess how to cook those first years!
when I spoke French.
Keita said: «I had contact with Arsene Wenger, who spoke French to me.
«I only had contact with Arsene Wenger, who spoke French to me,» he told the German publication.
They both spoke French.
Many also spoke French.
Before performing her notable role as Selene in «Underworld,» Beckinsale studied French and Russian literature at Oxford University's New College, and she still fluently speaks French and Russian as well as German.
A teenage immigrant from Hong Kong (his English remains heavily accented and he doesn't speak French), Ma opened his first venue, a Chinese and Polynesian restaurant, in 1979, at the age of 29.
«Say you're in Paris, and can't speak to your taxi driver because he only speaks French.
«For me I always saw the future and the potential of this as bringing it to the entire world,» says Stark, who has traveled extensively throughout the world and learned to speak French, German and Portuguese along the way.
In Quebec, there's the NDP's Ruth Ellen Brousseau, who barely speaks French and decided to high - ho off to Vegas during the campaign.
Kevin O'Leary can't speak French.
He is the author of two books on taxation and research methods, and he speaks French, English and Creole.
Non-data related interests include music, cycling, learning esoteric slang, and attempting to speak French.
He speaks French, English, German, Italian, and has good notions of Dutch and Spanish.
But this may not impede Amazon's chances of success because according to Wikipedia, French is only the mother tongue for 20.6 % of Canadians and only 1.5 % speak French exclusively.
The new incumbent at Lambeth Palace speaks French,... More
The new incumbent at Lambeth Palace speaks French, likes sailing and has occasionally had to look under his car to check for bombs while working on peace and reconciliation missions abroad.
In Canada we have people who speak English (Anglophones), people who speak French (Francophones) and people who speak other languages (Allophones).
«I am speaking French, I am living in France, I am dreaming in French, I want to live in France.
I stared at the heads of the crowd chatting in the background, guessing what they would be like to talk to, guessing what was being said, wishing I could speak French so I could hear their voices better.
Although honestly I'm a meat eater and speak French, so I don't remember just how vegetarian - friendly and English - friendly the menu was.
I am so thankful that she never gave up speaking French to me, today we have our own mixed up way of talking to each other in «Franglais» (part French, part English).
Now if I can only figure out how to buy / find all the ingredients while speaking French...
He is young, affordable and speaks French.
«Learning to speak French with daddy,» reads the caption, with Jorgelina clearly proud of her budding linguists.
So all 3 can speak French lol).
In his case Babcock is much better a coach than MT, but does not speak French (Heck is you listen to him he doesn't really speak English that well either) but that should not be a deterrent....
If they don't speak French they are out of favor from Le prof, this man is a disgrace whatever gratitude I had for him for the good years is long gone... he is just being stubborn to piss off the fans and anyone who does not agree with him....
I Love my heritage, both my boys (Born in the US) speak french, but I won't accept that my beloved HABS settle for less because someone puts language as the MOST important factor.
Being able to speak French to him will make life a lot easier for me.»
I know he's not French, but am I wrong in thinking that he speaks French and has lived there for a long time.
Speaks French non-terribly.
We do have a chance because he said that Henry is his idol and that is why he went to Monaco plus Wenger managed them, speaks French and Spanish plus has a bigger pull as a manager than Ancelloti or Allegri plus Juve are skint.
However Mahrez at this point in his career will be an upgrade plus he speaks French and we know our manager loves this.
Then he spoke in French to answer one question and I understood him more (and I don't speak French).
Egypt speak French as official language in addition to their mother tongue — Arabic.