{"id":8768,"date":"2019-09-04T11:33:50","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T11:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.frenchlanguagesalon.com\/?p=8768"},"modified":"2020-01-21T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T21:06:30","slug":"how-to-speak-french-like-a-french-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frenchlanguagesalon.com\/french-culture-en\/how-to-speak-french-like-a-french-person\/","title":{"rendered":"How to speak French like a French person"},"content":{"rendered":"

The vocabulary and sayings that we are going to see here are to be used in a social context<\/strong><\/span>, with friends or family. When you are in a professional setting, we advise you to stay with your scholarly French and avoid any “slang” or improper language techniques.<\/p>\n

Speaking a language fluently is not only to know the words and the grammar<\/strong><\/span> of this language. It is also to understand the different meanings of the words and what they can imply both traditionally and non-traditionally. It is also knowing those little things, those little “additions” that come with the words in a conversation.<\/p>\n

To begin with, in French, we don’t say “hmm” but rather “heu…<\/strong><\/span>“ (phonetic: {\u00f8}).<\/em> A typically french sound that punctuates many conversations. To use during a pause or an hesitation.<\/p>\n