"OK," I agree, wondering what to talk about.
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Jackie urges me to talk in full sentences now, for more repetition and comprehension. As an American, I have always wanted to speak French like Jodie Foster! Jackie's wish to conquer her thick accent and to speak street English reminds me of my own aspirations to sound like a native. Jackie shakes her head, and the look on her face is slang for nothin' doin! "I need to learn argot, too!" my daughter adds. Everyone will love your French accent!" I assure her. "But you don't have to sound like an American. The pop culture reference escapes her, but silliness is universal, and that she gets.Įnough silliness, Jackie reminds me this is serious business! She only has 5 months to learn to speak like a star-spangled ricaine! She'll spend a month in Idaho, at her grandparents', and she wants to lose her accent, rrrrapidos! " Corrige-moi!" She pleads, reminding me of her summer plans. My daughter repeats the words, impatient when I don't respond right away. She doesn't recognize Row Your Boat, but the rhyme is funny all the same. "Not 'wheely'."A wheely, I point out, "is something you do to show off on your bike! Try again. Funny how that R humbles both of us, Jackie in English-and me in French! "WWWeally," Jackie tries again, clearly struggling. "Weally!" Jackie smiles, happy to jump in. "I want to pronounce my r's like an American!" Seated beside me now, my 15-year-old is determined.
"I am so lucky to have a mom who speaks English!" Jackie acknowledged, entering my bedroom. What had been embarrassment has turned, over the past few years, into fierté.
We've come a long way since elementary school days, when my kids would stop me at the gates of their école maternelle: "Please don't talk, Mom. " Bien sûr!" I said, patting the cushion beside me. Standing in the doorway, her voice was soft: "Can we practice English?" The other night I received an unusual request from my daughter. If the Americans weren't there, you'd all be in Germany. -Michel Sardou, French singerĪ DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE. Si les Ricains n'étaient pas là, vous seriez tous en Germanie.
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Audio File: listen to Jean-Marc pronounce the French lyrics to the famous song, below: Download MP3 or Wav file
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