| "Vous aimeriez une tasse de café ?" | | | | Quebec wouldn't you love to be able to experience all |
| "J'aimerais une tasse de café avec de la | | | | the things the locals have access to? If you learn to |
| crème et le sucre, s'il vous plait." | | | | speak and understand French you could ask the |
| Wouldn't you like to know what that question and | | | | question above and experience something that the |
| answer meant? Or how about - "Je voudrais visiter un | | | | average tourist miss out on, because it would enable |
| restaurant local où ils servent la meilleure | | | | you to say "I would like to visit a local restaurant |
| nourriture Française" | | | | where they serve French food" and you would |
| Something you may want to say while visiting Paris. | | | | understand when the person you are having the |
| These are simple every day comments that you can | | | | conversation with answered with a recommendation. |
| learn to speak and understand in a short period of | | | | Learning to speak a second language opens up a |
| time. Actually the first comment is a question asking - | | | | whole new world and being able to communicate with |
| "would you like a cup of coffee?" - Followed by the | | | | people in a foreign country - whether that is due to a |
| answer - "I would love a cup of coffee with cream | | | | trip or because of work - presents both of you with |
| and sugar, please." | | | | an experience you may not otherwise share. You are |
| It's ok to buy a phrase book from the local bookstore, | | | | much more likely to enjoy what the locals enjoy if you |
| or the airport, in a case of emergency - but how well | | | | are able to hold a conversation with them in their own |
| would that teach you to pronounce the words or aid | | | | language. |
| you in having a real conversation in French? | | | | Learn to converse in French and see which doors |
| If you had the opportunity to take a trip to Paris or | | | | open for you. |