odumchi:

@ OP

Nearly every person makes mistakes while speaking a non native language Africabs and Europeans included. For example look at Didier Drogba or Solomon Kalou: the type of French they speak is very different from French French. I Met someone from Burkina Faso once who spoke French and I observed that her French is almost like French-Pidgin.

Also even the title of this topic has grammatical errors such as "Speak good French" instead of "Speak French well". I'm sure you'd even find an error or two in this post that I made. Goes to show you that everyone makes mistakes.

ogugua88: Do you understand French? They don't speak as proper as you would think lol. The French they speak is quite elementary and they tend to stutter as much as our footballers do, or any footballers for that matter as they're not the brightest bunch. It's the same with other Francophone entertainers.

"Comment tu t'appelles" is the proper way of asking "what's your name?" I've heard butchered questions such as "c'est quoi ton nom" which is literally translated to "it is what your name?" My French professor used to cringe at some of the French I'd hear from Francophone Africans lol, but it's the younger generation's French.

BlackLibya: Whether or not they speak french perfectly is beyond the point. The point is they all speak French, and use it as a source of pride amongst each other. Whereas British colonies like Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya use the local languages to a large extent, and most from these countries do not even speak english beyond what anyone else in the world would speak.

The real reason for this is the French goal of "assimilation". French colonial campaigns were on average much more destructive and insulting than British campaigns. While the British often tried to work within the existing framework, the French destroyed all previous forms of govt and forced locals to accept french superiority.

The locals that were more drawn to French were given positions of power, and if you note all the French African leaders at independence had studied in Paris, and had a grand appreciation of French culture. Houphet-Boigney even said that his nation did not need independence, because they were forming a brotherhood with the French. So there you go, that is why, the French policy resulted in countries that felt France was much superior to them, and the end all be all. Girls from French West/Central Africa often dress in french styles and imitate strive for french accents, they have a stronger obsession with white people than other africans.

lepasharon: Thats not true! Ther french is not so fluent nd they often mix it with thier native language,like the comgolese,they mix french nd lingala together,im preety sure their colonial masters in france wont undastand them,

ogugua88:

"Comment tu t'appelles" is the proper way of asking "what's your name?" I've heard butchered questions such as "c'est quoi ton nom" which is literally translated to "it is what your name?" My French professor used to cringe at some of the French I'd hear from Francophone Africans lol, but it's the younger generation's French.

BlackLibya: Whether or not they speak french perfectly is beyond the point. The point is they all speak French, and use it as a source of pride amongst each other. Whereas British colonies like Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya use the local languages to a large extent, and most from these countries do not even speak english beyond what anyone else in the world would speak.

The real reason for this is the French goal of "assimilation". French colonial campaigns were on average much more destructive and insulting than British campaigns. While the British often tried to work within the existing framework, the French destroyed all previous forms of govt and forced locals to accept french superiority.

The locals that were more drawn to French were given positions of power, and if you note all the French African leaders at independence had studied in Paris, and had a grand appreciation of French culture. Houphet-Boigney even said that his nation did not need independence, because they were forming a brotherhood with the French. So there you go, that is why, the French policy resulted in countries that felt France was much superior to them, and the end all be all. Girls from French West/Central Africa often dress in french styles and imitate strive for french accents, they have a stronger obsession with white people than other africans.

Bazil: Pff but it is true that francophones do speack french better than anglophones would speack english,heck ive been to places in accra ghana wher people couldnt speack any english and u cant communicate with them if ur a foreigner,meanwhile that stuff can never happen in a francophone country.

Bazil: And by the way to the guy who said ''c'est quoi ton nom''is a butchered question,it very correct its just not formal thats all.

pleep: Seriously.

"comment tu t'appelles" doesnt even mean "what is your name" its means "what are you called." So infact the African way of saying it is a better English translation

CAMEROONPRIDE: @Afam , i thought you didn't like french and francophone , why do you care?

Afam4eva:
When did we discuss this?

CAMEROONPRIDE: we didn't, I saw it on another thread.I don't remember the name tho

Afam4eva:
I don't hate anyone abeg. We're one whether colonialists made us Anglophone or Francophone or not.

CAMEROONPRIDE: maybe, hate is a strong word, in fact you said you dislike, I think it was about Nigeria adopting French as second official language and making it mandatory, and u were replying to a certain Andre Uweh.
Anyway good to know you don't hate us for something we didn't choose.

Afam4eva:
maybe it was when a state in Nigeria wanted to adopt french as a second language aafter English. I opposed it, as i see no reason why we should not promote our indigenous languages instead of European languages. I want to believe you have a native language where you come from in Cameroon.

pleep: Seriously.

"comment tu t'appelles" doesnt even mean "what is your name" its means "what are you called." So infact the African way of saying it is a better English translation

Bazil:
Lol do not translate it word for word thats just sooo wroooong!!!do u speack french?

Bazil:
Lol do not translate it word for word thats just sooo wroooong!!!do u speack french?

pleep: ^ +1 A litte. Are you saying i am wrong or the other posters who said "comment tu t'appelles" was incorrect?