French Communication Graphic Novel
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Art and French Communication/Miscommunication Pictures
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- Toys
- Pet Food
- Il disait que le chien est génial et qu’il est allergique aux chats, c’est pourquoi il s’est gratté le menton. Il parle un français débutant, alors il se trompe parfois. Désolé.
- Toys
- Pet Food
- Ah! Je comprends maintenant! Je suis désolé!
- I’m sorry too. Sorry for causing this big misunderstanding!
- Toys
- Pet Food
- Il n’a pas dit bonjour quand il est entré, il ne parlait pas français, il a dit que le chien ne valait rien et le chat est ennuyeux, et il a dit 'Tu' au lieu de 'Vous'! Il était irrespectueux!
- Il ne voulait pas être irrespectueux.
- Toys
- Pet Food
- But I never said I disliked the dog, or that the cat was boring!
- Toys
- Pet Food
- Ohhh. In French, hand signals mean different things! So when you signalled ok with this 👌, that meant ‘worthless’ to Audrey. When you scratched your chin, you did the French hand signal for ‘boring’.
- Toys
- Pet Food
- You also didn’t use the correct pronoun when speaking with her in French, so you were inadvertently rude. And there’s an unspoken French rule that jokes should be witty, so your joke wasn’t funny.
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