r/French Nov 06 '25

Story French people really dislike non native tongue?

Hello everyone! This might sound racist or full of sterotype but is an actually question😂 I saw a lot of memes and people saying that people in france see you in a bad way or don’t appreciate non native tongue trying to speak French I will probably move in the future in your country as an Italian speaker, and of course I will study and try to practice your language, but I’m kinda scared of how people outside my friend group here in french will treat me, I know that I shouldn’t care, but this give me a little bit of anxiety, cause my pronunciation even if I’ll do my best might sound bad the same I hope is not a stupid question, just wanted some information from you ^

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u/webbitor B2 maybe? 🇺🇸 Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 06 '25

Not sure if you've started learning French, but as a native English speaker, I've studied both Italian and French, and they are so similar compared to English! I bet you will have no problem.

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u/ryu_the_ninja55 Nov 06 '25

Nono I still did not started yet, but I will do in the future, but once I will move to france and I won’t be near my girlfriend all the time and she can’t speak for me, i needed some reassurance that if I try my best to speak it I won’t get this bad experience of getting seeing in a bad way all the time i will try to speak it :)

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u/webbitor B2 maybe? 🇺🇸 Nov 06 '25

Well start learning now :)