Originally Posted by
zweitesmal2
I'm struggling with Duo Lingo also (French). I'll be in rural France this summer and it doesn't look like I'll be moving past the phrase "I don't understand". I will say, based on some time I spent in Greece (where I used a handwritten cheat sheet) that numbers (quantities) and time (today, tomorrow etc.) are helpful. Please, sorry and thank you are the most important words to use. Have a wonderful trip!
we'went to france last fall. Not many English speakers in the rural areas. We were in Normandy, Brittany and the Loire Valley. Paris was easy.
I am fluent in French. That wasimportant in our little B&B in Brittany. The hosts didn't speak English nor did the other guests.