I m gonna live in Montreal but I can' t speak english very well, will it be a problem ?

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Catherine :[

WOW
non ce n'est pas un problème...
On a besoin d'immigrants francophones!
Et puis tu te débrouille bien en anglais, tu le parle assez bien pour te trouver un emploi bilingue..et ça dépend où exactement tu iras habiter..Il y a des enfroits très francophones tout comme il y a des endroits plus anglophone. Mais n'oublie pas que la langue officielle de Montréal est le Français.. Au Québec, on parle Français!
C'est seulement la ville de business de la province, c'est normal qu'il y est plus d'anglais.. Si jamais on te parle en anglais, tu n'a qu'à répondre en Français, c'est ce que la majorité des personnes font, et c'est totalement normal pour nous..c'est une vrai ville bilingue.
Bienvenue!

Si tu répond en Français ce ne sera pas bizard non non
L'anglophone en question est habitué et doit s'attendre à se faire répondre en Français puisqu'il est dans un endroit francophone..et puis pour les touristes..tu n'a qu'à faire de ton mieux, c'est tout! Eux aussi, voyagent et ne s'attendent pas à ce que tout le monde les comprennent! C'est EUX qui sont à l'étranger, toi tu es CHEZ TOI.

Es-tu déja à aller au Québec?J'ai l'impression que tu as une image très anglophone de cet endroit..Est ce que je me trompe?

cloudisland

Montreal is a fully French speaking city - you won't have any problems at all. I visit Montreal quite a lot and I have never experienced any problems there and I'm a native English speaker who speaks French pretty well, but I'm not fluent. I've never had any problems with anyone, its a great city and easy to fit in.

DBOU

Montreal is a french based city in the province of quebec. The thing about montreal is that it's very diverse, which is the reason why sometimes we have language barriers. However, there are parts of the city that are more french and other parts that are more english. If you look at the big pictures, montreal is very bilingual. There's not much hate towards one another, however it's a bit normal that each feel strongly about there roots.

John W

Your English is very good. You WILL NOT have a problem speaking only French in Montreal as French is the dominant language of the city. The stories you hear about intolerance between the French and English speaking residents is grossly overstated. You will be OK.
Bon chance!

The only ones who may mistreat you are those who would mistreat anyone anyway. Please don't lump all English speaking Canadians in the same pile. There is no hatred towards French Canadians. Whoever told you that was just plain wrong!

As for getting along in Montreal with limited English, from what I've seen, I'd say your English skills are quite good. You shouldn't have any problems whatsoever getting by in Montreal.

Justin

aucun son une province de langue française

Dianne G

i live in montreal and i am english speaking.i feel you have no reason for concern because i have many friends both french and english and have never felt any bad feelings toward the french speaking public.my having learned french was an asset for me as well.its a great place to live.i was born in ontario and came here to visit and never left.i wish you luck on your time here and i am sure you will be glad you came.

marie9

Whoever told you french is barely used in public probably lives in the the West-Island, Dorval, or Kirkland area of the city. That's where most English Montrealers live. Besides most are bilingual. There is not much french- english hatred. On or about St-Laurent street and eastwards are more French speaking such as Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Plateau Mont-Royal, Ville-Marie.
Je suppose que vous avez un accent francais de la France! Les francais de la France parle tres fort en public ca peut irriter certains surtout si c'est majoritairement anglophone.

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