FRENCH NATIONALITY INTERVIEW | Could YOU have passed? Some of my French citizenship questions here!

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Applying for French nationality to become a French citizen has a lot of the normal administrative paperwork that one comes to expect in France! But the French nationality application also has an interview/test as part of the process and that's where things get exciting when it comes to attaining and obtaining French citizenship!
This video focuses on the french nationality test on my journey to obtain french citizenship by naturalization. Would you be able to respond to the questions that the french administration asked me during my interview based on all the information in the livret du citoyen? Even if you haven't lived 5 years in France, or if you're French and grew up in France, check out the video to hear some of the questions I was asked and see if you could have passed the test to become a French citizen and get that coveted French passport!
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VIDEO GUIDE:
1. "1:56" What are the symbols of France?
2. "2:39" Who is the Marianne?
3. "3:22" What republic are we in?
4. "3:54" Who was the 1st president during the 5th Republic and what year did the 5th Republic start?
5. "4:33" When was the French revolution
6. "4:53" Who was the king and queen during the French revolution?
7. "5:21" What year did the legal age of an adult become 18?
8. "5:58" When was the death penalty abolished?
9. "6:41" Name a famous non French person who contributed to French culture
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@jean-micheltentacule7931 4 жыл бұрын

6/10 and I didn't know about 1958. Don't know if it's enough to stay French. 🤔 But I guess the real way to prove you're worthy of becoming French is to complain about the question when you don't know the answer. 😂

@olivierclaverie6722 4 жыл бұрын

Well, to complain about the question even when you have the correct answer is the real French attitude! 🤣

@habsheim0 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@TheGrandy123 4 жыл бұрын

🤣 and strike in front of the building !!

@omnilink33 4 жыл бұрын

I'm going to complain about your comment.

@joeldumas5861 3 жыл бұрын

Si tu as oublié 1958 et Charles de Gaulle, il suffit de se souvenir que Charly Gaul a remporté le Tour de France en 1958. Facile !

@Titri79 4 жыл бұрын

En théorie tous les français devraient pouvoir répondre à ces questions puisqu'on les apprend à l'école (histoire et éducation civique) mais dans la pratique je dois avouer que j'ai oublié certaines dates 😅

@alekshar9690 4 жыл бұрын

Personnellement, l'abolition de la peine de mort et la majorité a 18 ans sont des dates que je n'ai jamais croisé en éducation civique. Pas plus que les «personnalités non-françaises ayant inspiré la culture française» (qui implique déjà un débat en soit sur ce qu'on appelle la culture française)

@meneldal 4 жыл бұрын

Les 18 ans je pensais à quand le vin est passé de 16 à 18, pas quand le vote est passé à 18. 1958 je suis pas 100% sûr que je l'aurai eu, plus ou moins 2 ans, la peine de mort je sais que c'est Mitterand donc j'aurai fait le calcul et donné une année au pif de son premier septennat. Pour la culture j'aurai dit les étrangers qui ont passé leur vie à Paris (surtout les écrivains). En gros les personnages de Midnight in Paris.

@Awelbeckk 4 жыл бұрын

Perso j'ai jamais appris ces dates à l'école non plus, mais j'ai retenu que c'est Giscard qui a changé la date de la majorité à son arrivé au pouvoir (74) et Mitterand qui a aboli la peine de mort à son arrivé aussi (81)

@midom9143 4 жыл бұрын

@@alekshar9690 Jacques Brel est un on exemple... sinon de nos jours Stromae... (Belge tous les deux) Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso (je crois)....

@alekshar9690 4 жыл бұрын

@@midom9143 faut-il considérer Picasso et Van gogh comme de la culture, a fortiori française (vous avez 4 heures) ? Pour ma part, je n'ai jamais entendu parlé que de Picasso à l'école parmi cette liste, et sans la moindre question de nationalité autour de lui (je le croyait uniquement espagnol d'ailleurs)

@Toghebon 4 жыл бұрын

Actually the correct answer to "When was the French Revolution" is "Wait, which one?" :D

@nourryvincent9680 4 жыл бұрын

Yes and no, because if France experience lots of revolution, the "Révolution française" with a capital R always refer to the 1789 one

@arthurb2038 4 жыл бұрын

I literally thought the same!!

@hddune786 4 жыл бұрын

And an actual french way to animate a debat or a soirée is to question "Was the Commune* a true Révolution ?" (* : easily switchable with Mai 68)

@woip7761 4 жыл бұрын

@@hddune786 Definitely not. It lacked chopped heads...

@jc-annecouturier2634 3 жыл бұрын

reply to Edward Wong -well the answer is right after France went bankrupt after helping America to gain their independence from the UK ( AMRICANS DO YOU STILL REMENBER??)

@alexandriagrolleau6002 4 жыл бұрын

I got the French nationality through marriage. Our questions were very different. First, we had to go as a couple and then asked questions about our way of life. Next, I was kicked out of the room for a bit while my husband was asked questions about our life and then I was to match those answers when he was kicked out. He forgot our last vacation trip while I hadn't so we didn't agree on that one. The questions were like "Who does the dishes?" "Who takes out the trash?" She asked about our anniversary, our first meeting, his first meeting with my parents, and those types of things. Then came the French questions similar to yours. I was alone at that point and she asked for symbols and maybe one other thing before asking me why I wanted to become French. I gave her a long list. The proof that we were an actual couple and not a fake one was that I was pregnant at the time, due the next month, and I told her that my husband didn't want any more. He also told her this, saying we didn't agree. I got my way though and am expecting my second in April. The lady who interviewed us was confident that I would win the argument.

@saltandlight2717 Жыл бұрын

Hey thank you for sharing this! I just want to share you that there is always love, hope, forgiveness of sins and eternal life in Jesus. If you come to Him with a sincere and humble repented heart, He can save you and forgive you and give you abundance of joy, love and peace and eternal life. Believe in Jesus: He is The Son of God, He died for our sins and He rose from the dead, Believe in Jesus. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” -Romans 10:9 Repent and Believe in Jesus.

@truenorthtarot 4 жыл бұрын

I'm actually doing my interview this year so thank you so much for this video, it's been super useful!

@NiceButBites 2 жыл бұрын

Any update on your status, did you pass?... :D

@JD987abc 4 жыл бұрын

What a fantastic channel. Fun and very informative. Ive subscribed and will be tuning in regularly. Joe, your biggest fan in Cape May

@soniaho5173 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video :) Your content and resources are really helpful!

@norbertfontaine8524 4 жыл бұрын

One of my friends, an Iranian (now French too), applied last year. Le lady who conducted the interview asked him as a final question what was his prefered French dish. He said "La tartiflette !" (which is really his prefered French dish). He passed. ;-)

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Love that questions and LOVE the tartiflette. Though, i am partial to a good raclette!!

@lasuria7124 4 жыл бұрын

In tartiflette we trust !

@norbertfontaine8524 4 жыл бұрын

@KB1523 That would be a question to get the American citizenship. French and European humor in general is somewhat more subtle. My friend, when I first knew him, used to introduced himself as a Persian instead of Iranian. I asked him why he did that, he told me that the Iranians living in the united states have to do that if they want to avoid harrassement, be called terrorists and such niceties by proud American citizens. I said "Why! You're not in the united states. Relax, you're safe here, France is a free country.

@shaezbreizh86 4 жыл бұрын

actualy that huge topic of debat xD many consider " la raclette " being way better ;)

@shaezbreizh86 4 жыл бұрын

@KB1523 like if yu ask an american he will answer any missile, but i prefer the one we drop on japanese town cause they were bigger

@paulsmithcdj 4 жыл бұрын

In my interview they didn’t ask anything about the livret, it was just a general discussion about my time in France, why I was applying, family situation,etc., it was the same for my wife. The French language test before we applied for naturalization was a lot more stressful! We are French now by the way!

@ruddywashington6502 2 жыл бұрын

You are just one LUCKY person ...I am to ha e an interview soon , I am having anxiety stress

@vijayalakshmivettrivel2062 Жыл бұрын

Pls can you tell me what is the language level need to get French nationality thank you very much

@saltandlight2717 Жыл бұрын

Hey thank you for sharing this. I just want to share you that there is always love, hope, forgiveness of sins and eternal life in Jesus. If you come to Him with a sincere and humble repented heart, He can save you and forgive you and give you abundance of joy, love and peace and eternal life. Believe in Jesus: He is The Son of God, He died for our sins and He rose from the dead, Believe in Jesus. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” -Romans 10:9 Repent and Believe in Jesus.

@roxanne_george 4 жыл бұрын

I can't BELIEVE you applied last year and you've passed your interview already! In most French prefectures, the average waiting time between application and interview is 3 years now and keeps growing. You're one lucky girl!

@paulsmithcdj 4 жыл бұрын

I applied in July 2017 and had the interview in September 2018! It all depends on your Prefecture.

@advancednationality7651 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video with great explanations.

@PixeliSimmer 4 жыл бұрын

This was so freaking fun to watch! First of all, L O V E your personality, or should I say, _j'adore ta personnalité(e?)..._ I'm still learning French, be nice! Haha! But I learned so much from this! You're in the shoes I hope to be in some day (An American living and working abroad and working on naturalization,) so it's always so nice to see these kinds of videos. And!! I'll admit, I'm 110% one of those Americans that cannot pass the test we give to people wanting to become citizens here. LOL!

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I took the test for the american one from the New York Times and did not pass at all either!!

@EmilieWhoknows 4 жыл бұрын

It's exactly "j'adore ta personnalité" (there is no additionnal "e"... I'm very aware about how to write french since... since forever ^^ as well... I french. Yes I know its a bit like cheating lol)

@EmilieWhoknows 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, so finally you really wanna be a french citizen. How can I tell you how flattered I feel right now ! Thanks a lot really for wanting to be one of us :D 💛💛💛💛 I wish you the best luck in that application, and overall simply the best about anything :D luv. XXX

@shaezbreizh86 4 жыл бұрын

it's also a requirment, be patient when using administration xD watch the scene about " formulaire " in " les douzes travaux d'asterix " video it's old but pretty accurate xD kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZijqJqUx9KRoI0.html

@artemisr2080 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video 😊

@wir6228 4 жыл бұрын

Ah ah !! Very very good video with lots of fin ! ^_^ The answers to the questions in the beginning seems so obvious to a french citizen so that we could stay speech less to answer :-D Will you do a video to explain why you applied to the french nationality ? Because I'm really surprised of that choice ;-)

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

i wondered how easy it would be for the French! Especially the ones at the beginning!

@didierbernard2526 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo ! Prochaine étape après la nationalité Française ... adopter la langue française, y compris dans les vidéos.

@julie-yr4rf 4 жыл бұрын

Bonne chance! J’ai trouvé les questions bien choisies, pour la 8 je savais que c’était Valery Giscard d’Estaing dans les années 70, mais je n’avais pas la date exacte!

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup!!

@jean-noelthomas 2 жыл бұрын

Josephine Baker is entering to French "Pantheon". You were definetly right. I am french and I didn't remember 1974 for 18 majority. But all other questions were easy...

@crypt0zen137 3 жыл бұрын

OMG thanks so much for this ...

@grietga 4 жыл бұрын

Fingers crossed! I myself became American about a year ago. We had a party at home to celebrate with friends and l kept my little American flag they gave me at the Oath Ceremony as a souvenir! Pretty sure it will work out for you and that you will celebrate with lots of camembert, saucisson, vin rouge et berets basques!

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

How fun! Congrats on being American! I will absolutely celebrate with all my favorite french delights if i get a positive answer! :)

@Nanou197373 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, well done for knowing all this. You'll be fine! I'm French & based in the UK. I've had some of these questions coming up for the life in Britain, they're very similar in nature. Symbols of France: my first instinct was to think of "liberté, égalité, fraternité" but I wouldn't have thought of naming the French language even if that's so obvious! Easy to not think of it.... 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Yes, no problem. 7th about when was the age of 18 as adulthood was decided, I wouldn't have known (although with some hints, I'd have ended up guessing), 8 no problem. 9, Josephine Baker is a great choice indeed. Also Jane Birkin, Joe Dassin, Jacques Brel (he was Belgian), Demis Roussos, Dalida.... There's so many. Bonne chance

@anyou76 3 жыл бұрын

I would add Karl Lagerfeldt, he was German

@cyrillehumbert5732 4 жыл бұрын

G' day, i am a frenchie, just received my Australian citizenship. I also had to pass a similar test, with questions that most Australians would not answer correctly. also had to pass two english tests that most aussies would fail as well. It s pretty normal in most countries. Put it that way, should you go pass your driving license again, unprepared. Would you pass ? may be not, even if you have been driving for years. All the best for your french citizenship, i am absolutely confident you ll be fine. Welcome in France. ( i had all the right answers for your french test by the way, i believe many people do, however, some of these questions are irrelevant and we should focus on more important matters when it comes to immigration, like your opinions about freedom of speech, freedom of religions, freedom of blasphemy, humans rights in general pretty much.)

@MmeCathy01 4 жыл бұрын

9/10. La dernière question m'a foutu dans le jus. Mais je trouve quand même les questions hyper simples.

@baristacaffe8937 Жыл бұрын

Really I love you and your voice ☺️😘

@sl5311 Жыл бұрын

I just never would have your courage to do that. Wow.

@RGSuperfan 4 жыл бұрын

Belive it or not, but I'm French and on the last question, I thought about Josephine Backer too 😃

@mounirsydney1338 4 жыл бұрын

First at all Kate congratulations for your French Nationality . I got maybe 2 out of 10 ..... however for the Australian one I might have 12 out of 10 haha .

@Diplomatecogirl 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly these are stuff we're suppose to learn at some point in history class in France and as my sister is still in Highschool it's still pretty fresh for me but I'm not sure every french would know....

@mohammedaktherhossain9886 4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup!!

@frederic4844 4 жыл бұрын

Well, I don’t know what to think about these questions. Certainly knowing about french history, institutions and culture is a part of being French but I think that most french highschool students would, at best, go for an educated guess on the date of the death penalty abolition or when was the majority switched to 18. Some historical dates actually belong more to the cultural background than to historical knowledge and would ring an instantaneous bell in a french mind. So I’d rather go for questions like : -Can you cite 3 important dates in french history ? Or - Could you tell me what happened on June the 18th 1940? In 1905 ? than asking for the date of a particular event... Anyway, I wish you all the best for your application 🙂

@Tranbify 4 жыл бұрын

About the death penalty abolition, I would strongly advise to read « Le Dernier Jour d’un Condamné » written by Victor Hugo. A major (and short) book around this subject.

@PyromancerRift 4 жыл бұрын

Thank god i can keep my french nationality. I knew the answers. Let me take a nap between 2 pause café.

@hicetnuncmonamour 4 жыл бұрын

9 out 10 Didn't know about question 7.

@perrotfrancois6683 4 жыл бұрын

I got 10/10, while Choosing JJ Rousseau (Swiss citizen) as major contributor to French culture.. Will pass the tip to wife for 1958, 1974 and 1981..

@mitsubachi6865 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a French native person and I had 8/10. Honestly, most of us wouldn't know about the precise date from when Charles De Gaulle was President, nor the date when the legal age changed from 21 to 18. Those two are really tricky. Congratulations if you answered correctly. You can brag about it.

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

haha i studied so much that I can't even brag about it!

@emmawelborn9445 4 жыл бұрын

Omg I was going to say Josephine Baker!!! (Also I have taken 4 French history courses and I didn’t know 8 of the questions)

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Wohoo! I was the josephine baker fan too. I learned a lot of stuff in the livret du citoyen that i didn't know as a french major!

@naomie6415 4 жыл бұрын

I am British living In France, i have been thinking about applying for French nationality beacuse of Brexit..... after watching this I need to study lol!!! Thanks for the heads up!!!

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Check out the livret du citoyen! I made about 100 notecards to study 😂

@EmilieWhoknows 4 жыл бұрын

Hey dear, if you got any question about france, just dont hesitate to ask ;) I'll be happy to help ya if I can (I dont know everything as there is way too much to know, but I know many really, i'm not exactly 20 years old :p) Hugz.

@bibouba6661 4 жыл бұрын

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified My husband had only one question : what means Fraternity and how can you see it in the french institution (1946 the "social security"). He was so disapointed that he asked if he could sing "La marseillaise".

@nasteehaqueen7668 4 жыл бұрын

I’m French I want to be a british hhh

@Awelbeckk 4 жыл бұрын

9.5 out of 10. I got Charles de Gaule but not the year. And I wouldn't French language as a French symbol since it is used as nationnal language by other countries.

@lavinder11 4 жыл бұрын

5/10 .... Goes to show how useful those ancient history courses I took are. 😂

@chifoumi5251 4 жыл бұрын

Hi :) Je n’avais pas la date du passage à l’âge adulte à 18 ans... et je dois avouer que la première question est piegeuse avec le français ^^

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

C'est pas facile l’âge adulte à 18 ans!

@hztm 4 жыл бұрын

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Je savais que mon père est devenu majeur quand cette loi est passée alors j'ai pensé 73, 75, et évidemment, c'était 74 😁

@mariyahudick1534 4 жыл бұрын

Here's the thing about the US naturalization multiple choice exam... you are given all the questions and answers prior to taking the exam. Sure, only 30% of Americans pass (because most people don't remember Civics & Government 101), but you can fully prepare for the exam. The interview portion is... interesting. They recite a passage and you have to write it down. Then they ask you some questions (like who is your representative) and then some basic comprehension. My parents' exam proctors were super sweet and accommodating. My exam proctor, on the other hand, was really mean. Ultimately I passed because I had been in the US from first grade and can speak without a hint of an accent. I was able to push back with her. However, if my mother had this proctor, she probably would have failed the verbal section. All in all, the multiple choice exam is the easy part...

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the information on the American side of it! I clearly didn't know the multiple choice test was the easiest part!

@mariyahudick1534 4 жыл бұрын

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Most US born citizens don't, and that's ok! I went through a 12 year process ro naturalize so I'm always happy to share that perspective :)

@aaronmcdaid5981 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not French (I'm Irish), but I enjoyed following along to this For symbols, I would have said food (wine + cheese), the Eiffel Tour. I woulda mentioned the Statue Of Liberty too, a gift from France to the US. I had no idea about Marianne. I'm always a bit suspicious of symbols; too often they become a substitute for something more important I knew about the five republics, and I guessed the fifth one started with De Gaulle. But I would have guessed it was just after the second world war; 1958 is much later than I expected. I think everybody with any knowledge of any European history knows when the French revolution was, even without remembering the exact year :-) I might have mixed up Louis XIV and XVI. I gotta check them out again after watching this! I had no idea about the last few questions

@LouLouTooPaToow 4 жыл бұрын

French here, got 5.5 (had charles de gaulle but not the year) also, is Marie Curie ok for question 10? If so, that would give me a 6.5/10

@thomasfaux3699 4 жыл бұрын

Just asked my French partner the questions. She got 3 out of 9

@sahdelovetv8328 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣 lol

@fabienbedot9645 4 жыл бұрын

10/10 mais j’ai fait des études d’histoire, donc rien de bien sorcier pour moi. La question des symboles ne veut pas dire grand chose en fait : à part Marianne, il n’y a pas vraiment de symboles officiels... la question évoquerait plutôt l’imagerie traditionnelle de la France je trouve. Pour les non-français ayant apporté des choses importantes en France, j’aurai cité Leonard de Vinci, les Medecis ou Mazarin par exemple... sinon on pourrait s’amuser à citer Charlemagne que nous partageons avec l’Allemagne ;)

@reguisthesjw7796 4 жыл бұрын

I passed ! fingers crossed ! Merde 😊

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Good job!

@Crisetig 4 жыл бұрын

I am a french citizen since 2000... nobody asked me anything...but I would have known almost all the answers.... Et bienvenue parmi nous! J' adore votre choix de Josephine Baker, une vraie heroine!

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup and congrats on 20 years as a Frenchie!

@Crisetig 4 жыл бұрын

@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Thank you...but after you got the french nationality, il faut parler que du Francais (la loi Toubon.. :-) )

@Ianassa91 4 жыл бұрын

I only got 2 right (well maybe 3 if you can pass the symbols question without mentioning the language). I guess should I ever want to be french (which I doubt), I would take the foreign legion route.

@remyge.8807 4 жыл бұрын

I didn't remember 1958 and 1974... Shame! Highschool was a long time ago... The last question is tricky too, Marie Slodowska-Curie, Jacques Brel... Can we say George Washington? He created a historical french connection with Lafayette. I believe everything about the interview is in the first question : the language and general interest... I remember when my wife got her french citizenship, a movie explained her rights (vote, passeport... )... and duties. She already knew the taxes, but she met Charles de Gaulle, the aircraft carrier, as a reminder of her new allegiance in wartime. That was unexpected... Wish you a quick positive answer! It's great to be one out of many 😉

@EmilieWhoknows 4 жыл бұрын

Actually, im french and I didnt remember either. If it may be very important to become french, be aware that most french dont know and dont care ;) hugs 💛

@loustic59vda 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, we live under the Fifth Republic principles, as Macron about NATO which would be in state of cerebral death, personaly, I think that the Fifth Republic is also in state of cerebral death. I hope France will grant your French citizenship. You match with all criterias apparently, married with a French man, children, you respect the principles of living in French society and mainly you accept them. Good Luck

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@MrShenhai 2 жыл бұрын

I love early music, so I would have answered Jean-Baptiste Lully (who was an Italian-born composer) for the last question.

@ordinosaurs 4 жыл бұрын

I've read most of the comments, and I saw no one picked up on the numbering of the current political regime, the 5th Republic. While chronologically correct, the reason to increment the number is not because of an historical event, but very simply because a new social contract (a constitution) is voted either by congress or referendum to replace the previous one. Not simply amended by new articles or rewriting some parts. So, counting up from the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme in 1789, we have the first Republic during the revolution. Then, after Napoleon's coup, the Republic ceases to exist during the 1st Empire and the Restauration Monarchique (Louis XVIII, Charles IX, Louis Philippe). Then we have a very short lived interim 2nd Republic under the presidency of Bonaparte, the nephew of Napoleon, until he himself overthrows the IInd Republic and recreates his uncle's Empire, the 2nd one. He loses against the Prussians in 1870, and this gives way to another Constitution, creating the IIIrd Republic. This one will last until it is overthrown by Pétain and the creation of the sinister État Français during the 2nd WW. After the war, a special Assembly ("Constituante") is created to vote the 4th Constitution in 1946, signalling the beginning of the IVth Republic. The political organisation stemming from this text leads to very fragile governments and a high turnover of "Présidents du Conseil" (Prime Ministers). At the time France is fighting in the colonies and no real consensus can be achieved, so De Gaulle is called back on the promise to create a more efficient atmosphere (or a quasi dictatorship if you were to believe his opponents). Anyway, the 5th Constitution is adopted in 1958 ushering us in the Vth Republic. This Constitution remains the same number but has since been heavily amended, and a chunk of the radical left opposition has been clamouring recently to put on the table a new draft for a 6th Constitution. This concept may be a little bit difficult to grasp for US citizens who have enjoyed the same Constitution since the beginning of their country ;-)

@jossyDread 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to hear you speak french in your of your next videos, I love the american accent

@Pakal77 4 жыл бұрын

Spend some times in Texas, you will be rewarded :D

@norbertfontaine8524 4 жыл бұрын

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@norbertfontaine8524 4 жыл бұрын

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@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

As norbet said, you can check it out here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdOKqMd2v5Owd6s.html

@artnodulot1525 4 жыл бұрын

8/10 la premiere question un peu piége parce que le français c est la langue pas un symbole .j avais pensé au coq

@jf1083 4 жыл бұрын

I m French, and get 9/10. I'm happy 😊.

@HotaruChuu 4 жыл бұрын

French born and raised and history major it would have been really shameful had i not been able to answer these lol The last one is so interesting because France was literally built on immigration and so many people contributed to what we are today ^^ so that's pretty cool!

@JackJack-pr6mv 2 жыл бұрын

@HotaruChuu 2 жыл бұрын

@@JackJack-pr6mv lol no to... which part exactly?

@daedalron 4 жыл бұрын

I paused at each question to have time to answer myself. I would have had a hard time at question 1 (too vague, what do you call a symbol? I would have explained the flag and how it came to be, what each colour represent). I also had no idea about question 8 (date for majority at 18). There are also a few I got right, but I wasn't absolutely sure (date of 5th republic, date of abolition of death penalty).

@christianjambou8208 4 жыл бұрын

Chopin, Marie Curie, Picasso, Aznavour, Brel

@bobiboulon 4 жыл бұрын

Being French, things that I didn't get right or didn't think of: Q1 - The language... really? Language is a symbol? O.o Q5 - Didn't remembered the date. Q8 - I just had no idea of when it changed. I would have guess in the 20s... Q9 - I was thinking 1982 instead of 1981. About Q10, that's a very strange question. Basicly every scientist or inventor from foreign country that had an impact on the world, had an impact on our society. And then you could had a bunch of artists, politicians, philosophers, and so on. France is not an enclosed system, so the whole world can potentialy influence our society in some way. Good luck for your naturalization!

@daedalron 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the last question is strange. You could also technically name people who were not french, because France didn't exist back then, but which were major figures of our past (Vercingetorix for example, or Julius Cesar).

@bobiboulon 4 жыл бұрын

@@daedalron Yes, totally! :)

@Subhan.k. 4 жыл бұрын

Hello , is it ok if I am married with someone from another nationality but I live in France can I apply for French nationality ?

@julienf2301 4 жыл бұрын

Question 8 was difficult, my answer would only have been "somewhere in the 70's, with VGE" but nobody cares about the exact year, usually that's not seen as a major event. Question 10 was maybe a tiny bit difficult but I would have it right with for instance Léopold Sédar Senghor or Marie Curie, or even Missak Manouchian. All the other questions sounded quite trivial to me. I've heard versions of this test with much more difficult questions, you've probably been lucky. So I would have got 9/10.

@MadManchou 4 жыл бұрын

Can you really be considered "not french" when you have been a deputy in the National Assembly?

@julienf2301 4 жыл бұрын

@@MadManchou That could be arguable, but I think you can. Not only there is a distinction between nationality and citizenship, but on top of that he is born as a "sujet de l'Empire français", he only became a French citizen at the age of 30, through naturalisation. If you take away from the "non-French" category all the people who have been naturalised, you don't have many important non-French people left who have contributed to the French society. Then the question would become really difficult (Missak Manouchian would still work, but Marie Curie wouldn't neither).

@MadManchou 4 жыл бұрын

There are hundreds of non(never)-french people who greatly contributed to french culture. French-speaking Belgian and Swiss people to begin with (JJ Rousseau) ; then also Americans (B Franklin) ; Irish (S Beckett) ; Italians (most Renaissance artists, inc of course Leonardo da Vinci) ; British (W Churchill, Henry Lancaster), and so on and so forth.

@julienf2301 4 жыл бұрын

@@MadManchou It's easy to bypass the problem you're introducing by considering times when the modern concept of citizenship didn't exist yet, but it's cheating ;) Moreover, people like Leonard de Vinci did actually get some kind of French citizenship : François Ier gave him a "lettre de naturalité". Also, I would not count as "contributing to the French society" people like B. Franklin and W. Churchill who were seen as such for diplomatic reasons. Samuel Becket might be a good one, it seems that indeed he has not asked for the French citizenship (but I keep thinking that this is a very administrative criterion, based on details for which you have to search deeply into the Wikipedia pages, which are not very relevant, and which is probably not what the immigration service are looking for in a naturalisation procedure in which they are mostly thinking about what you could bring to France after your naturalisation) There are also a bunch of Romanian writers who have been writing in French, without having been French nor part of the French Empire. Those would make very good examples. But nobody in France knows them so it's still very difficult to come up with a name.

@gengis737 4 жыл бұрын

@@julienf2301 I think Eugene Ionesco is rather well known, is theatre is (was?) studied in French school. Also cuban José Maria de Heredia wrote poems directly in French (but is not much known)

@ChatonQuiMiaule 3 жыл бұрын

You can also find a Marianne on certain official seals.

@sangeethasiby906 3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou

@carola-lifeinparis 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much :) I am not French but I live in Paris, and I would have gotten question 5, 8 and 9 completely wrong. I actually will not apply for the nationality in 2022 as the German passport has too many advantages and the French one is a little bit below, but it is great to know what I still need to learn. Oh, by the way, the picture you described is already in the public domain, so it would have been no problem to show it!

@nickduf 4 жыл бұрын

What exactly is the difference between the two passports because they give access to the same number of countries!!!!

@carola-lifeinparis 4 жыл бұрын

@@nickduf Germany has 189 and is 3rd place, France has 186 and is 6th place. But even if it was the other way around, why bother? I will still have my foreign accent when speaking French so people will know I am actually not really French, and why bother when my passport gives me the right to stay without limits or any visa? If there is Frexit, I might rethink it, or just go back. But I will read the book, the livret citoyen, to brush up on all the things I do not know.

@nickduf 4 жыл бұрын

@@carola-lifeinparis You are the one who seems to be concerned about the filing of your passport, and the figures in question are inaccurate.

@carola-lifeinparis 4 жыл бұрын

My intention was to thank her for the video, which I found very informative and entertaining (actually probably the most informative KZfaq video I watched that day), even though I won't be in that exam.

@morganeleroy8175 4 жыл бұрын

I would have gotten right answers everywhere except on the date when becoming an adult changed. And I mean, what is even the point of this question? Knowing the age when you become an adult is important. Knowing the date when that age changed...who cares about that? The question about the symbols is tricky too, in my opinion!

@arletteadechoubou578 3 жыл бұрын

Josephine Baker had french nationality too.

@y7k273 2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly the French National Day is not based on the 14th of July 1789 but on the 14th of July 1790 for the "Fête de la Fédération". Later the revolution of 1789 was just added as a reason to celebrate the 14th of July. Virtually nobody knows this and I didn’t for most of my life. Thought it would be fun to share :)

@monikaradzaj7407 Жыл бұрын

For the question at 6:41 , does Marie Curie and Adam Mickiewicz count?

@michaelheitz1355 4 жыл бұрын

Je suis américain. J'ai oublié les dates 1974 et 1981. Pour le non- français, j'ai choisi Chopin.

@jean-noelthomas 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent choix. je sui très impressionné que vous ayez aussi bien réussi!

@skebir2506 4 жыл бұрын

How did you manage to get an appointment on the internet?

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Once you have sent in your paperwork, they send you the appointment time. You don't get to chose to time or date on the internet. They choose everything for you!

@augth 4 жыл бұрын

Got them all but it was really tricky (especially 1974). J’ai eu tout bon mais c’est vraiment vicieux, surtout la date de la majorité (1974).

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

oui les dates sont le plus dur!

@AlainNaigeon 3 жыл бұрын

Oui d'accord ! Je savais que c'était Giscard, mais de là à donner l'année *exacte*, faut pas pousser. Je trouve que c'est beaucoup plus grave de vouloir du Coca dans un bon restau !

@jackbrown8052 3 жыл бұрын

9/10 but I live in Canada, the UK and the US, citizen of Canada, the UK and US so I've had probably more education about France than most people. Did your interviewer ask any questions related to the help France gave to the US during America's fight for independence from the UK? What about France's gift of the Statue of Liberty? Does the interview have to be all in French or are there allowances for those with limited French?

@ilyes9890 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't mind me asking what you do for living?

@sebastienguyomard6877 4 жыл бұрын

Bonne chance

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@davidwiesner1719 Жыл бұрын

The Drinking Age in the U.S. is determined by the States. It is not federally mandated. States can lower the age if they choose. However, any state that chooses not to comply with the 21 age limit has up to 10 percent of its federal highway funds withheld. As such, all states have adopted the 21 age.

@1000eau 4 жыл бұрын

9/10 I thought majority was at 18 since 1972, I read it like once in a school history book and we never talked about it in class...

@MmeCathy01 4 жыл бұрын

Non, 1974 est juste.

@rachelec5061 4 жыл бұрын

8/10 pas mal ! Je suis très nulle avec les dates

@Voronochka262 3 жыл бұрын

As an american applying for French citizenship, do you have to give up your US citizenship?

@walterdrosengarten56 3 жыл бұрын

SVP was the conversation in French or English?

@christinelachance8012 3 жыл бұрын

In French of course! You need to know the language to assimilate

@ranyleemalika6913 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, i just want to tell u something : this test is "not" an "national test" : The most questions are similair but questions depend who ask 🙂

@tinus1429 4 жыл бұрын

RANYLEE malika nice spelling

@ranyleemalika6913 4 жыл бұрын

@@tinus1429 thanks U ( but i thinks i suck 😂😂)

@pavelvenediktov4049 4 жыл бұрын

I'd definitely only have the decade right for the death penalty abolition and the call back of de Gaulle... Very few would have answered correctly, I'm sure. Well done :-)

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

Lots of studying!! 😀

@AlainNaigeon 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have to get a 10/10 ? I got 7, fortunately I' am French, and was before the questions ! :-)

@swetha_ 4 жыл бұрын

Do I have to answer these questions in French only or english ?

@christinelachance8012 3 жыл бұрын

In French of course!

@Fritz_MUELLER 4 жыл бұрын

Did you get that french nationality ?

@stephenkingful264 10 ай бұрын

So assuming you got 5/10, would it fail you? Do you necessarily have to get all correct to pass?

@notarobot5558 4 жыл бұрын

How many questions were there. Which part of the US you're from

@notarobot5558 4 жыл бұрын

Chicago pizza... i did not connect those dots

@sreedev2077 3 жыл бұрын

Soo language is not necessary inorder to get French citizenship?

@rushdialrashed9627 4 жыл бұрын

Salut. U kinda’ look like Claudia Schiffer. Greetings ya from Dubai.

@osez111 4 жыл бұрын

Bon, la 2, j'aurais répondu "une femme de petite vertu" (et pour le tableau de Delacroix, il représente en fait les émeutes de 1830) Qeustion 6: laquelle ? 1789 ? 1792 ? 1830 ? 1848 ? 1871 ? question 9: ça dépend des crimes. (en passant, l'abolition de la peine de mort etait deja en discussion en 1907 mais une certaine affaire de meurtre d'enfant, l'affaire Albert Soleilland, a coupé court aux débats)

@TheFrederic888 3 жыл бұрын

I was caught off guard by the first question, i thought “the Eiffel tower” 😂. I got correct all following questions.

@fredericj9514 4 жыл бұрын

I had heard about this test but thanks for your video. Just for context, not only am I French, I also teach French and French civilization. Yet... I didn't get all of the answers. Of course some are quite subjective, some I consider nearly wrong, and some... just have no relevance! For instance the French language as a symbol of the country? I disagree. Sure it was born here and it's important, but it's also widely shared across the word, there are more French speakers in Congo Kinshasa alone that in all of France! It's like English being a symbol of the UK, many people would say "hey, what about us?". Question 8, I had no idea. And mostly, what's the point ? You need to know the legal age, who cares when it changed? Same with question 9, I was in the ballpark but not sure of the exact date. 2 questions about the Revolution? Yes that should have been a turning point in our history, but it's hardly the only important bit. The good thing is that apparently they changed some questions. I had heard of much more specific and difficult ones about history and geography, with some expected answers being plain wrong!

@martinasandoval5326 3 жыл бұрын

The citizenship in the US is not multiple choice. You have to learn the answers to the questions and they will ask them during the interview. There are about 100 questions

@senoritaakki9142 4 жыл бұрын

hello i have doubt , can children of 1 or 2 age get french nationality along when parents apply for french nationality

@belimugi820 4 жыл бұрын

Yes they can apply too, but u must mention your own application in theirs

@thecatisoutofthebag83 3 жыл бұрын

If they were born in France, they are automatically French citizens (droit du sol).

@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын

I'm French by being born to a French mother but in the UK, and I would have struggled with some of the more random questions, though I wasn't educated in France, and it's not just downloaded into my brain judt because I have French blood

@jmf2274 3 жыл бұрын

I an French and I got 9/10. I didnt the exact year of the majority age

@moneyinvestingwithvandi7727 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, similar to U. S citizenship test actually

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

really! That's interesting!

@moneyinvestingwithvandi7727 4 жыл бұрын

Unintentionally Frenchified yes 🇺🇸

@nicolasbellanger6322 4 жыл бұрын

I got wrong on 4 out of 9... After 5 and a 1/2 years in the UK, I`m losing things. As a French citizen, I would have failed it...

@UnintentionallyFrenchified 4 жыл бұрын

I failed the american one online so don't worry! 😂

@leviklempner1612 4 жыл бұрын

Question 5 could easily be a trick question. The Republic began in 1958, a year in which de Gaulle was both the last premier of the Fourth Republic and the President designate, but he did not become the first President of the Fifth Republic with the relevant presidential powers until January of 1959. Kind of like how a US President is elected in November but isn’t the president until January.

@leviklempner1612 4 жыл бұрын

This may sound like splitting hairs, but this actually had long lasting effects on France’s inability to manage a declining global empire, with the US replacing it as a defending power in 1958 in the Lebanese crisis and later in Vietnam.

@nirun4 4 жыл бұрын

Went through my interview on May 2019. Another 3 months left until I get my reply :)

@hztm 4 жыл бұрын

The French administration is still very fast !

@Oudeoud 4 жыл бұрын

Chouette Video, par contre Charles de Gaulle, en premier, c'est l'appel du 18 juin, c'est la resistance, c'est la liberation de la France, c'est le General de Gaulle ;)

@bulbasaurtheboss4420 4 жыл бұрын

Le fameux appel du 18 juin que personne n'avait écouté à la radio à l'époque...

@bibouba6661 4 жыл бұрын

Pour moi le 18 juin c'est Waterloo :(