As a matter of fact, she was born in a castle in Italy, and happens to have an actual aristocratic family background. Her accent does sound quite French though I must a admit. This background in question explains why she used to be so close to designers such as Gianni Versace and Thierry Mugler, got to date incredibly bright and iconic men and used to stand out without ever having to try - back in the supermodels era - as the education she has recieved caused her to blossom into quite a bright woman who carries herself very graciously. Lovely lady. She was relevant before becoming our first lady years ago, is still relevant to this day and will most definitely remain relevant "post Nicolas" if - god forbid - the two of them were to end their relationship for some reason.
I'm french and I always assumed her parents immigrated in france when she was little or something because her and her sisters don't have any accent what so ever.
@@ggboy4948 did you actually watch the video? She said she is Italian, but become French citizen once she got married to her French husband,who later became the President of France.
@@HeathifyMyLife Sarkozy killed Kadhafi for not paying French debts to Libya. Sarkozy accepted the money of a powerful Arab president to come to power and participated in Kadhafi elimination. Gangster but deceitful .
I know right!! She lived so many lives, it’s so inspiring, Kim Kardashian is a successful woman clearly but when she comes onto the Ellen show, she doesn’t have much to talk about and that goes for all her sisters, especially Kourtney who is as interesting as looking at paint drying. Carla Burni, is such a cool and interesting guest, I hope Ellen brings more people like her.
@S Han For outsiders like us it comes off that way...she speaks so softly...and she is so laid back...so above all the pettiness. Someone like Linda Evangelista for example exudes so much pretence and arrogance in comparison.
@@shivapejman8155 She stood out of all the women in that league...She was originally from an aristo family...and the classiness always showed in her interviews.
Carla is in the ASMR section of music. She's a poet who sings quietly, almost in a spoken way. It takes TONS of talent, culture in arts, thought, sensitivity and sensibility to pull off a successful music career without having been born with a Mariah Carey's voice. I often compare her path to Charlotte Gainsbourg's (who also started doing music after cementing a career in a different field and was born into a family of wealth). Not everything that is good has to be X-Factor good.
Charlotte Gainsbourg first released music when she was around 12, with her father. I think she focused on acting after that before also doing music again, but she did music first.
This is the first interview I saw with her and she seems an absolute delight, so calm, grateful, artistic and happy. Beautiful. And also LOVE her music:)xx
Well the super Mario accent is a myth and I agree on that, although I'd say she sounds somewhere in between French and Italian, can't really decide for any of her native languages
I'm a native french speaker and I can hear the french accent, but it's true that it's not as heavy and as french as when let's say Macron or other french people speak it. There is some italian influence on it.
Marto Marto Sei italiano? I'm sorry but I have to disagree..I am Italian and I don't have the stereotypical italian-english accent and so many other people I know!
MrGuitarShowMan Proud to be Italian? I'm pretty sure Carla Bruni hates Italy and everything related to it! But yes, she definitely doesn't sound Italian - I'd say she sounds like an Italian trying to fake a French accent while speaking English.
She's so sweet. I love her music, I guess you can say it is very "original" when you think about the kind of music we're used to listen on the radio these days.
I don't. I'm just saying that crappy songs is what is on the radio these days, not that they're all there is. Idina Menzel is on my playlist, not Katy Perry. (And no, not Let It Go, I like her since way before Frozen).
I think she's got a rather thick italian accent (she's ethnically italian afterall) even though she speaks good english. However when she speaks french she sounds like a native.
C-phora Yeah I think her whole persona is off-putting. The typical gorgeous, rich, bitchy queen who feels too damn artsy to even breathe your same air. Ultimately she might even be the complete opposite as in the most lovable ever. Public image isn't always the truth.
@@Kristina-fl4dn wow so politically correct. I'm sure if your daughter wants to chat with you at 3am you won't send her to bed because you can't silence women :D :D
This girl knows how to play her cards well in an admirable way. She was one of the highest sought after models by designers in the 90's. I believe she was with Silvester Stallon too.
She talks well and smart...the way she answers the question about whether to support her husband to run again is just brilliant and right on the spot. Watched her earlier interviews when she was in her 20s, she was smart back then. I like her.
et pourquoi ? croyez vous que voir une valérie trierwiller vendre son livre sur son cocufiage par francois hollande était mieux ?? carla est issue d'une grande famille et n'oubliez pas qu'elle a été un top model international donc elle est très à l'aise et parle couramment anglais, francais et italien ce que ne faisait pas les autres premières dames
She's an incredibly deep and has a complex personality. She is clever and very cultivated. Of course that wouldn't come out easily in another language or in that type of shows or interviews.
What a classy, lovely, talented and intelligent woman. Ellen, don't be afraid to have other off-the-beaten-path guests such as this. Such a breath of fresh air...
C'est vrai que son accent est très francais quand même Mais je ne savais pas qu'elle parlais aussi bien anglais et qu'elle etait d'origine italienne C'est un personnage intéressant, je commence a mieux l’apprécier qu'en tant que 1er dame de france
En même temps, pourquoi stigmatiser sans cesse ceux qui ont un accent ? Loin de moi l'idée de la défendre, mais faudrait arrêter de tout vouloir uniformiser. D'autant qu'elle est plus que compréhensible. :(
She has an Italian accent in English, I don't know what is your idea of Italian accent. Southern Italian maybe? She's from North Italy but her family moved to France when she was a child. Also her name is Italian.
Oh that is a very nice thing to say, thank you. And please, us Europeans absolutely love the American optimism, it is very charming and refreshing, you are also very ingenious in your own right, as well.
we europeans love your americans too, we learn also a lot from your culture......all in all the americans also are europeans back in the days so we share one history.
Smarter? you can write this lie thanks to an american invention made by americans called Internet, You Tube, for sure you have Facebook and Instagram.. well you must know NASA, Apple, etc. etc. and there are a lot of beautiful and slim ladies among the 300 million americans..
she comes from a very healthy italian family, she was raised there in the first years of her life so she perfectly speaks italian but at a very young age she went to France that's why she perfectly speaks french too
I love how she referred to her husband the President of France as her “man”. That was so endearing. She has lived 100 lives, makes me feel like I haven’t achieved much.
When I saw her doing fashion 25 years ago I said this is one of the most beautiful women in the world. She comes over as very nice. She is also very intelligent, and modest.
3:53 She said "stand by your man" back in, I guess, 2014, and then sang "Stand by Your Man" in 2017, which became part of the sound track for the Korean drama "Something in the Rain" in 2018.
My favorite supermodel. Just an icon. I am so happy she said she became also french because of Sarkozy's career, otherwise she would have remained just italian.
Ari8anna She said she was just italian until she got married with Sarkozy (she was born in Italy and had been living there until 9 years old) , and if he had not been prime minister of France she would have remained just italian. She became french-italian after marrying him because was the right choice for his career..
Jean-Marie Le Pain La liste de ses amants célèbres en France et même dans le monde est impressionnante, même Donald Trump se l'est tapé il y a de nombreuses années. Incroyable d'avoir eu un président français et un futur président des USA.
I dunno why a lot of you are commenting about accents. It's possible to speak several languages without an accent, as simple as that. And if you've lived in Europe it's normal to speak minimum 2-3-4 languages almost fluently.
Céline from London interesting point of view, Celine, and really unusual. :))))) And why is not normal , in your opinion, to speak other languages when you are french? :) doctor's orders?
***** I' speaking from experience. I'm french and didn't start learning until I was in middle school. I remember my teacher in middle school wanted to teach us but the school head master refused.... French people are arrogant and not open to the world. They assume that when they go somewhere (not that they travel to non french speaking countries that much)people will speak french. It's true. It's probably due to the fact that the french empire was so huge that there's so many countries that speak french(in africa, canada etc...) plus we do have a lot of overseas territories so when you're french you can go on vacations to many exotic places where you know people speak french so you don't need to speak english. Look at Sarkozy and even Hollande, they can't speak english to save their lives ( although Sarkozy is currently learning). I remember seeing this video of Sarko with Carla in Egypt I think and Carla was translating for him...And that is a man who graduated from one of our top schools, he's not an idiot but even as a president he never felt he needed to I guess.
Céline from London I see your point, but you do not have to generalize, I think it depends a lot on the person mainly, doesn't matter the nationality - if one wants to educate onself more than the average. And so :) you don't have to point to the Fr people, since in UK is the same rarely a person who'll necessary want to bother learning other than English, same goes in US- statistically speaking :). And I don't think it's arrogance, it's rather a comfort from which people are not motivated to get out. That's all. When your life depends on learning a new language ( I mean economically, socially) you'll do the effort and get out of your comfort. Learning (seriously) a language, I hope you agree, implies study but also practice, reading, writing extensively - that is more of what you do in school which (no matter the country) is never serious, that unless you're in a specialized languages scool and that's a different story. Me , I speak 3 other languages than my own very good, and other 3 less good. But in my case I was lucky... for some reason I didn't have to do too much effort to learn a language, that helped. :)To me every language is like a melody :). Once you get the right scale code then it comes natural. :)
Wow I looked up her songs after this and I had no idea she was the singer of "You Belong With Me". I've always loved that old song but never cared to find out who sung it.
I love how she exudes elegance, she seems like a very genuine person ♥
She's a member of the illuminati. She eats babies as sacrifices to Lucifer.
dandylion oh my god dude its getting old
she's fake as fuck
Amina R. Agree.
What a classy, classy lady.
Sarita -.- yes!
"I want him to be happy" I loved when she said that!
Based on her accent, I would guess she was strictly French. French and Italian are beautiful languages, she is lucky she knows both.
As a matter of fact, she was born in a castle in Italy, and happens to have an actual aristocratic family background. Her accent does sound quite French though I must a admit. This background in question explains why she used to be so close to designers such as Gianni Versace and Thierry Mugler, got to date incredibly bright and iconic men and used to stand out without ever having to try - back in the supermodels era - as the education she has recieved caused her to blossom into quite a bright woman who carries herself very graciously.
Lovely lady. She was relevant before becoming our first lady years ago, is still relevant to this day and will most definitely remain relevant "post Nicolas" if - god forbid - the two of them were to end their relationship for some reason.
when she speaks her native language (italian) she doesn't have any french accent at all!
I'm french and I always assumed her parents immigrated in france when she was little or something because her and her sisters don't have any accent what so ever.
shut up
She is not she was born in Italy and absolutely proud of it. She peaks both but she is very Italian
Gosh She invited Carla Bruni and She didn't even know She's Italian!! 😳
SUSTAINABLE HEART That What Americans Are For. The most importants Are only Them.
That's typically american actually.
Italian? I think she’s French
@@ggboy4948 No. She's Italian, born in Turin from a wealthy family, but She lives in Paris.
@@ggboy4948 did you actually watch the video? She said she is Italian, but become French citizen once she got married to her French husband,who later became the President of France.
Carla Bruni is very intelligent, and humorous! One of my favorite models of all time.
So this is what Bella Hadid did , she showed her surgeon a picture of Carla Bruni .
Lol hahaha so trueee
🤣🤣🤣
Actually they went to the same surgeon Dr Marc Henri Bon a famous plastic surgeon who is nos retired... He made Ophelie Winter and Nabilla’s face Also
That’s so it’s not even a joke
@@mamiecarnivorinx7182 Mais quelle mythomane ! C'est faux.
What a nice, different and alternative guest...... Hope more like her will come and less Kim trash Kardashian style!
Anthony Pakoulidis awesomely talented
@@HeathifyMyLife Sarkozy killed Kadhafi for not paying French debts to Libya. Sarkozy accepted the money of a powerful Arab president to come to power and participated in Kadhafi elimination. Gangster but
deceitful .
I know right!! She lived so many lives, it’s so inspiring, Kim Kardashian is a successful woman clearly but when she comes onto the Ellen show, she doesn’t have much to talk about and that goes for all her sisters, especially Kourtney who is as interesting as looking at paint drying.
Carla Burni, is such a cool and interesting guest, I hope Ellen brings more people like her.
Your point is?
I love how humble and kind she seems, given that she was a super model and French First Lady.
and also born in one of the richest italian family ; the house of bruni tedeschi
class class class...this is really a woman of substance, really what true models used to be.
Pakistan Rail Buff not a lot like her. None of the Super models have the class and background she has.
@S Han For outsiders like us it comes off that way...she speaks so softly...and she is so laid back...so above all the pettiness. Someone like Linda Evangelista for example exudes so much pretence and arrogance in comparison.
@@shivapejman8155 She stood out of all the women in that league...She was originally from an aristo family...and the classiness always showed in her interviews.
@Ariel 23 I know.....
She seems very interesting person to talk, plus her voice or accent sounds great. Sweet and intelligent
Carla is in the ASMR section of music. She's a poet who sings quietly, almost in a spoken way. It takes TONS of talent, culture in arts, thought, sensitivity and sensibility to pull off a successful music career without having been born with a Mariah Carey's voice. I often compare her path to Charlotte Gainsbourg's (who also started doing music after cementing a career in a different field and was born into a family of wealth). Not everything that is good has to be X-Factor good.
Charlotte Gainsbourg first released music when she was around 12, with her father. I think she focused on acting after that before also doing music again, but she did music first.
Thats very true indeed
indeed. i love her voice... so soothing to hear
So.. so genuine. she was talking right out of her heart. not some rehearsed script. Love her. and she does have a good voice.
This is the first interview I saw with her and she seems an absolute delight, so calm, grateful, artistic and happy. Beautiful. And also LOVE her music:)xx
italian or french she has a hell of a sexy accent
😂
She exudes the most peaceful energy
She is charming, and her English is excellent!
Qu'on aime Sarkozy ou pas, elle était quand même très classe en première dame.
Il lui fallait bien une qualité.....😂
Si on veut trouver, on trouve. Quelle classe ????
Très classe mais vraiment avec un gros manque d'implication :/
Hyper classe mais une personnalité degueulasse
Oui 😍💞très belle Carla élégante chic superbe en première Dame de🇫🇷💃🎶🎸
People still thinking that Italian accent sounds like Super Mario speaking LOL
She has an Italian accent, not French
Well the super Mario accent is a myth and I agree on that, although I'd say she sounds somewhere in between French and Italian, can't really decide for any of her native languages
True she does have an italian accent
She is from Piemonte, so her Italian accent has heavy French influence too. Seems like foreigners think that all Italians speak like Neapolitans.
No, she has a french accent but her voice is typically italian
I'm a native french speaker and I can hear the french accent, but it's true that it's not as heavy and as french as when let's say Macron or other french people speak it. There is some italian influence on it.
Her song off of 500 Days of Summer is AMAZING.! didn't even know the words but it was so elegant
The title is "Quelqu'un m'a dit" if you wanna listen to it again :)
takuyahuypham I have the soundtrack but thanks :) the whole CD fits the movie perfectly.
Isn't it nice to have 2 simple people with extraordinary lives having an honest conversation..?
Her voice is so chill. I would guess she was French too if i met her for the first time. I hear more of a French accent than an Italian one.
Not all Italian people have an accent! If you listen to her speaking Italian she sounds exactly the same.
marycrawley92 all italian people have the normal italian-english accent... She is just trying too hard
I'm french and trust me she doesnt have an italian accent at all.. i think she said that bc shes proud to be italian.
Marto Marto Sei italiano? I'm sorry but I have to disagree..I am Italian and I don't have the stereotypical italian-english accent and so many other people I know!
MrGuitarShowMan Proud to be Italian? I'm pretty sure Carla Bruni hates Italy and everything related to it! But yes, she definitely doesn't sound Italian - I'd say she sounds like an Italian trying to fake a French accent while speaking English.
She's so sweet. I love her music, I guess you can say it is very "original" when you think about the kind of music we're used to listen on the radio these days.
I don't. I'm just saying that crappy songs is what is on the radio these days, not that they're all there is. Idina Menzel is on my playlist, not Katy Perry. (And no, not Let It Go, I like her since way before Frozen).
She seems really sweet! I love her accent! Can't wait to hear her perform!
I think she's got a rather thick italian accent (she's ethnically italian afterall) even though she speaks good english.
However when she speaks french she sounds like a native.
I think so too
She doesn't have an italian accent when she speaks french but she has a jenesaisquoi in her voice that makes her really annoying to hear.
C-phora
Yeah I think her whole persona is off-putting. The typical gorgeous, rich, bitchy queen who feels too damn artsy to even breathe your same air.
Ultimately she might even be the complete opposite as in the most lovable ever.
Public image isn't always the truth.
She speaks both languages perfectly cause she moved in France when she was 6 and studied in Switzerland.
I'm a french canadian and I hear a little italian accent when she's speaking in french
If my girl had a voice like Carla I'd never ask her to keep quiet for a bit
wow really? I find her voice irritating
How about not silencing a woman EVER?
@@Kristina-fl4dn wow so politically correct. I'm sure if your daughter wants to chat with you at 3am you won't send her to bed because you can't silence women :D :D
@@asdqqweq That's true. So what?
Votre fille doit fumer et boire beaucoup de champagne...... comme Carla
The perfect mix between the greatest cultures in the world. The Italian and the French ones!
Carla's voice is so soothing and lovely.
This girl knows how to play her cards well in an admirable way. She was one of the highest sought after models by designers in the 90's. I believe she was with Silvester Stallon too.
I've loved Carla for years. She simply exudes grace, style and sophistication.
I am Italian and yes, I can pick up that her accent is Italian.
I love how she referenced her own song "stand by your man"--she's clever, classy, and beautiful. I love her.
I love Carla Bruni so much!
As a French citizen, I can say she is my fav First Lady in the world, for real! Always, elegant, always chic... 🤗
She talks well and smart...the way she answers the question about whether to support her husband to run again is just brilliant and right on the spot. Watched her earlier interviews when she was in her 20s, she was smart back then. I like her.
Carla Bruni chez Ellen, ça fait bizarre O_o
Porquoi?
Je suis d'accord.
Parce que ellen la va manger
Parce que ses invités sont les pops stars connus, acteurs ou les gens qui font le buzz... c'est pour ça que c bizarre
et pourquoi ? croyez vous que voir une valérie trierwiller vendre son livre sur son cocufiage par francois hollande était mieux ?? carla est issue d'une grande famille et n'oubliez pas qu'elle a été un top model international donc elle est très à l'aise et parle couramment anglais, francais et italien ce que ne faisait pas les autres premières dames
Bella casually copied her face lol
I don't know why people say she is dumb, she is not dumb at all,
She's an incredibly deep and has a complex personality. She is clever and very cultivated. Of course that wouldn't come out easily in another language or in that type of shows or interviews.
I love all of carla's song, they're all so wonderfull
I love her voice, Italy and France
Elegant, classy, sexy, sweet lady. She was famous way before becoming fist lady.
What a classy, lovely, talented and intelligent woman. Ellen, don't be afraid to have other off-the-beaten-path guests such as this. Such a breath of fresh air...
Her voice is so soothing, I like it ! Also, I think her personality is totally adorable :)
ooh she's so fun. I love her personality. You can tell she has a good sense of humor!
La plus classe des 1ères dames de France, sans aucun doute !
I love her french music and love her even more now, superpleasent.
She seems so sweet:)
Fool
C'est vrai que son accent est très francais quand même
Mais je ne savais pas qu'elle parlais aussi bien anglais et qu'elle etait d'origine italienne
C'est un personnage intéressant, je commence a mieux l’apprécier qu'en tant que 1er dame de france
En même temps, pourquoi stigmatiser sans cesse ceux qui ont un accent ? Loin de moi l'idée de la défendre, mais faudrait arrêter de tout vouloir uniformiser. D'autant qu'elle est plus que compréhensible. :(
She has an Italian accent in English, I don't know what is your idea of Italian accent. Southern Italian maybe? She's from North Italy but her family moved to France when she was a child. Also her name is Italian.
Oh I like this woman Carla Bruni! Everything in her - music, top model, first Lady. Elegant, classy and intelligent.
My french teacher went to France to visit her parents and since I lpve Carlas music-she went to concert and got an autographed photo for me.
WOW.. you are so lucky
Us Americans need to learn something from Europeans. Theyre smarter, thinner, and more intellectual.
Oh that is a very nice thing to say, thank you. And please, us Europeans absolutely love the American optimism, it is very charming and refreshing, you are also very ingenious in your own right, as well.
we europeans love your americans too, we learn also a lot from your culture......all in all the americans also are europeans back in the days so we share one history.
Smarter? you can write this lie thanks to an american invention made by americans called Internet, You Tube, for sure you have Facebook and Instagram.. well you must know NASA, Apple, etc. etc. and there are a lot of beautiful and slim ladies among the 300 million americans..
SuperPasquale76 no they weren’t, true Americans are indigenous
@Luca Petrig true Americans are the Native American actually ;)
i LOVE her voice and her accent, it's just so sweet and soothing
So nice to have a different guest like this on the show.
Please have more foreign interesting people on your show. Thanks.
Can Ellen shut up for a moment and let her speak
she comes from a very healthy italian family, she was raised there in the first years of her life so she perfectly speaks italian but at a very young age she went to France that's why she perfectly speaks french too
Wealthy*
This is now one of my favorite interviews ever. She has such an interesting life!
Oh my god I can't believe she's on Ellen!! I've loved her songs ever since I started watching Les Enfoires 8 years ago! :D
Her voice is sooooooo Fresh To hear. Wooooow
She sings perfectly French but speaks with an italian accent😂
She's very honest and humble. What a nice surprise.
I like Carla Bruni's voice when singing and I love to sing her songs as well. 😍😎
Doesn't look like she voted for her husband Lmaooo
Not a secret, she was a long-time left-wing.
She comes from a leftist family
Hahaha !
Ohhh she's lovely!
First like+Comment... luv ya ellen!!
I love her accent! Her voice is so... smooth.
...and so worked out
I've known about Carla Bruni since the 90's, she has been famous and well known for a long time.
I love how she referred to her husband the President of France as her “man”. That was so endearing.
She has lived 100 lives, makes me feel like I haven’t achieved much.
She's literally one of my favourite celebrities! I love her son's name: Aurelien, so cool.
"it's like a casino for me--i don't know what time it is" lol
She is so gorgeous :)
Magnifique!
Ellen invited Carla Bruni without knowing she is italian- is it normal that american showpersons to be this unprofessional?
That was surprisingly insightful and intelligent. Bravo.
When I saw her doing fashion 25 years ago I said this is one of the most beautiful women in the world. She comes over as very nice. She is also very intelligent, and modest.
Coolest first lady! =)
I never could not imagine that one day our ex first lady would meet Ellen it's such a happy moment for me .merci.incridible.
Ok this is the first time that I see her and I'm in love already
She's the only French singer i know.. love her songs!!!
Such a poise and elegant woman. One truly classy lady.
Watched her in her young days. What an extraordinary beauty & personality
So chill, elegant and real
3:53 She said "stand by your man" back in, I guess, 2014, and then sang "Stand by Your Man" in 2017, which became part of the sound track for the Korean drama "Something in the Rain" in 2018.
My exact thought hahah
she is seriously gorgeous!
My favorite supermodel. Just an icon.
I am so happy she said she became also french because of Sarkozy's career, otherwise she would have remained just italian.
what do you mean with "JUST italian"?
Ari8anna She said she was just italian until she got married with Sarkozy (she was born in Italy and had been living there until 9 years old) , and if he had not been prime minister of France she would have remained just italian. She became french-italian after marrying him because was the right choice for his career..
Ari8anna Of course not! I love Italy and italians. Sophia Loren and Monica Bellucci are my icons.
Ok, so thank you for your love ;)
And I ask you sorry again for the misunderstanding, bye!
God, she should have ! I'm so ashamed of my country right now...
oh my god I could listen to her talk all day
Carla is lovely and so beautiful
She is from Italy...
But speaks with perfection France and English...
She is beautiful, intelligent and a good singer. I love her
les américains vont penser qu'elle est une diva chez ns alors que personne ne l'écoute 😂😂😂
javoue mdr tu mas tue :')
+pofila1 je savais même pas qu'elle avait cette popularité à l'étranger .. XD
Aux etats-unis elle est connue comme mannequin, mais c'est tout.
Personne ne l'écoute, parceque le son n'est pas assez fort xD
Jean-Marie Le Pain La liste de ses amants célèbres en France et même dans le monde est impressionnante, même Donald Trump se l'est tapé il y a de nombreuses années. Incroyable d'avoir eu un président français et un futur président des USA.
Oh Carla, she is so softly spoken 😍
She does have an italian accent- but i suppose american think italians talk like super mario
I really like her voice 😌
Omg her voice is to melt for 😘😘😍😍😍😍
Haha I wasn't expecting to see my former first lady on Ellen! Anyway nice interview. She seems more at ease than usual. THe Ellen's Effect I guess.
Such a smooth operator.
Gorgeous french accent ！so charming
she is italian
italian*
She was born Italian and became french as well. But her accent in both french or english is french all the way.
Pierre-Gilles BLAINEAU no in english has italian accent
her singing and talking voices are so enchanting O.O
Please have more people like her on the show, wow didn't even know her ..
I dunno why a lot of you are commenting about accents. It's possible to speak several languages without an accent, as simple as that. And if you've lived in Europe it's normal to speak minimum 2-3-4 languages almost fluently.
I agree. I speak 4 very well, and 3 less good.
When you're french it's not normal to speak any language other than french, german, spanish and italian however do pay more attention to english.
Céline from London interesting point of view, Celine, and really unusual. :))))) And why is not normal , in your opinion, to speak other languages when you are french? :) doctor's orders?
***** I' speaking from experience. I'm french and didn't start learning until I was in middle school. I remember my teacher in middle school wanted to teach us but the school head master refused.... French people are arrogant and not open to the world. They assume that when they go somewhere (not that they travel to non french speaking countries that much)people will speak french. It's true. It's probably due to the fact that the french empire was so huge that there's so many countries that speak french(in africa, canada etc...) plus we do have a lot of overseas territories so when you're french you can go on vacations to many exotic places where you know people speak french so you don't need to speak english. Look at Sarkozy and even Hollande, they can't speak english to save their lives ( although Sarkozy is currently learning). I remember seeing this video of Sarko with Carla in Egypt I think and Carla was translating for him...And that is a man who graduated from one of our top schools, he's not an idiot but even as a president he never felt he needed to I guess.
Céline from London I see your point, but you do not have to generalize, I think it depends a lot on the person mainly, doesn't matter the nationality - if one wants to educate onself more than the average. And so :) you don't have to point to the Fr people, since in UK is the same rarely a person who'll necessary want to bother learning other than English, same goes in US- statistically speaking :). And I don't think it's arrogance, it's rather a comfort from which people are not motivated to get out. That's all. When your life depends on learning a new language ( I mean economically, socially) you'll do the effort and get out of your comfort. Learning (seriously) a language, I hope you agree, implies study but also practice, reading, writing extensively - that is more of what you do in school which (no matter the country) is never serious, that unless you're in a specialized languages scool and that's a different story. Me , I speak 3 other languages than my own very good, and other 3 less good. But in my case I was lucky... for some reason I didn't have to do too much effort to learn a language, that helped. :)To me every language is like a melody :). Once you get the right scale code then it comes natural. :)
Wow I looked up her songs after this and I had no idea she was the singer of "You Belong With Me". I've always loved that old song but never cared to find out who sung it.
She is not the writer nor the original singer of that song. She just covered it for Comme si de ne rien n'était.
I had some doubts when she became First Lady. I did not know if she would be convincing. Finally, she was more than convincing - she was fantastic.
OH my dream watch carla here!! i j'adore elle! :)