FRENCH NATIONALITY INTERVIEW | Could YOU have passed? Some of my French citizenship questions here!
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- 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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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. 😂
Well, to complain about the question even when you have the correct answer is the real French attitude! 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
🤣 and strike in front of the building !!
I'm going to complain about your comment.
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 !
Actually the correct answer to "When was the French Revolution" is "Wait, which one?" :D
Yes and no, because if France experience lots of revolution, the "Révolution française" with a capital R always refer to the 1789 one
I literally thought the same!!
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)
@@hddune786 Definitely not. It lacked chopped heads...
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??)
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 😅
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)
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.
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)
@@alekshar9690 Jacques Brel est un on exemple... sinon de nos jours Stromae... (Belge tous les deux) Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso (je crois)....
@@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)
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.
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.
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!
You are just one LUCKY person ...I am to ha e an interview soon , I am having anxiety stress
Pls can you tell me what is the language level need to get French nationality thank you very much
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.
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. ;-)
Love that questions and LOVE the tartiflette. Though, i am partial to a good raclette!!
In tartiflette we trust !
@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.
actualy that huge topic of debat xD many consider " la raclette " being way better ;)
@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
What a fantastic channel. Fun and very informative. Ive subscribed and will be tuning in regularly. Joe, your biggest fan in Cape May
I'm actually doing my interview this year so thank you so much for this video, it's been super useful!
Any update on your status, did you pass?... :D
Thank you for this video :) Your content and resources are really helpful!
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!
I applied in July 2017 and had the interview in September 2018! It all depends on your
Prefecture.
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!
Thank you!! I took the test for the american one from the New York Times and did not pass at all either!!
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)
Excellent video with great explanations.
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
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 ua-cam.com/video/o2su7cbl-pY/v-deo.html
Thank you so much for this video 😊
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!!!
Check out the livret du citoyen! I made about 100 notecards to study 😂
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.
@@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".
I’m French I want to be a british hhh
thé agent on your interview had a lot of hard questions, I passed my interview last year and my agent didn't ask half of it! anyway good luck with your nationality
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 🙂
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...
Bravo ! Prochaine étape après la nationalité Française ... adopter la langue française, y compris dans les vidéos.
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.)
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
I would add Karl Lagerfeldt, he was German
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.
haha i studied so much that I can't even brag about it!
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 ;-)
i wondered how easy it would be for the French! Especially the ones at the beginning!
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.
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!
How fun! Congrats on being American! I will absolutely celebrate with all my favorite french delights if i get a positive answer! :)
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
Thanks so much!
I just never would have your courage to do that. Wow.
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!
Merci beaucoup!!
Really I love you and your voice ☺️😘
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...
Thanks for all the information on the American side of it! I clearly didn't know the multiple choice test was the easiest part!
@@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 :)
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.
9/10. La dernière question m'a foutu dans le jus. Mais je trouve quand même les questions hyper simples.
OMG thanks so much for this ...
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 😉
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 💛
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..
Just asked my French partner the questions. She got 3 out of 9
🤣🤣 lol
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....
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!
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).
@@daedalron Yes, totally! :)
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!
Merci beaucoup and congrats on 20 years as a Frenchie!
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified Thank you...but after you got the french nationality, il faut parler que du Francais (la loi Toubon.. :-) )
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 ;-)
Belive it or not, but I'm French and on the last question, I thought about Josephine Backer too 😃
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
Thank god i can keep my french nationality. I knew the answers. Let me take a nap between 2 pause café.
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!
No
@@JackJack-pr6mv lol no to... which part exactly?
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 :)
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 .
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 ;)
8/10 la premiere question un peu piége parce que le français c est la langue pas un symbole .j avais pensé au coq
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!
Merci beaucoup!!
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 ^^
C'est pas facile l’âge adulte à 18 ans!
@@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 😁
For the question at 6:41 , does Marie Curie and Adam Mickiewicz count?
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.
Can you really be considered "not french" when you have been a deputy in the National Assembly?
@@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).
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.
@@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.
@@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)
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).
Chopin, Marie Curie, Picasso, Aznavour, Brel
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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
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.
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?
I love early music, so I would have answered Jean-Baptiste Lully (who was an Italian-born composer) for the last question.
I passed ! fingers crossed ! Merde 😊
Good job!
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)
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!
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
So assuming you got 5/10, would it fail you? Do you necessarily have to get all correct to pass?
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)
Hello , is it ok if I am married with someone from another nationality but I live in France can I apply for French nationality ?
9 out 10
Didn't know about question 7.
As an american applying for French citizenship, do you have to give up your US citizenship?
Je suis américain. J'ai oublié les dates 1974 et 1981. Pour le non- français, j'ai choisi Chopin.
Excellent choix. je sui très impressionné que vous ayez aussi bien réussi!
Most people in France would answer 1958, I think. A trickier question would have been when did the president of the Republic finally stop being elected indirectly (by an electoral college, as opposed to by the citizens).
I would like to hear you speak french in your of your next videos, I love the american accent
Spend some times in Texas, you will be rewarded :D
Enjoy ! ua-cam.com/video/KmZudEZ-LGw/v-deo.html
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As norbet said, you can check it out here! ua-cam.com/video/KmZudEZ-LGw/v-deo.html
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).
oui les dates sont le plus dur!
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 !
I m French, and get 9/10. I'm happy 😊.
If you don't mind me asking what you do for living?
As a frenchman, this test made me seriously angry.
It only asked stupid and irrelevant questions about random dates. Those who wrote these wanted the immigrants to be lobotomised by our history before asking them about more important aspects of daily citizen life that are supposed to be our values.
What is France's motto (liberté égalité fraternité)
What type of government do we have(répuplique)
How do we choose our leaders (suffrage universel - universal vote)
WHAT is the legal age of adulthood in France (18)
How old must you be before you have the right to drop off school(16)
Can you define our concept of "laicité" in a few words (secular separation of the church and the state)
Can you define the declaration of human rights in a few words ?
Does France have a state religion ?(tricky question, secular state, so no.)
Do you understand in a basic way what the separation of powers mean in France ?(several elected chambers that can in theory overule the president are dealing with different responsabilites, law, justice, security, etc)
To whom does the military takes order in France ? (The president who is elected by the people, therefore, civil control)
Or questions about gender equality, guaranteed by law.
Or discrimination, being unnacceptable.
There, you have it! That's what it's supposed to mean, being French.
The test you tell us about has been designed by old white men masturbating on their perceived glorious history. And its true purpose is to limit the access of french nationality to the wealthy who are like them, and had access to a very specific education about a very specific but quite irrelevant part part of our history, that is SIMPLY not necessary in our daily lives. It's a sneaky social filter that eliminates the less fortunate, in favor of the wealthy and it enrages me.
Let me remind you that I say all this as a frenchman...
Ok, let me answer your comment here...
Me and my wife passed the interview for the French citizenship one year ago and ALL the questions that you proposed were asked during an interview, 44 questions on total.
It's not easy, but I do believe the test touches several aspects of French history and culture.
The thing is, the video doesn't touch all these questions because, well.. they are not good for UA-cam algorithm :)
Tout à fait d'accord avec vous
If you don't like the history and culture of your country, nobody is holding you back. I would also like to point out that we cannot understand all these French values if we do not understand the causes and the causes are inscribed in our 2000 years of History and culture. You cannot understand nowadays France if you don't understand the monarchy that ruled our country for 15 centuries. Neither can you understand France without understanding the previous empires and republics. How do you understand human rights without knowing Voltaire? Or the abolition of privileges, or the events of the revolution? Simply knowing our motto is absolutely useless, anyone can memorize a set of three words in five minutes, that doesn't make you French. The main thing is not to know that our motto is freedom, equality, fraternity, but to know why we chose these values and in what context. Without all of this History, you cannot understand the 5th republic, laicity, universal suffrage, or all the traditions that live through the people and to which you must get used to in order to properly integrate French society. If you consider French History and culture as just an "old white men" thing, you insult a whole people of men and women, over 100 generations, as well as their current descendants. Finally to be proud of your culture and to glorify your History is not the prerogative of the richnesses and the privileged who do not care about the nation, but it is the pride of the poor and the people, who, while having no material property, at least have the pride of belonging to a nation and a culture. By covering culture and history, you crush the weakest of society whose only joy and strength is this pride (along with God), to the benefit of tyrants who take advantage of the absence of culture to enslave. This said, I wish you a good day.
uh... If you don't know and understand the history of a country, you cannot understand the values/problems of said country... Just look at the stupid comments you find on the Internet from people who have zero ideas of what they are talking about. History is an important brick in an INTELLIGENT citizenship. The first thing disctatorships change is the History manual in school. Also your comment seems to imply non-white people are unable to learn... this is .... strange...
@@TheEmmaLucille Exactly, it is indeed quite humiliating for minorities
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 🙂
RANYLEE malika nice spelling
@@tinus1429 thanks U ( but i thinks i suck 😂😂)
You can also find a Marianne on certain official seals.
For question 5, I indeed think almost every French person would have been able to say 1958. What people often do not know, on the other hand, is what happened exactly in 1958, i.e. that de Gaulle has been put in power by a far-right military coup organised in Algeria, by people who will later form the OAS.
I know this thanks to Baccalauréat. This is one of France’s most interesting historical part. Charles de Gaulle was one heck of a man. But since the young generation tends to pull out a fat middle finger to cultural education, less and less people will know that in the future. Sad, but this is what you get with massive immigration.
@@tinus1429 Please ... I've met some very french people who complained about people not loving France anymore and blablabla and who weren't even able to tell which one was the first chronologically between Louis XVI and Napoleon.
I think France's history is rich enough so you don't have to know all the details, having a global view and checking some precise infos when you need them is ok.
lazyshoggy yeah yeah of course, and as I said I only knew this thanks to Baccalauréat which is basically your final school exam (18yo). I’m not even complaining, I myself hate people who complain all the time about everything, but I’m just saying that my generation (I’m 18) is slowly giving up for any interest in what you called a « global view » of France’s history. They don’t even mind looking for informations when they wonder about an info, because they simply never wonder about it. I really don’t want to act like the kid who knows everything, but I’ve been brought up in a really strong french culture (and therefore comes along basic historical education), and growing up at the same time with kids my age, who came in class just to insult and disrespect teachers in public schools just discussed me of my own generation. Of course immigration played a huge role in there, because most of these kids were non-integrated Algerians or Marocains who don’t feel like they belong here and therefore act rebellious. We are only a very few less who still love their country, and have the opportunity to wake up and be happy every single day thinking that we’re surrounded by such beautiful landscapes, historical structures, diversity, etc... but everything’s now falling down because of this new fashion of saying f*ck to France, education, etc... I mean they f*cking tagged and peed on the Arc de Triomphe ! And I’ve literally been called a tyrant for defending one of France’s no. 1 historical structure. I hope that non-french people could understand what’s the real situation out here... sorry if my English wasn’t that good, I tried my best.
@@tinus1429 We can continue the conversation in french if you prefer so (and from a french point of view your english seems really good ^^).
It's sad that your classmates weren't interested in history and all that stuff but it isn't surprising either. France's history and culture in general are very metropolitan-centered, it certainly doesn't help people who come from elsewhere to feel concerned about it.
No offense intended but 18-years old and before isn't the smartest age either ... your classmates have room to grow up, and you too by the way. You can take advantage of it to open to other cultures. If they wanted to be rebellious, did you ask them to tell you some events from their family's country of origine they were proud about ?
The way history is taught in school may not help but there are other solutions, like some youtube channels where this kind of stuff is dealt in a more interesting way. For example here is a video about WWI badasses that could have make feel everyone in your class concerned :
ua-cam.com/video/hG3pc5cgRNs/v-deo.html
lazyshoggy I was just talking about my classmates as an example. But there are plenty of little things about France that people don’t seem to care of anymore. Really people don’t realize how lucky they are to live in such a country now, and worse, they spit on it. I’m feeling so bad about this, and so concerned because it’s a shame that my generation is the one causing all these losses. And if you have the opportunity to have a talk with a 60yo + person, you’ll see he/she really doesn’t understand the new youth’s disrespectful behavior, and they’ll spend most of their time complaining about them. But that’s because none of this kind of behavior would’ve been possible back in the days, when people were civilized, polite, etc...
That’s all really, but I’m sad because it seems like my beautiful country filled with opened and diverse minds isn’t anymore, and doesn’t feel like home anymore.
It feels just as if you lived in a beautiful house full of moisture; the moisture’s just covering up walls and making it look as if it was a ruin. But if you scratch the moisture a bit you actually find the beautiful walls of a house that has been built for centuries and centuries with the strength of culture.
But the moisture is getting harder and harder to peel off to be honest.
Josephine Baker had french nationality too.
Thankyou
You didn't reference Charles deGaulle as a resistance leader. I'm a bit surprised.
Alice Aurelia c'est relatif, Charles a quitté la france et laissé les français à Pétain...
I didn't get too much into Charles de Gualle, it's true. It's true that it's all a little relative i guess!
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!
What exactly is the difference between the two passports because they give access to the same number of countries!!!!
@@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.
@@carola-lifeinparis You are the one who seems to be concerned about the filing of your passport, and the figures in question are inaccurate.
My intention was to thank her for the video, which I found very informative and entertaining (actually probably the most informative UA-cam video I watched that day), even though I won't be in that exam.
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.
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.
Soo language is not necessary inorder to get French citizenship?
5/10 .... Goes to show how useful those ancient history courses I took are. 😂
How did you manage to get an appointment on the internet?
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!
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!
actually we change of Republic each time we write another Constitution. It is not necessarily linked to a Napoleon or regime's change.
I initially thought it was every time you made a change to the constitution but it's when you rewrite the whole thing? In any case, every rewrite is linked to a new change in power or regime no?
@@UnintentionallyFrenchified it is sometimes the case like during the 19th C. but not always. In 1958 we had a new constitution and the 5th Republic followed the 4th.
The new constitution changed for instance the way of election and the rule of the President.
During the 4th Republic the President was elected by the Parliament and did not enjoy as much power as now.
we had a Republique parlementaire and now semi-presidentielle. Are they two different regimes ?
Elsa Défontaines "Are they two different regimes?"
Well yes. That’s exactly what they are.
As you said, one was a parliamentary regime, the other is a semi-presidential regime.
The organisation of powers changed: that’s the very definition of a regime change.
SVP was the conversation in French or English?
In French of course! You need to know the language to assimilate
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...
I failed the american one online so don't worry! 😂
So 7 out of 10:
- 1958 : would just have said in the 50s without knowing the exact year.
- majority age : would have said in the 70s without knowing the exact year.
- death penalty, would have said late 70s
Now for the last question I really like your reply, on my side I would have said Clovis 1st, but that's because I like to create mess in those public servent's mind.
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...
Non, 1974 est juste.
hello i have doubt , can children of 1 or 2 age get french nationality along when parents apply for french nationality
Yes they can apply too, but u must mention your own application in theirs
If they were born in France, they are automatically French citizens (droit du sol).
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 :-)
Lots of studying!! 😀
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
Thanks for posting. It will be useful to my non-French partner. Just one remark: I was surprised by your use of the word "frenchie". Having grown up near the British islands, I've often heard it said in a derogatory way. So it's not very pleasant to hear.
I was going to say the same thing. In England at least, I would say "frenchie" comes across as being derogatory.
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Well, I guess that is an English thing. I have been working with Americans and Caribbeans who used to call me frenchy and never felt it to be derogatory, rather factual, and convenient (as I was the only frenchman around), and maybe affectionate.
She is American, not English. It is not derogatory for us and she doesn't live in England.
legal age of an adult : I would have guessed it was in the 70s, but i hardly care enough to know about the exact year.
what year did the 5th Republic start : for some reason i always want to say 1944/45(liberation/end of WWII), but then you often hear 'la constitution de 1958' so ...
non, en 44, c'est la 4eme république
46 pour la IVème
@@augth ok
faut dire qu'elle a laissé un souvenir tellement impérissable
Bonne chance
Thanks!
There is not only one french revolution : first one in 1789 for the first république but also in 1840 for the second république and in 1871 during the third république
Many foreigners complain about the length of the procedure. Among all the documents that a foreigner must produce when applying for the French citizenship, there is one particularly important, the criminal record in his country of origin, to which I fully agree. Depending on the country of origin, it often takes donkey's years, so the delay is not due to the French administration. I know of 2 cases who have waited for this document for more than 3 years for this single document, once they had it, they brought their application and the requested documents to the Mairie (Town Hall) of their residence and had to wait almost another year before receiving a convocation setting the date for several months later. We must not forget that since 2015, like many other EU countries, France has suffered a large influx of migrants from countries outside Europe, many of whom speak French as their first foreign language, and after 5 years of residence have applied for citizenship, not forgetting that with Brexit in 2016, many Brits residing in France have also applied. The French administration is famous for its heaviness but since 2021 has been overloaded.
Could it not just employ more people?