We're going to be taking a trip to Montreal this summer, and are feeling the need to practice our french. Ideally this would mean tracking down old textbooks to review conjugation rules and vocabulary, but mostly we just have conversations like this one.
INT. dining room, morning
JASON is finishing his breakfast when CHANDRA enters the room.
Chandra
Ca va?
Jason
What?
CHANDRA
Ca va?
JASON
Mitä?
CHANDRA
En ymmärrä.
JASON
Ah. I need money.
CHANDRA
(grabs her purse and starts rummaging in it)
Vayin?
JASON
What?
CHANDRA
Vain?
JASON
What?
CHANDRA
How do you say "twenty" in french?
JASON
(in a comically bad french accent)
Twen-TEE
CHANDRA
No, come on-- how do you say it?
JASON
Vingt.
CHANDRA
Van. 'Kay.
JASON
Qu'est-ce que c'est, ce "'kay?"
(a beat)
Okay, that's just awesome.