>>>>>>>For anybody who is learning French (although I think I may be the only one on this board), the movie The Son of Joseph (Le fils de Joseph) is highly recommended. I liked the movie a lot for the “plot” and the “style.” The movie is also very helpful in “testing” the comprehension of a “normally” spoken French. I am proud that, after about 3 years of studying, I understood about 50%. Clearly the French in this movie is considerably slower than many other French series that I have been watching recently. But it is a start.
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>>>>>>You're right about the learning bit.
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>>>>>what do you mean by 'bit.'?
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>>>>J'ai appris le français quand j'avais 8 ans...
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>>>How much/often do you have to use it in your day-to-day life?
>>>When I visited Brugge in 2013 it was before I even thought of learning French and kind of didn't pay attention to what language people spoke in stores and restaurants.
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>>As we have a house in the Périgord i quite often speak French. btw my mothers tongue is Dutch.
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>Since you learned French when you were 8 years old, I am sure you have a perfect command of it. But I am just curious, can those in Belgium who's mother tongue is French hear an accent when you speak French? That is, can they tell that your mother tongue is Dutch?

Nope , the French can though.iow i have a Belgian accent...